Funding search · Alfred P Sloan Foundation · grants

Alfred P Sloan Foundation: all 1,550 grants

Largest first · $269.5M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview

$454,589
Harvard University · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To develop new methods for determining causal inference through randomized controlled trials that account for spillover, high-dimensional, or heterogeneous effects
$450,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To continue supporting the publication and dissemination of high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant economics research through the brookings papers on economic activity
$450,000
University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
Toevaluate the interactions between critical mineral development and a shift to electrified public transportation using social life cycle assessment methodologies
$445,632
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2024
To examine the technical, environmental, social, and legal considerations for producing critical minerals and rare earth elements from mining residuals
$443,183
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2023
To compile and collect high quality data about the u.s. Care economy for use both by researchers and, through an online statistical dashboard, by the public as well
$438,854
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
To enhance the teaching and educational training of howard university students pursuing degrees in economics
$437,500
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
To study how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of transcription and coordinates the development of multicellular structures
$430,000
University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023
To provide renewed support to the indoor chemistry modeling consortium
$425,000
Dynamicland Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support the development of realtalk as a mode of communal computing in scientific contexts
$422,772
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To use airborne and satellite measurements to monitor offshore energy production and natural gas flaring
$417,104
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the sloan centers for systemic change (scsc) seed grantees by equipping them with research, tools, change management strategies, and a supportive network of colleagues
$412,736
University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2023
To extend the precision and capabilities of atomic clocks in order to perform the first experiments where both quantum mechanics and general relativity have measurable effects, and to perform novel tests of general rela… read allTo extend the precision and capabilities of atomic clocks in order to perform the first experiments where both quantum mechanics and general relativity have measurable effects, and to perform novel tests of general relativity less
$402,864
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To expand and diversify the community of researchers conducting randomized controlled trials (rcts) that investigate and address the underlying causes of racial inequity
$400,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a field measurement campaign to better quantify emissions from hydrogen fueling stations and heavy-duty vehicles
$400,000
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To support operations of the alfred p. Sloan ucem program at duke university
$400,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
To continue the development of the decarbonizing chemical manufacturing using sustainable electrification (dc-muse) center
$400,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To produce a second consensus study report on the societal and equity dimensions of deep decarbonization and establish a multisectoral deep decarbonization forum to disseminate findings
$399,999
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
To examine the economic, environmental, and equity dimensions associated with the electrification and decarbonization of the steel industry
$399,973
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
To strengthen the professional network of research software engineers in the united states
$399,803
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
To strengthen the professional network of research software engineers in the united states
$398,982
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
To analyze how reimbursement policies for home-and-community-based services (hcbs) impact care recipients and their caregivers
$397,544
Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To study the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces
$396,330
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To expand and diversify the community of researchers conducting randomized controlled trials (rcts) that investigate and address the underlying causes of racial inequity
$390,606
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
To engage masters and undergraduate students in open source research software projects as part of the st. Louis university open source program office
$383,000
Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation · Brookline, ME · 2022
To sustain and expand the national science on screen program
$381,940
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
To advance indigenous perspectives in stem graduate education through a multi-campus model focused on outreach, mentoring, community-building, and student financial support
$380,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To strengthen and expand project management and research in the energy and climate program at the environmental markets lab (emlab)
$379,845
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To promote independent, unbiased, and non-partisan research on regulatory economics, including topics such as emerging technologies, consumer protection, and market competition in the digital age
$379,539
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To develop an equity-minded, law-attentive organizational learning series for higher education institutions seeking to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
$375,909
Northeastern University · Boston, ME · 2022
To implement and analyze support for scientific research teams who are working together on common aims but from multiple locations
$375,224
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To improve local decision-making by continuing to build technical capacity in nyc borough president offices, community boards, agencies, and civic organizations
$375,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
To continue enabling academic data science communities to share knowledge, ideas, and lessons learned via the academic data science alliance
$375,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
To continue enabling academic data science communities to share knowledge, ideas, and lessons learned via the academic data science alliance
