- The NSF has approved year two funding for the Aquasteady grant in the amount of $1,999,963.00.
- Pratt Center was awarded a sub-grant of approximately $310,000 over two years, through the EPA Track 2 Community Change grant (they are partnering with WEACT as the lead applicant and several other partners). The sub-grant will fund community engagement and participatory policymaking with a coalition of Environment Justice groups across the city.
- Prof. Mark Rosin (Math/Science) – $2 million from NSF for “Co-Design for Climate Justice: Youth Expression through Science-rich Public Art.”
- Professors Lawrence Blough and Deborah Gans (Undergraduate Architecture) – $50,000 from University of Pennsylvania for their “Church Grove Community-Led Housing and Land Trust, London” research project as part of the Pratt SoA Housing Futures Research Lab.
- Prof. Uzma Rizvi (SSCS) – $10,000 from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies for a workshop on “Heritage and Technology,” to be held in Pakistan in January 2025.
- Prof. Eliza Hittman (Film/Video) – from Rooftop Films’ Filmmaker Fund for her film Motherlove.
- SCPS’ partnership with Newark Board of Education yielded 11 students from Newark public school system for the Summer PreCollege Immersion program. The NBOE funded full scholarships for these students in the amount of $84,981 and we expect this relationship to continue.
- The Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N), led by Pratt Institute in collaboration with New York University, has received a $1.28 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for expanded programming over the next four years, building on two earlier grants awarded in 2020 and 2022. The new grant will fund both online and in-person digital preservation training workshops, as well as the distribution of 177 microgrants to library, archive, and museum (LAM) professionals.
- The Office of Research and Strategic Partnerships receives $1million over three years from the IDC Foundation in support of Research Accelerators.
- Center K-12 received $25,000 in operational support from the Haring Foundation.
- Center K-12 and the PreCollege program received $125,000 over three years from The Hearst Foundation.
- Center K-12 received $25,000 in funding support from The Decorators Club.