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

$250,445
Toronto International Film Festival · 2023
To support two years of a science and technology film program at the toronto international film festival, including feature film prizes, screenwriting fellowships, project pitches for filmmakers, science and film panels… read allTo support two years of a science and technology film program at the toronto international film festival, including feature film prizes, screenwriting fellowships, project pitches for filmmakers, science and film panels, and associated outreach less
$250,000
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the post-production of an all-archival, feature length documentary about climate change and its shift from scientific phenomenon to political battleground
$250,000
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support projects submitted to higher education forward, in response to an rfp on effective communication related to equity, academic freedom, and democratic values in higher education, to be managed by amalgamated fo… read allTo support projects submitted to higher education forward, in response to an rfp on effective communication related to equity, academic freedom, and democratic values in higher education, to be managed by amalgamated foundation and processed by justfund. less
$250,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To convene experts for different sectors of the u.s. Care economy and identify priority research questions in each area
$250,000
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research · 2024
To support an international research initiative on innovation, equity, and the future of prosperity
$250,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To grow and sustain the open energy outlook initiative open source modeling collaboration
$250,000
Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2024
To support community-led collaborations on common challenges in the research software ecosystem
$250,000
Digital Public Library of America · Boston, MA · 2024
To build and expand a centralized wikimedia engagement program that will make 15 million culturally rich digital files from 1000 member institutions from dpla available on wikipedia, wikimedia commons and related sites
$250,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
To provide at least 22 life-saving fellowships and academic placements for threatened and displaced scholars from around the world over three years
$250,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support one in-depth video on youtube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three youtube videos and eight short-form videos on tiktok/instagram reels based on a sloan book
$250,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the participation of sloan research fellows and other outstanding early-career scientists in the interdisciplinary frontiers of science symposium run by nasem
$250,000
Pioneer Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support the continuing growth of the broadcast, an online media publication with original video, podcasts, animations, and events highlighting the role of science in culture
$250,000
Science Friday Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
To support science friday, focusing on science and the arts, including radio broadcasts, digital science videos, blog posts, live events, and associated media
$250,000
Social Science Research Council · New York, NY · 2024
To design, test, and promulgate standards for disclosing and auditing the management practices of companies that produce artificial intelligence systems
$250,000
Southern Regional Education Board · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support sloan scholarship community attendance at the 2024 sreb institute on teaching and mentoring in new orleans, louisiana
$250,000
The Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
To continue supporting a set of coordinated activities at the community, network, and policy layers to maximize the impact of open source and open source program offices in universities
$250,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To empower the american professoriate to tell the most resonant story about why diversity matters in the academy and, by extension, our society
$250,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To conduct empirical research on the effectiveness of transportation and infrastructure investment policies
$250,000
Virginia State University · Petersburg, VA · 2024
To strengthen the partnership between vsu and vt through a variety of activities that may serve as a model for equitable, holistic hbcu-pwi graduate student pathways in engineering
$250,000
Washington State University · Vancouver, WA · 2024
To explore the future of reading and writing in virtual and augmented reality through community dialog, building software, and developing metadata infrastructure
$250,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
To produce and release a one-hour nova documentary about personal data and privacy along with a social media campaign, screening events, virtual fieldtrip and classroom-ready assets hosted on pbs learningmedia
$250,000
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the production of a feature-length documentary film the roulette project, about young physicists who built a wearable computer that could predict a game of roulette and went on to contribute to chaos theory a… read allTo support the production of a feature-length documentary film the roulette project, about young physicists who built a wearable computer that could predict a game of roulette and went on to contribute to chaos theory and predictive modeling less
$250,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2023
To update the aaas diversity and the law resources in light of a changing legal landscape
$250,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the aaas stemm opportunity alliance, a national initiative to create an equitable and excellent stemm ecosystem by 2050
$250,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To conduct research on industries, technologies, and interventions that are critical for enhancing u.s. Global competitiveness
$250,000
City Lore · New York, NY · 2023
To provide finishing funds for two 2-hour episodes about new york city titled new york: the future of cities (parts 1 & 2) to be broadcast in 2024
$250,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To train the next generation of scholars to conduct replication studies and produce transparent, reproducible, and replicable research
$250,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To pair local academics with new york government agencies in order to conduct applied research on urban technology pilots
$250,000
Digital Public Library of America · Boston, MA · 2023
To build and expand a centralized wikimedia engagement program that will make 15 million culturally rich digital files from 1000 member institutions from dpla available on wikipedia, wikimedia commons and related sites
$250,000
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To examine the historical development of power system optimization and control algorithms to inform understanding of the changing power grid
$250,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023
To provide at least 22 life-saving fellowships and academic placements for threatened and displaced scholars from around the world over three years
$250,000
Pioneer Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the continuing growth of the broadcast, an online media publication with original video, podcasts, animations, and events highlighting the role of science in culture
$250,000
Science Friday Initiative · New York, NY · 2023
