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University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)
This grant supports the first stage of the "Leadership in a Digital Age" project to conduct original research and new analytic work on the vital role that leadership practices play in expanding access to the Internet and other information and communications technologies in developing nations.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: November 2001

United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force
Project focus has been to narrow the economic and social divides within and among nations, advancing the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to address some of the most important development challenges faced by societies around the world.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: November 2001

TEDX Markle Challenge
Support for the Rhode Island School of Design's (RISD) Universal Web Project, which worked to explore the notion of universal design, a worldwide movement based on the concept that all products, environments, and communications should be designed with consideration for the needs of the widest possible array of users.

Program Area: Health
Initiated: November 2001

Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS)
In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, Markle supported a study to evaluate the efficacy and scalability of an interactive, computer-based patient support system among underserved women newly-diagnosed with breast cancer, CHESS provides users with up-to-date cancer information, software to help weigh treatment options, and 24-hour support from cancer experts and other patients, all via an Internet connection from home. The program has expanded from a pilot project at the University of Wisconsin to include a significant implementation in rural areas of Wisconsin and inner city neighborhoods of Detroit. (more)

Program Area: Health
Initiated: October 2001

CHESS (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System)
In partnership with the National Cancer Institute, Markle supported a study to evaluate the efficacy and scalability of an interactive, computer-based patient support system among underserved women newly-diagnosed with breast cancer, CHESS provides users with up-to-date cancer information, software to help weigh treatment options, and 24-hour support from cancer experts and other patients, all via an Internet connection from home. The program has expanded from a pilot project at the University of Wisconsin to include a significant implementation in rural areas of Wisconsin and inner city neighborhoods of Detroit.

Program Area: Health
Initiated: September 2001

Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School
Grant that supports the development of law school-based clinics and related academic clinical institutions that allow law students and others to work with seasoned advocates to promote the public interest in the area of the Internet and other new information technologies. Part of the Internet Clinical Advocacy Project.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: September 2001

Markle Forums on Children and Media
The Markle Foundation held three forums about toys (Leapfrog), television (Nick, Jr.'s "Blues Clues") and software (Sim City) at its headquarters in Rockefeller Center to engage leaders in the fields of media development and production; marketing and licensing; manufacturing and retailing; child development; health; and education.

Program Area: Interactive Media for Children
Initiated: September 2001

Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College
Funding the clinic which has a primary focus on intellectual property issues, including those which involve conventional, non-digital media. Many of the matters to be handled involve legislative and administrative advocacy. Part of the Internet Clinical Advocacy Project.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: August 2001

One Economy Corporation
This project helped One Economy, a national non-profit organization, to identify resources that can help underserved communities connect to key financial services that will allow them to save and manage their money and create financial literacy. Part of the Domestic Digital Divide Initiative.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: August 2001

Western Governors' University
Markle supported the Institute for State Studies at the Western Governors' University in organizational development and project planning, principally in the area of Governance in the 21st Century."

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: July 2001

Olympic Security Review Conference
The Markle Foundation, along with Siebel Systems and the Utah Department of public safety, was a conference sponsor of the Olympic Security Review Conference in Salt Lake City on October 24 and 25, 2002. More than sixty participants from the private sector and from the state, local and federal public safety community attended. Most of the participants were people who played a ceentral role in developing and executing the Olympic security plan. (Download related report - PDF 1.4MB)

Program Area: National Security
Initiated: June 2001

Patient Accessible Electronic Medical Records, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Together with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, and the Foundation for Accountability, Markle is studying the implications of enabling patients to access their own medical information online and analyzing the potential value of involving patients in reporting on the health care services they receive. More than 15,000 patients are now accessing their records through the Partners Patient Gateway. (more)

Program Area: Health
Initiated: June 2001

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
The NCLC is a leading expert on the appropriate balance between facilitation of e-commerce and consumer protection. This grant assists the National Consumer Law Center in conducting essential analysis and advocacy support in approaching battles over consumer protections in e-commerce.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: June 2001

Uniform Dispute Resolution Process (UDRP) Tracking
This project provided funding for the design and implementation of a uniform, public database, providing free access to an online compendium of archived decisions regarding domain name dispute cases.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: June 2001

Markle Fellows at Oxford University, United Kingdom
The grant is designed to encourage individuals and institutions to develop comparative approaches to communications law and policy issues. Among the goals of the program are increased sharing of information on comparative institutions, developments, and best practices; maintaining a global governance network; and identifying new leading thinkers on policy from around the world who can contribute to the Markle network.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: June 2001

Nearlife: Robot Garage
Robot Garage was funded with the following goal: To develop a marketable product that supports creativity and learning; promotes creative problem solving by allowing children to interact with characters of their own making; illustrate the viability of an interactive multi-platform approach; and create a platform that can grow and continually engage children.

Program Area: Interactive Media for Children
Initiated: June 2001

Educational Netcasting Foundation: Support for the Martin Luther King After School Program 2001
The Markle Foundation provided funding for the Martin Luther King, Jr. After School Program, a pilot program designed to introduce low-income youth to basic computer skills through high-quality educational content about black history and culture. Part of the Domestic Digital Divide Initiative.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: June 2001

Domestic Digital Divide Initiative
A project geared toward the development of online content and services for low-income communities. Grantees included in this project are: The Children's Partnership, The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, The Educational Netcasting Foundation, and, One Economy.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: June 2001

Voxiva
This project supported Voxiva, a social venture that works to expand services to poor communities in developing nations, with a particular emphasis on public health information. Voxiva provides an effective means for isolated developing country populations to send and receive information needed for monitoring diseases and epidemics, and distributing medication.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: June 2001

Contentbank.org
Following rigorous research with regard to Online Content for Low-Income & Underserved Users, The Children's Partnership built a web portal (Contentbank.org), which included critical online resources targeted at staff of community technology programs, after-school programs, libraries, and other places where low-income families can be assisted in the use of digital technologies. Contentbank.org now also provides site-building tools and robust content on jobs, housing, health care, legal and educational services to the growing number of community-based. Part of the Domestic Digital Divide Initiative.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: June 2001

Discovery
Supporting a partnership between the Markle Foundation and Discovery Channel in order to plan a commercial, interactive media business, founded on developmental research, which examines the impact of interactive technologies on children, ages pre-school through twelve.

Program Area: Interactive Media for Children
Initiated: May 2001

Markle Foundation / Internet Governance Project II (IGPII)
The IGPII addresses the increased need for inclusion of the public voice in Internet governance-making processes. Continuing the work from the first IGP.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: March 2001

Center for Democracy and Technology: Internet Standards Bodies
This grant supported the Center for Democracy and Technology to enhance the representation of the public interest in Internet standards bodies. The project focused on emerging technical and policy decisions that concern free expression, privacy, and access on the Internet.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: March 2001

Benton Foundation
This project supported the Benton Foundation in developing OneWorld US, the United States-based website for one of the largest international networks devoted to sustainable development and human rights.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: March 2001

Voxiva
This project supported Voxiva, a social venture that works to expand services to poor communities in developing nations, with a particular emphasis on public health information. Voxiva provides an effective means for isolated developing country populations to send and receive information needed for monitoring diseases and epidemics, and distributing medication.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: February 2001

PBS
Developing educationally-oriented children's media.

Program Area: Interactive Media for Children
Initiated: February 2001

Markle Foundation / Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
This grant will lay the groundwork for future discussions and action around the reform of Chinese media law. The first phase will be the identification, translation and publication in Chinese of preeminent western books addressing issues of free speech and communications law.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: January 2001

University Of California, San Diego: For Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation
Provides funding for the International Communications Policy Workshop, allowing experts on communications economics, technology, law, and policy to work with policy makers in developing countries to alleviate policy problems.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: January 2001

Understanding Healthcare
A book designed to present health information in a way that is both appealing an understandable for anyone struggling with the often-overwhelming process of researching reliable health and health care information. Richard Saul Wurman developed Understanding Healthcare, with support from Johnson & Johnson, the Markle Foundation and the UnitedHealth Group, to present complex health related information ranging from how the human body works to how the health care system works in a way that encourages and allows people to play a more active role in their own health care. (more)

Program Area: Health
Initiated: January 2001

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