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

$116,557
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
To create a primitive protocell having a simple metabolism by coupling the creation and maintenance of a ph gradient to the synthesis of more complex molecules from simpler precursors
$116,186
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To examine how state-level pressures and sociopolitical environments are shaping racial inclusion policy and practice on college campuses in and outside of stem
$115,320
McGill University · 2022
To improve the usability of large-userbase scientific open source software through early engagement of software users
$114,989
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To establish quantitative relationships between the maximum achievable sensitivity of any biochemical process and the thermodynamic forces driving that process
$113,030
Harvard University · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To better understand how precise electric dipole moment measurements could guide efforts to obtain a more complete fundamental theory of nature
$112,700
Ai for Good Foundation · El Cerrito, CA · 2024
To develop new measures of country-level corruption based on objective observational data
$112,570
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To study the history of federal investment in scientific training and doctoral programs since world war ii
$111,946
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To develop a software system to identify broken external links in wikipedia articles and augment a subset of these links with the predicted new locations of the linked pages
$111,946
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To develop a software system to identify broken external links in wikipedia articles and augment a subset of these links with the predicted new locations of the linked pages
$111,744
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To establish quantitative relationships between the maximum achievable sensitivity of any biochemical process and the thermodynamic forces driving that process
$111,561
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To explore how intentional and random mutations alter the swarming behavior of the model bacterial organism proteus mirabilis
$110,532
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To study how scientists use generative ai for software development in their research
$110,044
The Open Mind Legacy Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support 15 to 17 interviews with sloan-supported authors and sloan-related thinkers each year for two years on the open mind
$110,044
The Open Mind Legacy Project · New York, NY · 2023
To support 15 to 17 interviews with sloan-supported authors and sloan-related thinkers each year for two years on the open mind
$110,000
The Graduate Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support an annual scientific biography fellowship at the leon levy center for biography that will result in three new major biographies of scientists and/or technologists
$109,807
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To create a learning community that will engage departmental leadership, faculty, staff, and graduate students in a holistic inclusion effort
$108,594
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To establish quantitative relationships between the maximum achievable sensitivity of any biochemical process and the thermodynamic forces driving that process
$107,736
University of California Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To design, prototype, and validate multi-user virtual reality tool designs for collaborative use by distributed science teams
$107,550
Ithaka Harbors · New York, NY · 2023
To assess the effectiveness of university open source program offices in facilitating development and maintenance of open source software in research
$105,872
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
To continue to promote and support the professionalization and institutionalization of community engagement manager in scientific societies and large-scale research collaborations
$105,000
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the development and production of science and technology films, television, and new media projects by top film students
$105,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2024
To support the leading womens film festival, the athena film festival at barnard, with women-in-stem screenwriting development and festival programming
$105,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023
To support the leading womens film festival, the athena film festival at barnard, with women-in-stem screenwriting development and festival programming
$105,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
To support the leading womens film festival, the athena film festival at barnard, with women-in-stem screenwriting development and festival programming
$104,796
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
To facilitate the collaborative design of cross-departmental standards for mentoring ecosystems rooted in equity and culturally relevant frameworks
$104,710
University of Guam · 2022
To develop a set of curriculum for students and faculty that will improve access to graduate education across three island-based institutions
$104,672
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
To develop graduate certificate courses and a postdoc-to-faculty program in multimessenger astronomy as an expansion of the fisk-vanderbilt bridge program
$103,875
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023
To launch and develop the ukrainian science centre of excellence, a think tank that will preserve and rebuild science at risk in ukraine
$103,875
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
To launch and develop the ukrainian science centre of excellence, a think tank that will preserve and rebuild science at risk in ukraine
$103,740
University of Victoria · 2022
To improve the quality of scientific software through better identification, management, and avoidance of technical debt
$103,150
National Bureau of Economic Research · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To continue and expand the environmental and energy policy and the economy (eepe) initiative that connects energy and environmental economics research with decision-makers
$103,000
Society for Science & the Public · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the production, publication and dissemination of two science news series, one on underrepresented figures in science and one on promise and perils of neural implants
$103,000
Society for Science & the Public · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the production, publication and dissemination of two science news series, one on underrepresented figures in science and one on promise and perils of neural implants
$102,652
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
To facilitate the collaborative design of cross-departmental standards for mentoring ecosystems rooted in equity and culturally relevant frameworks
$102,289
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2023
Leverage a multi-year, integrated research partnership training experience for texas state university (txst) students to widen graduate pathways and foster systemic change at both txst and the university of colorado, bo… read allLeverage a multi-year, integrated research partnership training experience for texas state university (txst) students to widen graduate pathways and foster systemic change at both txst and the university of colorado, boulder less
$102,275
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To examine how private-equity (pe) ownership of childcare providers impacts markets for labor, caregiving, and education
$102,223
Social Science Research Council · New York, NY · 2024
To create a research consortium on gender equity in economics that studies and promotes scalable interventions for increasing womens representation in the economics profession
$101,653
Portland State University Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
