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Skidmore College
Office of Advancement

Grants Received 2022-2023

Foundation and Purpose
Amount
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Environmental Sciences
$2,000
The Richard Laurence Parish Foundation
Skidmore Fund
$5,000

The following is a sample of FY22 Awards Submitted and Managed by the Office of Sponsored Research:

 

Plexus Worldwide
Research: Evaluating the Effects of Caloric Restriction/Intermittent Fasting using the Plexus Program

$35,532

2021-2022

Foundation and Purpose
Amount
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Humanities for All Times
$1,185,000
George I. Alden Trust
Key equipment for CIS IdeaLab
$200,000
GKV Foundation
Music: We are Instrumental
$40,000
GKV Foundation
Dance: Dance to Success
$15,000
Glens Falls Foundation
Scholarship
$19,500
Richard Laurence Parish Foundation
Skidmore Fund
$5,000
MRB Foundation
History Department
$10,000
Teiger Foundation
Tang Museum/Contemporary Curators Conferences
$75,000
Davis United World Scholars
Projects for Peace
$20,000
Davis United World Scholars
Davis Scholars
$1,065,000
Jack Miller Center
Constitution Day Events
$5,500
H Schaffer Foundation, Scribner Library
Charging Station
$4,000
J.M. McDonald Foundation
Scribner Library renovations, creating a trans/BIPOC collection space
$25,000
Kettering Fund
Scholarship
$150,000

The following is a sample of FY22 Awards Submitted and Managed by the Office of Sponsored Research:

The Scott Connelly Foundation
Research: Effects of Daily Protein Supplementation for 8 Weeks on Improved Glucose, Insulin, and HbA1c Levels in Pre-Diabetics or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

$100,663

The Senft Family Fund
Research: Carbon Soil Summer 2022 Field Work

$25,600

Caney Fork Forms
Research: Carbon Soil Summer 2022 Field Work

$20,935

Bedford 2030
Research Support

$3,500

Plexus Worldwide, LLC
Research: Evaluating the Short-Term Effects of 3 Days of Caloric Restriction/Intermittent Fasting using the Plexus Program on Anthropometrics, Metabolism, Markers of Cardiovascular Health and Metabolism in Overweight/Obese Men and Women

$71,064

Millet Trice Family Fund
Research Support

$31,000

2020-2021

Foundation and Purpose
Amount
Camile & Henry Dreyfus Foundation 
Faculty award: Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 2020
$75,000
Davis United World College Scholars Program
Davis United World College Scholars Program
$970,000
Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc
Supporting the college's operations during the COVID-19 pandemic
$25,000
GKV Charitable Foundation, Inc
Dance to Success
$3,500
Glens Falls Foundation
Pesquera Scholarships 
$20,000
Henry David Thoreau Foundation
Environmental Studies and Sciences: Food Systems Initiative
$38,268
Howard Hughes Medical Institution
Pedagogy: Developing and implementing materials to support more engaged and active learning in chemistry
$75,000
J M McDonald Foundation 
Racial Justice Initiative
$10,000
Project Pericles, Inc.
AVDF Periclean Faculty Leadership Program in STEM and Social Sciences
$4,000
Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
Faculty grant: Critical Editions and Scholarly Translation of the Consecration Scripture
$48,674
Davis United World College Scholars Program
KWD Projects for Peace
$30,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institution
Inclusive Excellence grant
$30,000
Kettering Fund
SEE-Beyond and Skidmore Fund
$100,000
Project Pericles, Inc.
Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership Program in Humanities
$4,000
Project Pericles, Inc.
Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader in the Humanities
$4,000
Max and Anna Levinson Foundation
MDOCS
$1,000

2019-2020

Foundation and Purpose
Amount
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
MDOCS/Community-based Documentary Studies
$798,000
Davis United World College
Davis United World College Scholars Program
$905,000
Dyson Family Foundation
SEE-Beyond and Scholarships
$200,000
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
Tang Museum Collections and Endowment
$500,000
GKV Foundation
Dance-to-Success program
$15,000
Glens Falls Foundation
Scholarships 
$20,950
Henry Luce Foundation
Tang Museum 20th Anniversary Program of Collection-based Exhibitions
$275,000
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund 
Tang Museum Educator position
$1,500,000
Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation
Filene Music Program
$525,000
The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Tang Museum: Ellsworth Kelly: Postcard exhibition
$50,000
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
Scientific Equipment
$494,240