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2024 Sloan Research Fellow Ludwig Straub receives 2026 John Bates Clark Medal for significant contributions to economic thought and knowledge

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Sloan Foundation Program Director Evan Michelson named AAAS Fellow

Funding Opportunity

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Economic Research on the Returns to R&D Investment

Grants available for studies that will provide key empirical insight into the social and economic returns to investment in research and development.
Funding Opportunity

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education

Grants up to $500,000 will be awarded to U.S. higher education institutions and organizations working in partnership to advance access and opportunity in STEM graduate education.
Sloan Research Fellowships

Congratulations to the 2026 Sloan Research Fellows!

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Announcing the 2025 grantees from the energy system interactions RFP

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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