To support science friday, focusing on science and the arts, including radio broadcasts, digital science videos, blog posts, live events, and associated media
$250,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To evaluate the effects of a management skills training program for scientists on researcher productivity and well-being
$250,000
University of Cambridge · 2023
To support the development of an international community of meso-economics researchers
$250,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
To launch a use case research program that will help inform, test, and prioritize the design of a curated data enterprise as envisioned by the census bureau
$250,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To transition emulation and software preservation infrastructure to sustainability in order to ensure that software and software-dependent digital content is accessible by future generations
$250,000
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research · 2022
To support an international research initiative on innovation, equity, and the future of prosperity
$250,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
To provide financial support to approximately 76 ukrainian students pursuing majors in stem fields in the us who are facing financial hardship due to the war
$250,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To support a partnership with the polish and ukrainian academies of science that provides stipends and offsets resettlement costs for displaced scientists
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To accelerate the development and use of privacy-preserving technologies for securely sharing and analyzing sensitive data
$250,000
North Carolina Central University · Durham, NC · 2022
To increase the numbers of black/african american students who earn advanced chemistry degrees through a ms-to-phd bridge program that links chemistry departments at north carolina central university and the university … read allTo increase the numbers of black/african american students who earn advanced chemistry degrees through a ms-to-phd bridge program that links chemistry departments at north carolina central university and the university of north carolina at chapel hill less
$250,000
Pioneer Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the launch and growth of an online science channel with original video, podcasts, animations, and editorial highlighting the role of science in culture
$250,000
Social Science Research Council · New York, NY · 2022
To support and shape research in behavioral economics by project mercury, a consortium concerned with public health challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic
$250,000
Sundance Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support a science and technology film program at the nation's pre-eminent independent film center that includes screenwriting fellowships, feature film prizes, science and film panels, and associated outreach
$250,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2022
To better understand the impact of energy system failures due to extreme events by extending the development of synthetic infrastructure models in three cities
$250,000
Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
To create and strengthen diverse, inclusive and equitable pathways to and through stem graduate education, mitigating barriers such as racism, discrimination and bias through institutional culture transformation
$250,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support a special semester focused on advances in causal inference methods
$250,000
University of Puerto Rico Cayey · Cayey, PR · 2022
To enhance pathways for students in the upr-cayey science programs to enter stem masters and doctoral graduate programs
$250,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
To examine rural and indigenous just energy transitions associated with renewable energy microgrid development in alaska
$250,000
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To develop, test, and help implement ways of making administrative data collected from employers useful to economists and other researchers who study labor markets
$250,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, ME · 2022
To produce and release a two-hour pbs nova documentary examining the roots of systemic racism in our medical system along with a social media campaign, screening events, virtual field trip, and classroom-ready assets ho… read allTo produce and release a two-hour pbs nova documentary examining the roots of systemic racism in our medical system along with a social media campaign, screening events, virtual field trip, and classroom-ready assets hosted on pbs learning media less
$250,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To transition emulation and software preservation infrastructure to sustainability in order to ensure that software and software-dependent digital content is accessible by future generations
$249,999
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To model the optimal allocation of research and development resources across technological fields, industrial sectors, and geographical regions
$249,998
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL · 2022
To create consistent community practices that will reduce the citation and reuse of retracted publications
$249,995
Educopia Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To continue support for a movement that advocates for the importance of maintenance, repair, and care
$249,992
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
To examine perspectives on alternative carbon dioxide removal (cdr) approaches in the united states and canada using participatory deliberation methodologies, with a focus on ocean-based cdr interventions
$249,991
University of Missouri Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2024
To connect early career energy economics researchers with practitioners through a training program provided by the regulated utilities leadership institute (ruli)
$249,986
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2024
To diversify pathways from undergraduate to graduate education in computer science and engineering at umass boston and amherst through faculty and student professional development and inclusive mentoring
$249,986
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2023
To diversify pathways from undergraduate to graduate education in computer science and engineering at umass boston and amherst through faculty and student professional development and inclusive mentoring
$249,984
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To create a scalable pathway for hbcu stem students to enter graduate training in partnership with university of rochester and north carolina a&t state university
$249,978
Florida State University Research Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
To study curricular terminology in computer science departments with a focus on minority-serving institutions, and its alignment with computing-related job opportunities
$249,967
Northeastern University · Boston, ME · 2022
To investigate the role of crises and disruption in shaping just energy transitions by examining three case studies in puerto rico, west virginia, and massachusetts
$249,966
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
To consolidate, coordinate, and communicate work in the emerging field of science of science and support community building through the establishment of international conferences and a professional society
$249,956
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To develop principles and pathways for public engagement by nyc communities with interpretable, reliable, and actionable flood-related data
$249,947
