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2020 Highlights

Our reimagined annual report showcases a talented selection of Sloan grantees.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Understanding Investments and Outcomes in STEM Higher Education DEI Efforts

Read two new Sloan-commissioned reports informing our approach to investing in DEI STEM higher education.
Nobel Prizes

Congratulations David MacMillan and Guido Imbens, former Sloan Research Fellows and this year's Nobel laureates in Chemistry and Economics, respectively.

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Astronomers Have Just Found More Than Half a Million New Asteroids

New Scientist reveals how a pair of astronomers found a trove of asteroids lurking in old Sloan Digital Sky Survey data.
Impact

Explore a selection of Sloan-supported projects on our new Medium site.

Public Understanding

Sloan-Supported Documentary “Coded Bias” Available on Netflix

The feature-length film by Shalini Kantayya looks at the bias encoded in automated decision-making and machine-learning algorithms.

About the Foundation

We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics


Founded in 1934 by industrialist Alfred P. Sloan Jr., the Foundation is a not-for-profit grantmaking institution that supports high quality, impartial scientific research; fosters a robust, diverse scientific workforce; strengthens public understanding and engagement with science; and promotes the health of the institutions of scientific endeavor. 

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Programs

Our grantmaking is divided thematically across several broad subject areas related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics.

Sloan Research Fellowships

These two-year fellowships honor outstanding early-career researchers in seven fields and have become one of the most prestigious and sought after awards available to young scholars.

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