$375,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
To continue enabling academic data science communities to share knowledge, ideas, and lessons learned via the academic data science alliance
$373,789
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2023
To pilot an sigp program at the university of kansas that will recruit, retain, and graduate indigenous students in stem undergraduate and graduate programs at the university of kansas and its partner institution, haske… read allTo pilot an sigp program at the university of kansas that will recruit, retain, and graduate indigenous students in stem undergraduate and graduate programs at the university of kansas and its partner institution, haskell indian nations university less
$373,768
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at george washington university
$370,155
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
To promote independent, unbiased, and non-partisan research on regulatory economics, including topics such as emerging technologies, consumer protection, and market competition in the digital age
$370,044
Harvard University · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To study algorithmic fairness by developing a theory of principled scoring functions based on notions about pseudorandomness and multicalibration
$365,000
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2024
Tostudy the economic and equity impacts of alternative electricity rate structures via a randomized controlled trial with rural electricity cooperatives in the midwest
$364,406
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To establish an interdisciplinary research program on the social science of caregiving and build empirical and theoretical foundations for the cognitive economics of care
$360,300
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
To advance transient astronomy by taking a movie of the entire sky nightly
$360,011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To explore how nonequilibrium dynamics can structure biological systems across scales from molecules to ecosystems
$359,586
National Bureau of Economic Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support new research on the financial challenges facing the higher education sector in the united states
$356,518
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2024
To study the trade-off between hiring staff scientists or postdoctoral scholars to work in scientific laboratories
$353,085
American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2023
To develop and facilitate a multi-faceted learning community for sloans creating equitable pathways to stem graduate education grantees, embedded within the aaas sea change initiative
$352,940
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Toimage the nanoscale organization of major processes in cell biology using correlative cryo-fluorescence super resolution microscopy and cryo-electron tomography
$352,717
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
To pilot a postdoctoral fellowship on open source software development and support other activities at the university of california santa cruz open source program office
$350,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the triennial sloan film summit, a three-day event of screenings, panels, staged readings, project updates, networking opportunities, and community building for sloan film grantees
$350,000
Expanded Schools · New York, NY · 2023
To continue expanding k-12 stem experiences for students from traditionally underserved communities through strengthened partnerships between new york city schools, afterschool organizations, and stem service providers
$350,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
To support a two-hour nova special, your brain, about the latest breakthroughs in neurosciencehosted by neuroscientist and clinician heather berlin
$350,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
To continue the development of community building and data infrastructure for the cie program
$350,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2022
To continue the development of microeconomic energy system models by improving the representation of transportation, land use, and equity dimensions
$349,991
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
To examine the economic and policy dimensions of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (ccus) technologies and create a network of scholars examining critical ccus research questions
$349,968
Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2023
To improve scientific collaboration by exploring opportunities for synchronous online discussion via the open review platform
$349,124
University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the university of wisconsin, madison
$349,123
University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the university of wisconsin, madison
$347,848
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
To pursue research projects and community-building activities that will advance the development of cognitive economics
$341,272
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
To implement and analyze support for scientific research teams who are working together on common aims but from multiple locations
$339,144
American Council On Education · Washington, DC · 2023
To refine the carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, including the creation of a classification that measures the success of institutions in fostering social and economic mobility for traditionally… read allTo refine the carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, including the creation of a classification that measures the success of institutions in fostering social and economic mobility for traditionally underserved students less
$336,493
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To develop a platform that integrates synthetic cell technologies, thereby creating new research opportunities for the synthetic cell community
$334,480
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To support the alfred p. Sloan minority ph.d. Program (mphd) through phase 4 renewal grant for university centers of exemplary mentoring (ucems) at duke university
$333,360
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To support the alfred p. Sloan minority ph.d. Program (mphd) through phase 4 renewal grant for university centers of exemplary mentoring (ucems) at duke university
$333,120
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To achieve size-regulation of nucleic acid based biomolecular condensates and sustained cycles of condensate formation-growth-dissolution by coupling condensation dynamics and chemical reaction dynamics
$332,973
Lost Women of Science Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To research, produce, and release three seasons of lost women of science for a total of 20 podcast episodes telling in-depth stories of overlooked women in stem throughout history
$328,919
