Higher Education
Program Update
As of January 2021, the Higher Education Program is no longer accepting unsolicited inquiries. We encourage potential applicants to explore our other programs and to return to our website regularly for updates on new grant opportunities.
Program Aims
Higher education has been a focus of the Foundation’s grantmaking since the Foundation’s very first grant in 1936 to Yenching University in Beijing. Over half of all grant monies awarded since the Foundation’s establishment have been to higher education institutions.
Recent Grants
A supplemental grant for Expanding Horizons: The Luce International Seminar for Women Graduate Students in STEM from the US and East Asia.
Ewha Institute for Leadership Development|Seoul, Korea, Republic of
To support the Way Forward, an effort to reimagine higher education in a time of crisis.
Bringing Theory to Practice, Elon University|Elon, North Carolina, United States
To support an internship at the Center for Advancement of Public Action.
Bennington College|Bennington, Vermont, United States
To support Tribal College and University technology needs required for reliable on-line instruction during the pandemic
American Indian College Fund|Denver, Colorado, United States
To support the activities of the Humanities Truck during the COVID-19 pandemic.
American University|Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
Program Administrators
Buffington has long experience in higher education, having served most recently as president of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and before that as associate provost at Harvard University.
