Duke University
For Strategic Planning For The Nicholas Institute For Environmental Policy Solutions
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Amount$40,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/13/2010
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The purpose of this Organizational Effectiveness Grant is to develop a strategic plan for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University (the Institute). The Institute is now five years old, and has grown from a one-person start-up to a core staff with two dozen employees and a multi-million dollar budget. It has a growing presence in Washington, D.C., and is engaging researchers from across many of the schools at Duke.
Organizationally, the Institute faces many of the issues associated with rapid expansion -- the challenges of building a strong working relationship with the University, strained management systems, cultivating a positive culture and building strong institutional programs. The Institute's leadership recognizes the importance of evolving as an organization to have greater collective impact on policy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.duke.edu
Address
2200 West Main Street, Suite 710 Erwin Square, Durham, NC, 27705, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Cook Center on Social Equity
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University is an interdisciplinary research collaborative with a mission to address social problems caused by inequality. A critical area of work at the center is to train the next generation of scholars in the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on the field of economics.
for support of the Cook Center on Social Equity
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University is an interdisciplinary research collaborative with a mission to address social problems caused by inequality. A critical area of work at the center is to train the next generation of scholars in the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on the field of economics.
for the Energy Access Project
The Energy Access Project (EAP), housed at Duke University, explores new climate finance frontiers with multilateral development banks and Chinese financial institutions to enhance global low-carbon investment supply to developing countries. The EAP’s New Frontier in Climate Finance project looks to increase the catalytic nature of foreign investments, move those investments into critical low-carbon growth sectors needing demonstration and de-risking, and create a race-to-the-top that mobilizes Chinese capital outside its borders and into these markets. Progress towards these goals has quantitative aspects, which the project aims to contribute to over one-year and five-year timeframes. (Substrategy: China National Policy)