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and implement a pilot program to advance open-source skills in faculty research and student training at two historically black colleges and universities
$249,932
National Bureau of Economic Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To sustain the development and provision of patent datasets that facilitate research by economists on the innovation process
$249,896
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To continue supporting a set of coordinated activities at the community, network, and policy layers to maximize the impact of open source and open source program offices in universities
$249,889
University of Hawai'I Foundation · Manoa, HI · 2022
To establish a pilot to create the native hawaiian and pacific islander stem consortium to increase the number of students completing an undergraduate degree in stem and seeking entrance into stem graduate education pro… read allTo establish a pilot to create the native hawaiian and pacific islander stem consortium to increase the number of students completing an undergraduate degree in stem and seeking entrance into stem graduate education programs less
$249,876
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To devise, implement, and study ways of diversifying j-pal north americas researcher network by making it more racially inclusive as well as that networks research agenda by focusing it more on racial equity issues
$249,866
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the digital archiving and documentation of the covid tracking project online community
$249,820
Barry University · Miami Shores, FL · 2022
To develop a place-based just energy transition framework by undertaking four community-engaged case studies in florida, kansas, louisiana, and pennsylvania
$249,797
Social Science Research Council · New York, NY · 2023
To evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to reduce the consumption of misinformation online
$249,788
Second Nature · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To assist scholars from predominantly undergraduate institutions, community colleges, and minority serving institutions in applying for federal energy and environment research funding
$249,781
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a historical study on the regional and national development of electric power systems, with a focus on frontline workers and consumers
$249,779
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To investigate new models for the evolution and effective use of hybrid and virtual meetings within a globally distributed scientific collaboration
$249,777
Data Cite · 2022
To transition international geosample number registration services and supporting technology to datacite
$249,535
The Center for Black Brown and Queer Studies · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To develop tools for effective and equitable virtual pedagogy that improve the experience of traditionally marginalized groups
$249,516
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To explore the value of virtual coworking in science
$249,461
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2023
To understand the potential for, and consequences of, hydropower dead pool conditions in california
$249,432
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
To investigate the peer code review process as performed by research software engineers
$249,416
American Association for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2022
To support social research applications concerning innovation, science policy, and equity
$249,333
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and share scalable methods for identifying, classifying, and analyzing evidence about emerging technologies
$249,318
Open Collective Foundation · Walnut, CA · 2022
To support a set of coordinated activities at the community, network, and policy layers to maximize the impact of open source and open source program offices in universities
$249,269
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · Brownsville, TX · 2022
To formalize a strategic partnership with the university of texas dallas to create equitable, inclusive and diverse pathways to graduate study in the mathematical sciences for students at the university of texas rio gra… read allTo formalize a strategic partnership with the university of texas dallas to create equitable, inclusive and diverse pathways to graduate study in the mathematical sciences for students at the university of texas rio grande valley less
$249,150
Open Source Initiative · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
To support the development of an open source ai definition supported by a diverse set of stakeholders
$249,082
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To develop comprehensive and timely measurements of the dynamics, outcomes, and broader socio-economic impacts of programs for promoting regional innovation and prosperity
$249,000
University of Oxford · 2022
To form the international panel on the information environment, an independent and multidisciplinary scientific panel for assessing algorithmic bias, manipulation, and misinformation
$248,930
Johnson C Smith University · Charlotte, NC · 2022
To examine the systemic barriers facing researchers in minority serving institutions and historically black colleges and universities across the southeast in undertaking clean energy research
$248,856
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
To develop a framework, curated repository of open source tools, and training program to streamline the process of deploying rag-based generative ai solutions in academic settings
$248,730
Institute for Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
To create a platform for engagement between us federal agencies and the science of science research community
$248,377
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
To fund dissertation fellowships for phd candidates to work on policy-relevant economics research within independent or support agencies such as the congressional budget office
$248,317
Council of Graduate Schools · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the graduate education community in pursuing its diversity, equity, and inclusion goals in a shifting legal landscape
$248,205
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
To create a systemic change plan tailored to eight stem departments across purdue, facilitate community-building and program development across colleges, and engage in external learning opportunities
$248,004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To explore the possibility that venus could host life by determining whether the components of a dna-analog molecule can exist stably in concentrated sulphuric acid, the primary component of venus atmosphere
$247,154
Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support ten new episodes of how to fix the internet, an in-depth podcast about the problems of the modern web geared toward a lay audience
$246,697
American Institute of Physics · College Park, MD · 2022
To support global, digital access to the wenner collection on the history of physics via detailed cataloging, description, online availability, and initial outreach
$246,600
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
To build and deploy a web-based system that helps writers compose better captions for scientific figures
$246,381
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2022
To provide continued support for faculty open source software needs and build capacity for external partnerships at the rochester institute of technology open source projects office
$246,331
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To estimate personalized treatment effects (ptes) and the gains from pte-based assignment for different types of high-dosage tutoring