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Each year, approximately $2 million is awarded to over 100 proposals. Since its inception in 2008, GSF has awarded more than $30 million to enable some 1,300 faculty research collaborations.

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John Deutch, Emeritus Institute Professor, MIT

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Leading the Free World: Freedom and Democracy in US National Security Strategy

Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute

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French Nuclear Weapons Policy and Europe’s Nuclear Future

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