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Sloan News

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Adam Falk as New President

Williams College president to take the Foundation helm in January 2018.
Sloan Research Fellowships

Theoretical Physicist Kip Thorne Awarded Nobel for Discovery of Gravitational Waves

CalTech Researcher was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1966
Microbiology of the Built Environment

New National Academies Report Lays out Future of Indoor Microbial Research

Moving the field from research to application
Working Longer

Americans nearing retirement report more health limitations than did earlier generations

New Sloan-funded study shows worrying trends in self-reports of health among older Americans
Sloan Digital Sky Survey

"Everybody Knew It Had to Be There"

SDSS Data Helps Find the Missing Half of all Normal Cosmic Matter
Public Understanding

The 2017 Sloan Film Summit, Oct 27-29

A Three Day Celebration of Science, Storytelling, and the Sloan Film Program
Deep Carbon Observatory

A new finding raises an old question: Where and when did life begin?

Deep Carbon Observatory Researchers Probe Life in the Depths
Universal Access to Knowledge

DPLA Launches Library-Centered EBook Marketplace

Six Libraries Join in Pilot Program
Economic Institutions, Behavior & Performance

IRIS Accepting Applications For Projects Studying Returns to Investments in Science

Deadline: November 1st, 2017
Energy & Environment

Sacramento Nudges People to Use Less Electricity at Peak Hours

New Research from the Sloan-funded E2e Center at UC Berkeley

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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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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