Grantee Profile

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation

Grants to Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation

  • $175,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 1 year)

    International Peace & Security

    STANFORD, CALIFORNIA — The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University's hub for researchers tackling some of the world's most pressing security and international cooperation problems. This grant would provide support for CISAC's Project on Peace and Cooperation in the Asian-Pacific Region, which employs a Track II approach to focus on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation as a means to ease regional conflicts. This grant fits with our support for Track II work that aims to resolve major conflicts or disputes between states through unofficial communications. Funds will be used for partial staff salaries, travel, meetings, and exchanges.

  • $2,000,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Duration 4 years)

    International Peace & Security

    STANFORD, CALIFORNIA — To train the next generation of experts in the field of nuclear security policy (over four years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation $2,175,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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