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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.
Public Understanding of Science

Sloan-Funded “Century of Science” Site Celebrates 100 Years of Science News

The site uses the more than 80,000 articles in the Science News archive to look at major advances across the sciences over the last 100 years.
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.
Sloan Research Fellowships

The fellowships recognize outstanding achievement and potential in early career scholars across seven fields.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Developing Fair and Objective Promotion Procedures

The University of Houston has received a $177,000 grant to examine the role of external review letters in the promotion and tenure process.

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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