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Sloan Research Fellowships

Announcing the 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual awards honor the brightest, most innovative young researchers working today
New York City Initiatives

Generation Rx

A new report sheds light on the most vulnerable victims of the opioid crisis: the children of families devastated by addiction
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

Contingent, Non-standard, Alternative, Gig

New research looks at non-standard work arrangements and the older workforce
Public Understanding of Science

American Experience’s Sloan-Supported Documentary “Sealab” Available Online

"Sealab," about pioneering scientists living and working in a pressurized habitat on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is now available to stream for free on the American Experience website.
Energy & Environment

Why The Energy Industry Needs Women

The compelling case for gender diversity in one of the most critical sectors of the American economy
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
Chemistry of Indoor Environments

Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution ‘worse than Delhi’

Research from the HOMEChem field experiment yields surprising results on the extraordinary effects of an ordinary activity
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
Economics

Can Big Data Improve Economic Measurement?

The Brookings Institution Brings Together Leading Experts on How to Bring Macroeconomic Measurement Into the Digital Age
Education and Advancement of Underrepresented Groups

UC Davis Chancellor Selects Renetta Garrison Tull as Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Will carry a culture of "inclusive excellence" with her from current post at University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Deep Life Not Limited to Microbes

Earthquakes Move Surface Animals to the Deep, New Research Shows
Sloan Research Fellowships

Geometer and Former Sloan Research Fellow Karen Uhlenbeck Becomes First Woman to Win Abel Prize in Mathematics

Recognized for pathbreaking work on the mathematical foundations of quantum physics

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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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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