Grants That Make a Difference
October 20, 2004
Carnegie Corporation Awards $4 Million to Two African Universities
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded $2 million each to Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania for a scholarship program for undergraduate women.
The corporation initiated the program in 2001 to improve the capacity of African universities to educate women. The program itself is part of the corporation's contribution to the Foundation Partnership to Strengthen African Universities, a joint initiative launched in April 2000 by Carnegie and the Ford, MacArthur, and Rockefeller foundations to raise awareness about the importance of higher education in African development. The partner foundations work collectively on research and communication while maintaining distinct individual grantmaking priorities. In the first five years of its existence, the partnership has made an investment of $100 million in African universities.
"We believe an investment in scholarships for women is an investment in the creation of knowledge for Africa," said Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian. "In the countries where the corporation works, women consistently occupy less than one quarter of the positions ranked senior lecturer and above and have yet to attain the top university positions in large numbers or achieve a significant presence in science or technology. We believe supporting and mentoring women undergraduates in significant numbers will help to strengthen African universities — one of the corporation's top goals."
“Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards More Than $4 Million in Second Round of Support to Two African Universities for Scholarship Programs for Undergraduate Women.” Carnegie Corporation of New York Press Release 6/30/04.
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