The Helene Fuld Health Trust awarded the Columbia University School of Nursing $6.5 million for three projects to educate future nurse leaders.

The projects include development of the newly named Helene Fuld Simulation Center, where students will practice with high-tech mannequins; establishment of the Helene Fuld Institute for Excellence in Simulation, which will enable the school to share best practices; and expansion of the existing Helene Fuld Scholarship Fund for students entering the accelerated master’s and doctor of nursing practice program.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a new fellowship program supporting scholars in the humanities and social sciences, with awards of up to $200,000 each. The Lilly Endowment awarded a $4.3-million grant to New York public-television station WNET to support the PBS series “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.” The Lilly Endowment has supported the program, which is in its 19th season, since its inception. The Youth Opportunity Fund, a new component of the Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative, will award one-year grants of up to $250,000 to nonprofits in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, St. The Lemelson Foundation awarded a grant of $706,000 to the Portland State University Foundation to support educational activities of Oregon MESA (Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement).