$700,000 grant from the Ford Foundation Helps the International Panel on the Information Environment Further its Mission
April 2024 - The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is pleased to announce a new $700,00 grant from the Ford Foundation to support the IPIE’s activities over the next three years. Ford’s support will contribute to the IPIE’s development of scientific research and its engagement with policymakers, industry, and civil society to produce a healthier global information environment.
Phil Howard, President of the IPIE, said:
"We are immensely grateful to the Ford Foundation for their generous support. This funding will empower us to further our mission of promoting evidence-based understanding and fostering constructive dialogue on a host of issues.”
Over the next three years, this grant will help advance the IPIE’s scientific approaches to the critical issues of our time, including studying information integrity about climate science, establishing a standard for AI that promotes a healthier information environment, and launching the first global summit on the information environment.
Lori McGlinchey, director of the Technology and Society program at the Ford Foundation, said:
"IPIE's global, cooperative, scientific approach is pivotal to the governance of a healthier information environment. We are proud to support the IPIE's growth and continued impact over the next three years."
About the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE):
The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent and global science organization committed to providing the most actionable scientific knowledge about threats to the world’s information environment. Based in Switzerland, the mission of the IPIE is to provide policymakers, industry, and civil society with independent scientific assessments on the global information environment by organizing, evaluating, and elevating research, with the broad aim of improving the global information environment. Hundreds of researchers from around the world contribute to the IPIE’s reports.
About the Ford Foundation:
The Ford Foundation is an independent organization working to address inequality and build a future grounded in justice. For more than 85 years, it has supported visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Today, with an endowment of $16 billion, the foundation has headquarters in New York and 10 regional offices across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.