Open Calls
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation accepts and evaluates requests for funding throughout the year through our grant application process. In addition, the Foundation occasionally issues calls for grant proposals or letters of inquiry on specific topics or issues to be submitted by a pre-announced submission date.
Open calls issued by the Foundation are listed below.
Metascience and AI Postdoctoral Fellowships
Call for: Submissions
Deadline: April 10th, 2025
Summary: Grants of up to $250,000 (USD) over up to two years will be awarded to social sciences and humanities postdoctoral researchers who study the implication of AI for Science.
Link: https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/aipostdoc-rfp
Letters of Inquiry on Interdisciplinary Social Science Research on Energy System Interactions in the United States
Call for: Letters of Inquiry
Deadline: March 25, 2025
Summary: Grants of $500,000 - $1,000,000 to be made for interdisciplinary social science research on energy system interactions the United States, led by early- and mid-career scholars.
Link: https://apply.sloan.org/prog/energy_system_interactions/