
New smartphone apps can be connected to a home thermostat to monitor energy use. The tradeoffs associated with the development of such technologies is a primary focus of the Energy & Environment program.
Program Goal
To advance understanding about the economic, environmental, security, and policy trade-offs associated with the increased deployment of low- and no-carbon resources and technologies across the energy system and the resulting impacts on the quality of American life.
Strategy
Grants in this program focus on advancing a series of interrelated strategies.
- Generate Novel Research and Knowledge: The primary focus of this program is to build an impartial science, technology, engineering, economic, and policy knowledge base as a public good.
- Train the Next Generation of Scholars and Practitioners: An important component of this program is introducing new voices into the field and training the next generation of individuals capable of anticipating and addressing energy challenges and opportunities.
- Build Multidisciplinary Networks and Communities: Grantmaking aims to strengthen existing research networks and create longstanding communities of practice that will endure beyond the program’s timeline.
- Educate Stakeholders and Disseminate Information for Decision-Making: Appropriate grantees will be engaged to apply impartial research findings to inform the development of policies and practices that address the deployment of low- and no-carbon technologies and resources.
- Attract Additional Resources: This program aims to seed new ideas that stimulate additional support for research on these topics by government, industry, and philanthropy.
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Call for Letters of Inquiry: Sensors and Monitoring Energy or Environmental Systems
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University of Texas at Austin
Where water goes after fracking is tied to earthquake risk
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Resources for the Future
RFF, Sloan Foundation to Host Conference Exploring Energy Research Insights for Decisionmaking
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Environmental Law Institute
ELI Announces Eight Research Projects on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy
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MIT Energy Initiative
Student researchers lend their voices and ideas to Future of Nuclear study
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E2e Project
A network of top energy scholars study the puzzling energy efficiency gap
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Community Impacts of Shale
Resources for the Future's collection of studies and guidance on the municipal effects of shale oil and gas development
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Transition to Cleaner Vehicles and Fuels
Resource for the Future's initiative about going green in the transportation sector
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Energy Data Analytics Lab at Duke University
Turning information into insight
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Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University
Objective, balanced, rigorous analysis of the most pressing energy issues facing the world today
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University Energy Initiative Symposium
MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Energy Research brings together scholars from energy research initiatives across the country.
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Apply
Due to the significant funding available from both public and private sources for energy and environmental research, the Foundation is very selective in the grants it makes in this area. Interested scholars should send a letter of inquiry of no more than two pages to energy@sloan.org. Please note:
- The Foundation does not engage in or support energy policy advocacy of any kind. Support is only provided for non-partisan, balanced, evidence-based analysis.
- This is not a climate change program. Projects focusing exclusively on climate change are considered outside the program’s scope.
- Grants in this program focus on investigating underexplored research questions related to energy sources (supply), transmission and distribution, energy use (demand), new energy technologies, the economics of energy transmission and distribution, big data, energy efficiency, and transportation.
- Due to strict funding criteria and limited resources, it is often not possible to fund unsolicited grant inquiries.