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.

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3,133 Grants

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Amount

City

Year

grantee: Brave New Software

amount: $20,000

city: Los Angeles, CA

year: 2015
To develop a better understanding of the success and sustainability of selected Sloan-funded free/open source software projects
- Program Technology
- Sub-program Scholarly Communication
- Investigator James Vasile
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To develop a better understanding of the success and sustainability of selected Sloan-funded free/open source software projects
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grantee: The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

amount: $15,000

city: New York, NY

year: 2015
To support the development of the City University of New York Digital History Archive
- Program New York City Program
- Investigator Andrea Vasquez
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To support the development of the City University of New York Digital History Archive
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grantee: University of Pittsburgh

amount: $123,728

city: Pittsburgh, PA

year: 2015
To support the adoption of active curation platforms by Association for Computing Machinery publishing systems
- Program Technology
- Sub-program Scholarly Communication
- Investigator Bruce Childers
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To support the adoption of active curation platforms by Association for Computing Machinery publishing systems
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grantee: Stanford University

amount: $114,687

city: Stanford, CA

year: 2015
To explore to what extent health, job demands, and job exposures drive early disability and retirement events for workers in the manufacturing sector
- Program Research
- Sub-program Working Longer
- Investigator Mark Cullen
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To explore to what extent health, job demands, and job exposures drive early disability and retirement events for workers in the manufacturing sector
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grantee: American Association for the Advancement of Science

amount: $105,258

city: Washington, DC

year: 2015
To support a workshop of ~30 research university teams to improve the recruitment, retention, and success of URM graduate students in STEM by studying strategies employed by peer institutions in the context of the team’s own challenges and aims
- Program Higher Education
- Initiative Professional Advancement of Underrepresented Groups
- Investigator Shirley Malcom
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To support a workshop of ~30 research university teams to improve the recruitment, retention, and success of URM graduate students in STEM by studying strategies employed by peer institutions in the context of the team’s own challenges and aims
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grantee: WNET

amount: $100,000

city: New York, NY

year: 2015
To produce at least three annual Sloan-related science, technology, and economics themed episodes of The Open Mind for two years and to support enhanced outreach and promotion for the show to a national PBS audience
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Television
- Investigator Alexander Heffner
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To produce at least three annual Sloan-related science, technology, and economics themed episodes of The Open Mind for two years and to support enhanced outreach and promotion for the show to a national PBS audience
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grantee: Santa Fe Institute

amount: $15,000

city: Santa Fe, NM

year: 2015
To organize a workshop addressing the technological, social, and industrial dynamics for innovation and transition in electric power production and delivery
- Program Research
- Sub-program Energy and Environment
- Investigator Cristopher Moore
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To organize a workshop addressing the technological, social, and industrial dynamics for innovation and transition in electric power production and delivery
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grantee: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

amount: $75,000

city: Washington, DC

year: 2015
To provide consistent, open-source baseline data on the different environmental characteristics of oils in production and enhance information dissemination through improved visualizations
- Program Research
- Sub-program Energy and Environment
- Investigator Deborah Gordon
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To provide consistent, open-source baseline data on the different environmental characteristics of oils in production and enhance information dissemination through improved visualizations
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grantee: University of Toronto

amount: $116,035

city: Toronto, ON, Canada

year: 2015
To support a series of dissemination and engagement activities for Sloan Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) and Chemistry of Indoor Environments programs at Indoor Air 2016, as well as pre- and post-meeting workshops
- Program Research
- Sub-program Microbiology of the Built Environment
- Investigator Jeffrey Siegel
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To support a series of dissemination and engagement activities for Sloan Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) and Chemistry of Indoor Environments programs at Indoor Air 2016, as well as pre- and post-meeting workshops
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grantee: University of Michigan

amount: $72,846

city: Ann Arbor, MI

year: 2015
To undertake qualitative and survey research that explore the factors related to transportation and travel preferences among younger millennial generations
- Program Research
- Sub-program Energy and Environment
- Investigator Thomas Lyon
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To undertake qualitative and survey research that explore the factors related to transportation and travel preferences among younger millennial generations
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