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Sloan Research Fellowships

Announcing the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows

Energy and Environment

Call for Proposals: Multidisciplinary Research on U.S. Energy Transmission and Distribution Systems

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2018
Research

Facebook Launches New Initiative to Help Scholars Assess Social Media’s Impact on Elections

Sloan Joins Consortium to Facilitate High Quality Research on Social Media Data
Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Next Generation Astronomical Survey to Map the Entire Sky

SDSS-V to continue its 20-year tradition of path-breaking astronomy
Public Understanding

Sloan-Developed “Radium Girls” to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

Based on the true story of young women in the 1920s who were poisoned while painting luminous watches at the U.S. Radium Factory, Radium Girls will premiere on April 27
Working Longer

Reaping the Benefits of an Older Workforce

The NYTimes reports on the companies who think employees in their golden years are better than gold
Universal Access to Knowledge

DPLA Launches Library-Centered EBook Marketplace

Six Libraries Join in Pilot Program
Energy

Why Solar Needs Innovation to Reach Its Potential

The author of Taming the Sun explains the precarious future of our most promising renewable energy source
New York City Initiatives

"The most revered teacher I've ever worked with..."

Seven honored for exceptional science and math teaching in NYC public schools
Economic Institutions, Behavior, and Performance

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

The fascinating world of differential privacy
Public Understanding of Science

Sloan-Supported “To Dust” to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

The off-beat and poignant film, starring Géza Röhrig and Matthew Broderick follows a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York who teams up with a local community college biology professor to delve more deeply into the science of decomposition

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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