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Date |
Amount |
Purpose |
Funder |
12-31-2001 |
24,357 |
Department of Political Science To provide one graduate fellowship in political theory tenable during academic year 2002-2003 (Ms. Monicka Tutschka, Recipient) |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2001 |
12,500 |
Department of Political Science To provide one graduate fellowship in political theory tenable during academic year 2002-2003 (Ms. Monicka Tutschka, Recipient) |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2001 |
22,000 |
Business School During the period January-April 2002 to support travel and accommodations for the first year MBA students to travel to Jordan and Europe for a Global Projects/IMAP course |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2001 |
3,000 |
Fellowship Research Grant Jeffrey Mirel Educational Studies Program During the summer of 2002 to prepare a journal article on the topic, "Americanization, Reconsidered" |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2001 |
15,221 |
Fellowship Research Grant Jeffrey Mirel Educational Studies Program During the summer of 2002 to prepare a journal article on the topic, "Americanization, Reconsidered" |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2000 |
129,305 |
The Internal Revenue Service at a Crossroads Joel Slemrod will lead an effort to examine how the administration of tax policy can be improved. He will commission research and convene a conference that will consider topics such as how well theInternal Revenue Service enforces tax laws and whether the complexity of the tax system creates incentives for tax avoidance. The project’s findings will be published in an edited volume. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-31-2000 |
130,000 |
The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics |
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-2000 |
12,000 |
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies To provide support in 2001 for preparation of an edited book to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg's humanitarian activities and his status as an alumnus of the University of Michigan, Joan Lowenstein and Penny Schreiber, Research Principals |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2000 |
1,500 |
Department of Political Science To provide support during the summer of 2001 for travel and research related expenses for Mr. Eric Kos to prepare a study of the political thought of Michael Oakeshott and participate in the first Annual Conference of the Michael Oakeshott Association |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-2000 |
700 |
Fellowship Research Grant Stephen J. Tonsor Department of History To transfer to the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, letters received from Mr Henry Regnery over a period in excess of thirty years |
Earhart Foundation |
3-29-2000 |
50,000 |
To support "Taxation and the Race to the Bottom" |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1999 |
130,000 |
Law School The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics. |
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1998 |
10,000 |
Post-Cold War International Security Threats: Terrorism, Drugs, and Organized Crime Joshua Levy will convene a conference for scholars and policy makers to address a series of legal issues concerning terrorism and counter-terrorism policy. The project will result in a series of papers that will be published in the Michigan Journal of International Law. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-31-1998 |
119,856 |
Rethinking Estate and Gift Taxation James Hines will direct a project to analyze the impact of the estate and gift tax on taxpayer behavior and charitable giving and edit a volume containing the project’s findings. He will commission research papers on key topics such as the incidence of estate tax avoidance and the impact of estate taxes on donations and charitable bequests. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-31-1998 |
50,000 |
To support research on tax policy |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1998 |
8,000 |
Bentley Historical Library During 1999 for one or more seminars for Chinese and American archivists focusing on professional library and archival systems and the organization of research materials in the United States |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-1998 |
10,000 |
Center for Russian and East European Studies To provide partial support for a major international conference to be held in 1999, "Communism's Negotiated Collapse: The Polish Round Table of 1989, Ten Years Later." |
Earhart Foundation |
8-9-1998 |
39,942 |
To support research on the organization and governance of higher education |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
4-19-1998 |
39,942 |
To support research on the organization and governance of higher education |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1997 |
8,500 |
David Potter Department of Classical Studies During the summer of 1998 to continue preparation of a book on Roman history and civilization. |
Earhart Foundation |
5-11-1997 |
31,000 |
To support research of tax progressivity |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1996 |
49,500 |
Does Atlas Shrug? The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich This grant supports a research conference on how wealthy individuals and households respond to tax policies. The project will commission a series of papers that will examine such topics as the response of upper income tax payers to changes in income taxes, capital gains taxes, and inheritance taxes. The papers will be published as a book. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-31-1996 |
5,000 |
Office of Vice Chancellor for Development University of Michigan-Flint To provide support for the establishment of an archive of primary materials documenting the history and contributions of the Arab-Americans to the State of Michigan. |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-1996 |
10,000 |
Research Center for Group Dynamics Institute for Social Research During a 12 month period beginning August 1996 to provide support for a research and publication program focusing on alternative educational programs for troubled adolescents ie Michigan public schools, Martin Gold, Research Principal. (Amended 12 May 1997, time period through calendar 1997.) |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-1996 |
11,000 |
Center for Political Studies Institute for Social Research To support preparation during 1996-1997 of one or more journal article(s) and/or a book on likely outcomes of current negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority and theeli government, A.F.K. Organski, Research Principal. |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-1996 |
49,995 |
Infant-Toddler Assessment System This grant supports a project that will develop a new performance assessment system to measure infant and early toddler development. Specialists plan to test their Infant-Toddler Assessment System (ITAS) in anEarly Head Start program in Flint, Michigan. The ITAS offers a user-friendly interactive system for both parents and providers who wish to document, monitor, and assess child development from birth to age three. |
Smith Richardson Foundation |
12-31-1994 |
7,000 |
Fellowship Research Grant Dearborn Parth J. Shah Department of Economics During the summer of 1995 to continue preparation of a journal article, "An 'Ideal-Typical' Professor Under Tenure: A Blessing or a Curse?" |
Earhart Foundation |
12-31-1994 |
500 |
Fellowship Research Grant Dearborn Parth J. Shah Department of Economics During the summer of 1995 to continue preparation of a journal article, "An 'Ideal-Typical' Professor Under Tenure: A Blessing or a Curse?" |
Earhart Foundation |
11-3-1991 |
35,000 |
To support a conference on tax progressivity sponsored by the University's Office of Tax Policy Research. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
7-30-1991 |
137,400 |
Trans & Health Policy Center To support the Center's 1991 conference on organ procurement and publication of conference proceedings. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
3-26-1990 |
20,000 |
To support Dr. Paul Kelly's research on Jeremy Bentham. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
8-14-1989 |
22,025 |
To support a research project on the "Contractual Mechanisms for Protecting Non-Patentable Innovations." |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
7-31-1989 |
49,478 |
To support a research project on the politics of psychological research and theory. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
7-18-1988 |
71,525 |
Transplant Policy Center Conference on ethics and transplant policies. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
7-14-1987 |
25,000 |
Support of conference on contemporary central European religious movements to be held in the fall of 1987. |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1986 |
20,000 |
Center for Russian and East European Studies. To support a conference on "Contemporary Central European Religious Movements" |
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |
12-31-1985 |
6,000 |
Institute of Public Policy Studies. To support a student-run conference on social welfare policy |
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. |