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Sloan News

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Adam Falk as New President

Williams College president to take the Foundation helm in January 2018.
Sloan Research Fellowships

Theoretical Physicist Kip Thorne Awarded Nobel for Discovery of Gravitational Waves

CalTech Researcher was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1966
Microbiology of the Built Environment

New National Academies Report Lays out Future of Indoor Microbial Research

Moving the field from research to application
Education and Advancement for Underrepresented Groups

Unoma Okorafor on Inclusivity in STEM Education

Interview with a Sloan Scholar
Working Longer

What Could Help Americans Work More Years

A Forbes Dispatch from Columbia University's Age Boom Academy
Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Are We Living in a Giant Cosmic Void?

SDSS Data Suggests We Might Be Very Alone in the Universe
Public Understanding

Sloan-supported "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" Premieres at 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

Sloan VP, Programs Doron Weber at the Bombshell world premiere with post-screening panelists, including Susan Sarandon, Bombshell producer, and Diane Kruger, producer of an upcoming Sloan-supported mini-series on Hedy Lamarr
Universal Access to Knowledge

Wikimedia Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the web

Project will add metadata to more the 35 million media files
Deep Carbon Observatory

Studying Yellowstone by Integrating Deep Carbon Science

The 2nd Annual Deep Carbon Observatory Summer School
Data and Computational Research

Julia Computing to Launch Diversity Initiatives

Seeking Applications for Director of Diversity Initiatives
New York City Initiatives

The 2017 Sloan Public Service Awards

Annual awards honor seven extraordinary NYC civil servants
Completed Programs

Professional Science Master's Degree Programs Pass 360

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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