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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.
Call for Letters of Inquiry

Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education

Grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded to U.S. higher education institutions and organizations developing equitable pathways to STEM graduate education for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Students
Public Understanding of Science

Sloan/NYU-Winning Film “Radium Girls” Now Available on Netflix

Based on the true story of young women in the 1920s who were poisoned while painting luminous watches at the U.S. Radium Factory.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Making science more equitable, starting with 101

Sloan grantee Tim McKay is leading a collaboration to make intro STEM courses work for everyone
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Expanding opportunities, access, support key parts of graduate partnership

Sloan partners with Purdue to help Native Americans pursue advanced degrees in STEM
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The Foundation Responds to an Evolving Crisis

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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