Grants Database

Grants Database

The Foundation awards approximately 200 grants per year (excluding the Sloan Research Fellowships), totaling roughly $80 million dollars in annual commitments in support of research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. This database contains grants for currently operating programs going back to 2008. For grants from prior years and for now-completed programs, see the annual reports section of this website.

Grants Database

87 Grants
Grantee
Amount
City
Year
  • grantee: Myriad USA
    amount: $250,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2026

    To support a virtual reality experience and a feature-length documentary about the science, engineering, and collaborative innovation behind the creation of the Statue of Liberty

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Stephane Milliere

    To support a virtual reality experience and a feature-length documentary about the science, engineering, and collaborative innovation behind the creation of the Statue of Liberty

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  • grantee: The Marc Sanders Foundation
    amount: $50,000
    city: Hillsborough, NJ
    year: 2026

    To increase the impact of philosophy on the public understanding of science-related topics by providing appropriate training to promising academic philosophers

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Barry Lam

    To increase the impact of philosophy on the public understanding of science-related topics by providing appropriate training to promising academic philosophers

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  • grantee: Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc.
    amount: $50,000
    city: Hedgesville, WV
    year: 2025

    To support the convening of hundreds of nonpartisan science journalists at ScienceWriters2025

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Meaghan Parker

    To support the convening of hundreds of nonpartisan science journalists at ScienceWriters2025

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  • grantee: Astrophysical Research Consortium
    amount: $90,000
    city: Seattle, WA
    year: 2025

    To produce planetarium and science-on-a-sphere shows for the general public describing the hardware, observations, and science of SDSS-V

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Juna Kollmeier

    To produce planetarium and science-on-a-sphere shows for the general public describing the hardware, observations, and science of SDSS-V

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  • grantee: Goodman Theatre
    amount: $250,000
    city: Chicago, IL
    year: 2025

    To support the production of a year-long presentation of Theater of the Mind in Chicago

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Kate Welham

    To support the production of a year-long presentation of Theater of the Mind in Chicago

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  • grantee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    amount: $90,000
    city: Cambridge, MA
    year: 2024

    To support a one-day conference about building trust in science co-sponsored by MIT and the Aspen Institute

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Amy Brand

    To support a one-day conference about building trust in science co-sponsored by MIT and the Aspen Institute

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  • grantee: Sustainable Markets Foundation
    amount: $250,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2024

    To support the launch of Fallout Revisited, an interactive website modeling the fallout from all U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted in the US

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Susan Alzner

    To support the launch of Fallout Revisited, an interactive website modeling the fallout from all U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted in the US

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  • grantee: Hot Docs Foundation
    amount: $50,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2024

    To spotlight Sloan support for science programming at the 2024 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Adam Kirkham

    To spotlight Sloan support for science programming at the 2024 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

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  • grantee: Hot Docs Foundation
    amount: $35,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To spotlight Sloan support for science programming at the 2023 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Adam Kirkham

    To spotlight Sloan support for science programming at the 2023 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

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  • grantee: The New York Academy of Medicine
    amount: $47,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To produce a 45-minute performance of the opera “Semmelweis” with accompanying lectures, moderated discussions, and outreach

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Elana Kieffer

    To produce a 45-minute performance of the opera “Semmelweis” with accompanying lectures, moderated discussions, and outreach

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