Past Grants

Johns Hopkins University

To provide two awards for the competitive Johns Hopkins Alliance for Science and Technology Development Program. The goal is to encourage scientists and researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Baltimore to promote technology transfer through the development of marketable products and services.

Johns Hopkins University

Two grants in support of a study, “Connecting Housing and Education Policy: Examining Educational Outcomes for the Children of the Baltimore Mobility Program.” The purpose of the study is to determine how residential relocation through the mobility program can affect access to school quality for Baltimore City children in the Thompson housing assistance program, as compared to achievement levels of those children who have not yet moved.

Johns Hopkins University – Center for Social Organization of Schools

For support of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) core research program, and for continued work on College Access for Baltimore City students. Research includes analysis of college retention rates for graduates of city schools, and an evaluation of the CollegeBound College Retention Program. Forthcoming research topics will include: Understanding Under-Credited Students and Credit Recovery, Teacher Pipeline and Pathways, Best Practices for City School Attendance, Access to Higher Education, and Boys Thriving in Baltimore Schools.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern

Toward Phase II of Project Gado, a robotic scanning technology initiative. By adopting a social enterprise model to build a revised, easier-to-assemble version of the robotic scanner, the project will digitize archival images, which will serve as primary sources for publishers, film-makers, and researchers. The scanned images can then be entered into a Web-enabled database system for eventual publishing online.

Johns Hopkins University School of Education

For an evaluation of the 2011 SummerREADS book distribution program. The evaluation will determine the project’s effect on maintaining student achievement in reading over the summer.