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Recent Grants Spring - Summer 2010

Date 05/03/2010
At its most recent meeting, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Board of Directors approved 51 grants to not-for-profit organizations in Greece and abroad.  


Naming and supporting one International Guest Scholarship in perpetuity

AMREF UK – United Kingdom
Project to improve mother and child healthcare in Kenya
Construction and equipment of a wildlife Nursing Facility

Publication of the catalogue of the exhibition “Fingerprints 2010” and production of a public awareness campaign

Support of “The Bridge Project”

Strengthening the “House of Nanny Project” in Kenya

Support of the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program expansion

Naming and supporting a research initiative in child mental health

Support of education initiatives

Support to develop a maturity model 

Support of various cultural and educational events

The Courtauld Institute of Art – United Kingdom
Scholarship program for postgraduate students

Support of the Grand Challenges Undergraduate Scholars Program in perpetuity

Partial funding of the project “Monuments at Risk”

Creation of two museum kits and publication of a booklet

Educational project in Burkina Faso

FAIRMED – Switzerland
Healthcare project in the Central African Republic

Support of 19 foster care institutions throughout Greece

Partial funding for the purchase of equipment for the radiation of blood products for the Hematology Clinic-Transplant Unit

Support of student scholarships, faculty development, construction and endowment 

Harlem Stage – USA
Support of the Arts Education Programs

Partial funding for the construction and equipment of a cultural multipurpose center 

Initiatives for the identification and care of human trafficking child victims; provision of health care services for immigrants; promotion of social integration of second generation immigrants; and organization of a conference on “Immigration, Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion”

Kids – United Kingdom
Appointment of an Exclusion Officer to prevent disabled children from being excluded from mainstream schools

Development of the Department of Ophthalmology at Jimma University, in Ethiopia

Support of the Directors Lab program in 2010

Support of the Greek-Sephardic apartment in perpetuity

Completion of construction works and purchase of equipment for one of the accommodation houses

Support of Xenakis Programming in 2010

Mercy Corps Scotland – United Kingdom
Food security program to fight starvation in Sudan

Purchase of equipment for 11 nautical clubs throughout Greece

Complete renovation of all pediatric Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across Greece

Support of a research project on the ethical dimensions of globalization

Support of the Agora Excavation Program in Athens, Greece

Save the Children – United Kingdom
Project to improve mother and child healthcare in Ethiopia

Extension project of the Steinhauser Center

Construction of two day-nurseries 

Support of the “Religion and Diversity Education” and “Religious Diversity in Healthcare” programs

Theatroparea – Greece
Production of the 2010 season of performances

Support for the completion of “YourPaintings” project

Support of the Byzantine Studies initiative in perpetuity

Purchase of specialized medical equipment for the recently constructed (through a Foundation grant) Rehabilitation Unit

Support of children and women throughout Chile’s earthquake affected areas

Funding of a research project on the role of the protein Interferon on the development of the Sjögren’s syndrome

University of Bristol – United Kingdom
Support to the Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition

Support of earthquake victims through the construction of affordable and safe transitional housing

Providing Quality Education through Child Centered Learning in Ethiopia

Winchester College – United Kingdom
Support of the restoration and display of Parthenon Frieze casts

WNYC – USA
Support of the acquisition of and programming initiatives for WQXR

Support of the Artist Residency Program, Dean’s Resource Fund and International Student Scholarships

Restoration project of Alberto Giacometti’s plaster sculptures

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