The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy selected Ph.D. candidate and USC Annenberg alumna Lauren Bree Movius (M.A. Global Communication '05) as the recipient of the Joshua Feigenbaum Award in Mass Communication Policy for her proposal on "Global Governance of the Internet: Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Policy Paradigm?"
The Feigenbaum Award — one of six special awards that may be granted for certain projects and carry an additional stipend beyond the customary amounts of a grant — is given for empirical research on policy aspects of the arts and popular culture, with special reference to mass communication.
"This year the Foundation received the largest number of applications in our history, and there were many fine proposals," said Horowitz Foundation vice chairman and trustee Mary E. Curtis. "The decisions were based on the Trustees' evaluation of stated research objectives, the methodology to be used, and the applicant's statement of expected outcomes."
Established in 1998, the Horowitz Foundation approves approximately ten grants per year as of the 2008 distribution, in amounts ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per grant. The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research.
