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University of Rochester

Rochester, NY 14627

Total Grants to University of Rochester
Total $ Granted: $ 14,186,118
For Years: 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984
# Grants: 69

Grants to University of Rochester

Date Amount Purpose Funder
12-30-2004 60,000 Rules and Restraint: Government Budgets and the Enforcement Problem
David Primo will research and write a book that will examine whether budget rules, such as balanced budget amendments, are an effective tool to control government spending.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-16-2004 20,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
9-26-2004 500,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
12-14-2003 20,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
4-20-2003 50,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
12-17-2002 20,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
5-8-2002 50,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
4-4-2002 10,000 General support William E. Simon Foundation
12-31-2001 272,000 Olin Professorship, Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-2000 408,000 The John M. Olin Professorship, John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 45,000 No purpose given. Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1999 640,000 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
The John M. Olin Professorship, John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy.		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1999 50,387 Center for Educational Policy Evaluation and Research
Eric Hanushek will direct a center that will seek to improve evaluation practice in educational policy. The center will produce papers on education evaluation practices and encourage strong independent evaluations of education policies.
Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1998 250,000 Center for Educational Policy Evaluation and Research
Eric Hanushek will direct a center that will seek to improve evaluation practice in educational policy. The center will promote stronger evaluation approaches and evidence-based policy development. It will produce papers on education evaluation practices and encourage strong independent evaluations of education policies.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1998 640,000 William E. Simon Graduate School.
The John M. Olin Professorship, John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-21-1998 1,000 General Operating Expenses William E. Simon Foundation
10-22-1998 250 General Operating Expenses William E. Simon Foundation
12-31-1997 37,500 No purpose given. William H. Donner Foundation
12-31-1997 75,000 The Impact of Special Education on Performance of Special Education, At-Risk, and Regular Students
This grant supports a three-year study tracing the pattern of student placement into and movement out of special education programs. Using a data set of more than one million students in Texas public schools, Eric Hanushek will examine the relationship of district and school special education spending, special education enrollments, and changes in special education polices to the academic achievement of special education students, at-risk students, and regular students. The project will produce a policy monograph and several scholarly articles.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1997 100,000 William E. Simon Graduate School.
The John M. Olin Professorship, John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy (five years)		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1996 440,000 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Professorship, John M. Olin Doctoral Fellowships, and a program in competitive strategy (five years)		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1996 75,000 The Impact of Special Education on Performance of Special Education, At-Risk, and Regular Students.
This grant supports a three-year study tracing the pattern of student placement into and movement out of special education programs. Using a new data set of more than one million students in Texas public schools, the study will examine the relationship of district and school special education spending, special education enrollments, and changes in special education policies to the academic achievement of special education students, at-risk students, and regular students. The project will produce a policy monogaph and several scholarly articles.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1995 54,751 The Electoral Connection in the Chinese Countryside
This grant supports the research and writing of a book about how the introduction of multi-candidate elections at the local level in the Chinese countryside may affect the long-term evolution of China's political system. The project will examine, through quantitative and qualitative methods, the consequences for elite-mass relationships of these recent reforms in Chinese villages.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1995 50,000 The Impact of Special Education on Performance of Special Education, At-Risk, and Regular Students
This grant supports a three-year study tracing the pattern of student placement into and movement out of special education programs, using a new dataset of more than one million students in Texas public schools. The study will examine the relationship of district and school special education spending, special education enrollments, and changes in special education policies to the academic achievement of special education students, at-risk students and regular students. The products will be a policy monograph and several scholarly articles.		 Smith Richardson Foundation
12-31-1995 30,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1995 50,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BOOK SUPPORT		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1995 375,940 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1995 50,000 W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy.
The completion of a book by Edith Efron on the Emerging Black Conservative Movement		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 631,515 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 295,000 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 50,000 W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy.
The completion of a book by Edith Efron on the Emerging Black Conservative Movement		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1994 30,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1994 50,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BOOK SUPPORT		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-19-1994 40,000 To support the work of the Shadow Securities and Exchange Commission The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1993 255,575 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1993 631,525 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
The John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1993 30,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-8-1993 30,000 To support the work of the Shadow Securities and Exchange Commission The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1992 788,400 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1992 60,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
1-21-1992 30,000 To support the work of the Shadow Securities and Exchange Commission The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1991 30,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1991 662,025 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 60,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
RENEWAL OF SUPPORT FOR THE BRADLEY POLICY RESEARCH CENTER		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1990 506,460 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1990 60,000 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, held by Paul W. MacAvoy, and the John M.		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
7-30-1990 500,000 To support the Lynde and Harry Bradley Center for research in government policy and business. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1989 236,310 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1989 330,550 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellows		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1989 30,000 VARIOUS PROGRAMS (ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT)
CONFERENCE SUPPORT		 Sarah Scaife Foundation
7-14-1989 500,000 Lynde and Harry Bradley Center for Research in Government Policy and Business The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1988 50,000 Bradley Policy Research Center Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1988 30,000 International seminar Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1988 654,800 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy and Markets, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, held by Paul W. MacAvoy, and the John M.		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
7-13-1988 500,000 Center for Research in Government Policy and Business. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 50,000 Bradley Policy Research Center support Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1987 30,000 Department of Political Science.
To provide student fellowship support for research on property rights under the direction of William H. Riker		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1987 684,530 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, held by Paul W. MacAvoy,and the John M. Olin Fellowsh		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
7-14-1987 500,000 Graduate School of Management
Support Lynde and Harry Bradley Center for Research in Government Policy and Business.		 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 607,200 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellowship programs		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1986 60,000 International Seminar Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1986 50,000 Center for Research in Government Policy and Business Sarah Scaife Foundation
7-14-1986 100,000 Research in the fields of corporate control/takeovers, banking deregulation, telecommunications policy, & financial & macroeconomic policy The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 282,500 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.
To support the John M. Olin Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, the John M. Olin Professorship in Government Policy and Business, and the John M. Olin Fellowship program		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1985 150,000 Center for Research in Government Policy and Business Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1985 27,000 Rochester Center for Economic Research Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1985 30,000 Seminar support Sarah Scaife Foundation
12-31-1984 92,900 Graduate School of Management.
To support the John M. Olin Fellowship Program at the Center for Research in Government Policy and Business under the direction of Paul W. MacAvoy		 John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
12-31-1984 75,000 Center for Research in Government Policy and Business Sarah Scaife Foundation