Research funder · United States

James S. McDonnell Foundation

St. Louis based foundation for research and scholarship

jsmf.org

Grants since 2016: 219
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published): $110.1M
Funded works, last 5 years: 1 541
Funded works, all time: 8 098

Grants

2017 · grant

Using Automated Controlled Rearing to Explore the Origins of the Mind

University of Southern California

$600k

2017 · grant

A coordination approach to early language learning

University of Chicago

$600k

2017 · grant

The emergence and early development of morality

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

$600k

2017 · grant

Cortical Plasticity Within and Across Lifetimes

University of California, Davis

$1.7M

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$200k

2017 · grant

Teacher Cognition and Learning about Incorporating Science Representations in Elementary Classrooms

Indiana University

$2.5MScience Education and Pedagogy

2017 · grant

Understanding the emergence of speech vocalizations in human infancy

University of California, Los Angeles

$600k

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$200k

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

University of Chicago

$200k

2017 · grant

Support for the 2018 Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

$90k

2017 · grant

Advancing Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning and Practices with Tools

University of Wisconsin–Madison

$2.5M

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

University of Minnesota

$200k

2017 · grant

Teachers Learning to Facilitate Communication and Reasoning Through Inquiry with History and Social Science Sources

University of Michigan

$2.5MEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy

2017 · grant

Early language acquisition: Beyond WEIRD

École Normale Supérieure - PSL

$600kLanguage Development and Disorders

2017 · grant

Event representation and relational language learning

Koç University

$600k

2017–2023 · grant · Understanding Human Cognition-Scholar Awards

Using Automated Controlled Rearing to Explore the Origins of the Mind

Justin Wood · University of Southern California

$600kChild and Animal Learning Development

2017 · grant

New Teachers Learning Disciplined Improvisation for Meaningful Talk in Diverse Classrooms

University of California, Davis

$2.5M

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

University of Helsinki

$200k

2017 · grant

Adaptation, Aging, and the Arrow of Time

Santa Fe Institute

$2.5M

2017 · grant

Managing students’ contributions to mathematical work in whole class discussions in high school: How do teachers decide what to do?

University of Michigan

$2MMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

2017 · grant

Does Top-Down Processing Support Infant Development?

Princeton University

$600k

2017 · grant

Responding to Imminent Threat: A Developmental Approach

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

$600kPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

2017 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

Princeton University

$200k

2017 · grant

Evaluating Registered Reports

Center for Open Science

$167.6k

2017 · grant

ClassInSight: Insight on Teacher Learning by Scaffolding Noticing and Reflection

Carnegie Mellon University

$2.5M

2017 · grant

Teacher Learning to Enact Productive Discussions in Mathematics and Literacy

University of Pittsburgh

$2.5MMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

2017 · grant

Understanding How Elementary Teachers Take Up Discussion Practices to Promote Disciplinary Learning and Equity

Boston University

$2.5M

2017 · grant

Developing representations of the social world

New York University

$600kChild and Animal Learning Development

2016 · grant

Rhythmic sampling: A domain-general principle in the architecture of attention

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

$600k

2016 · grant

Building richer computational models of visual cognition

Stanford University

$600kFace Recognition and Perception

2016 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

University of Minnesota

$200k

2016 · grant

Support for the James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellows Conference

Santa Fe Institute

$413.5k

2016 · grant

Pilot project linking life science with history and philosophy of science

Marine Biological Laboratory

$501.4k

2016 · grant

Complex adaptive systems of social insect colonies: Emergence of scaling, social dynamics and evolution cooperation

Arizona State University

$450kInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

2016 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

Harvard University

$200k

2016 · grant

Integrative theory of memory and cognitive processes

Princeton University

$600k

2016 · grant

Implementing Principles from the Science of Learning within Educational Practice

Iowa State University

$4.6M

2016 · grant

Elucidating the molecular evolution of human cognition

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

$600k

2016 · grant

In support of the postdoctoral fellow’s research plan.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

$200k

2016 · grant

Using an evolutionary framework to study robustness and predictive power of data-driven molecular regulatory networks

University of Wisconsin–Madison

$450kGene Regulatory Network Analysis