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Sloan Research Fellowships

Awards Honor 126 Early Career Scholars Across Eight Fields

Digital Technology

Wikipedians Gather to Improve Citation Across Wikipedia

Wikicite Conference Harnesses a Global Volunteer Community in Service of Better Citation Practices
Public Understanding

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” Wins Sloan Feature Film Prize at Sundance

We are proud to announce the winner of the 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, Chiwetel Ejiofor's "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." The award was presented at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Energy

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Sensors and Monitoring Energy or Environmental Systems

Grants up to $1.5M for innovative research collaborations that use sensors to monitor and study energy or environmental systems
Working Longer

The Tricky Task of Managing the New, Multigenerational Workforce

The Wall Street Journal reports on how businesses are managing the diverse needs of a diverse workforce
Public Understanding of Science

Hit EST/Sloan Play “Behind the Sheet” Extended to March 10

Due to popular demand and acclaim, “Behind the Sheet,” a Sloan-commissioned play written by Charly Evon Simpson and produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Project, has been extended a third time to March 10.
Minority Ph.D. Program

Sloan Scholar Scott Tan Named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science

MIT Graduate Student Recognized for Pioneering Efforts in Engineering Artificial Brain Synapses
Economics

This Is Your Brain Off Facebook

The New York Times Reports on a Groundbreaking Study of What Happens When You Step Away from the World's Most Popular Social Media Site
Deep Carbon Observatory

Life in Deep Earth Totals 15 to 23 Billion Tons of Carbon

Deep Carbon Mass Totals Hundreds of Times the Collective Mass of Humans
Economics

Research Universities and the Public Good

In a new book, Jason Owen-Smith argues that new data shows us why research universities matter more than ever
Science

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Issues Data Release 15

Massive public release includes data from MaNGA, MaStar, eBoss, and Apogee-2 subsurveys
Higher Education

Minority-Serving Institutions Can Serve as a Greater Resource for Meeting U.S. STEM Workforce Needs, But Increased Attention and Investments Are Needed

A report from the National Academies
Energy

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Net-Zero and Net-Negative Emissions Technologies

Grants up to $1.5M available for collaborative research on net-zero and net-negative emissions interventions and technology

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 eight fields and have become one of the most prestigious and sought after awards available to young scholars.

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