Southern Regional Education Board · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the institute on teaching and mentoring as part of the national effort to increase doctoral degrees awarded to members of underrepresented minorities in stem fields, with a special focus on preparation for ca… read allTo support the institute on teaching and mentoring as part of the national effort to increase doctoral degrees awarded to members of underrepresented minorities in stem fields, with a special focus on preparation for careers in higher education less
$328,750
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Tocreateartificial living systems that mimic the shape-dependent signaling of natural cells
$328,471
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To help establish the carnegie mellon university open source program office, including activities focused on software around core facilities and government software r&d
$328,119
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the universityof texas, austin
$327,598
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To examine how household energy insecurity is experienced by different demographic groups at the state and national levels
$327,065
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2024
To support the institutionalization of an open source programs office at saint louis university
$326,354
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To optimize, scale, and study the social science prediction platform, an online resource for collecting and cataloguing expert forecasts about the results of social science experiments
$325,669
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
To continue support for a network of museum partners focused on scientific research in the fields of cultural heritage and art conservation through access to expert researchers and advanced equipment
$325,507
University of Warwick · 2023
To test critical aspects of a plan to probe the quantum nature of gravity by entangling two microdiamonds via their mutual gravitational attraction
$325,278
National Bureau of Economic Research · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To provide partial support for thousands of participants in over 50 programs that comprise the summer institute run annually by the national bureau of economic research
$325,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
To support nprs coverage of economics via two podcasts, planet money and the indicator; online short videos; a weekly newsletter; and educational outreach
$325,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
To support nprs coverage of economics via two podcasts, planet money and the indicator; online short videos; a weekly newsletter; and educational outreach
$325,000
Expanded Schools · New York, NY · 2022
To expand k-12 stem experiences for students from traditionally underserved communities through strengthened partnerships between new york city schools, afterschool organizations, and stem service providers
$325,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
To support nprs coverage of economics via two podcasts, planet money and the indicator; online short videos; a weekly newsletter; and educational outreach
$323,495
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To provide partial support for the sloan public service awards program
$323,335
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Toimage the nanoscale organization of major processes in cell biology using correlative cryo-fluorescence super resolution microscopy and cryo-electron tomography
$322,741
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at stanford university
$322,022
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at syracuse university
$321,881
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the universityof texas, austin
$321,526
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To help establish the carnegie mellon university open source program office, including activities focused on software around core facilities and government software r&d
$319,843
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To examine the design of public sector institutions focused on commercializing new clean energy technologies
$319,166
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To improve how political economy insights are represented in integrated assessment models and deepen collaboration between energy system modelers and social scientists
$318,703
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2024
To compile and collect high quality data about the u.s. Care economy for use both by researchers and, through an online statistical dashboard, by the public as well
$318,689
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To develop, test, and disseminate an innovative introductory economics course that engages and empowers diverse undergraduates at minority-serving institutions especially
$317,458
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To establish an interdisciplinary research program on the social science of caregiving and build empirical and theoretical foundations for the cognitive economics of care
$317,252
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at stanford university
$315,958
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at thegeorgia institute of technology
$315,368
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at syracuse university
$315,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To understand the basic properties of biomolecular condensates based on dna/rna and to control condensate properties, interactions, and dynamic responses using nucleic acid circuits
$315,000
President and Fellows of Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To explore the rules of cellular organization and development by determining how cell development is influenced by molecular-scale properties of scaffolding on which cells are grown
$315,000
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
To perform experiments and analysis that test the peptide-rna origin-of-life scenario for the evolution of present-day proteins
$314,973
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
To realize the first de novo designed multicomponent artificial biomolecular machine
$314,516
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To support scholarships and program expenses for a one-year renewal to the phase 3 ucems (mit, ucsd and uiuc) as part of a covid-19 mitigation effort
$313,930
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To expand, diversify, and support the community of metascience researchers conducting randomized controlled trials that test ways of strengthening the processes and pace of scientific progress
$313,886
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2022
To engage masters and undergraduate students in open source research software projects as part of the st. Louis university open source program office
$312,604
University of Glasgow · 2024
To observe and quantify the emergence and growth of selection-for-complexity in long term chemical evolution experiments