To develop new and expand existing strategies for supporting black, indigenous, and latine students in stem graduate programs and to disseminate best practices to other r2 universities
$101,651
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
To study the history of early efforts ay darpa and nist to make science visible and measurable
$101,320
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
To study the history of the julius rosenwald funds support for black social scientists in the early 20th century
$100,970
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To continue the development of the decarbonizing chemical manufacturing using sustainable electrification (dc-muse) center
$100,000
Barry University · Miami Shores, FL · 2024
To develop a place-based just energy transition framework by undertaking four community-engaged case studies in florida, kansas, louisiana, and pennsylvania
$100,000
Catticus Corporation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To producethe science of friendship,a one-hour documentary to air on pbss nova
$100,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2024
To assess the impacts of community-scale, holistic, residential electrification retrofits in low-income, pre-manufactured home communities
$100,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
To examine the social, behavioral, and economic factors associated with plug-in electric vehicle smart charging program adoption
$100,000
Michigan Technological University · Houghton, MI · 2024
To assess the technical and social barriers and opportunities for resilient electrification of space heating and cooling in rural, northern areas of the upper midwest
$100,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
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
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
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
$100,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support an invitation-only workshop about harnessing ai to create a comprehensive platform of verified and accessible knowledge on the web
$100,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
To evaluate the economic and distributional impacts of retail electricity market deregulation in ohio and pennsylvania
$100,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
To examine the relationship between renewable energy infrastructure siting and environmental conservation
$100,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
To examine rural and indigenous just energy transitions associated with renewable energy microgrid development in alaska
$100,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
To support a social science research fellowship program organized by the new carbon economy consortium to examine issues related to negative emissions technologies
$100,000
Boulder Housing Coalition · Boulder, CO · 2023
To make energy data more easily and widely available to the academic research community
$100,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To examine how household energy insecurity is experienced by different demographic groups at the state and national levels
$100,000
Code for Science and Society · Portland, OR · 2023
To support a cohort of research software engineers from minoritized backgrounds to improve governance, sustainability, community health, or other challenges in their communities of practice
$100,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2023
To assess the impacts of community-scale, holistic, residential electrification retrofits in low-income, pre-manufactured home communities
$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To work with the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) to support sigp sloan scholars and alumni in pursuing impactful innovation that benefits indigenous communities
$100,000
Michigan Technological University · Houghton, MI · 2023
To assess the technical and social barriers and opportunities for resilient electrification of space heating and cooling in rural, northern areas of the upper midwest
$100,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology · Rolla, MO · 2023
To better understand the public perception of critical minerals and metals associated with clean energy transitions and the implications for policymaking
$100,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
To evaluate the economic and distributional impacts of retail electricity market deregulation in ohio and pennsylvania
$100,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
To advance transient astronomy by taking a movie of the entire sky nightly
$100,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
To examine the relationship between renewable energy infrastructure siting and environmental conservation
$100,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
To examine the distributional effects of the clean energy transition in the united states by analyzing census data
$100,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support the carbon leadership forum in conducting a benchmarking study that estimates the embodied carbon in buildings
$100,000
Barnard College and Columbia Engineering · New York, NY · 2022
To shape and implement a program to build undergraduate science and math pipelines to engineering degrees at the masters level, aimed particularly at women and underrepresented minority students
$100,000
Boulder Housing Coalition · Boulder, CO · 2022
To make energy data more easily and widely available to the academic research community
$100,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
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
$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, ME · 2022
To work with the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) to support sigp sloan scholars and alumni in pursuing impactful innovation that benefits indigenous communities
$100,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
For a landscape analysis, including meeting with police and public interest groups, to establish a certification body for surveillance technologies used by law enforcement agencies
$100,000
Tufts University · Medford, ME · 2022
To support the operations and expansion of econofact, an online source that disseminates policy-relevant economics research
$100,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To train a diverse cohort of early career energy economists through the berkeley initiative on equity in energy and environmental economics
$99,999
University of Maryland College Park · College Park, MD · 2023
To systematically document the landscape and usage of tools for thought and research synthesis infrastructures
$99,770
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To train a diverse cohort of early career energy economists through the berkeley initiative on equity in energy and environmental economics
$99,762
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To sustain the science and entertainment exchange and the role of science and science consultants in hollywood and to provide programming and science advisors for the sloan film program
$99,762
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To sustain the science and entertainment exchange and the role of science and science consultants in hollywood and to provide programming and science advisors for the sloan film program
$99,604
University of Tartu · 2023
To study the sociotechnical preparations for and execution of hybrid hackathons
$99,540
National Bureau of Economic Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To plan the establishment of an economic measurement research center that will help develop new ways of providing official statistics about u.s. Economic activity and trends
$97,433
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To explore how intentional and random mutations alter the swarming behavior of the model bacterial organism proteus mirabilis
$96,670
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To study how federal innovation policies influence the american innovation ecosystem
$96,347
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To support the second scientific software registries and repositories collaboration workshop
$95,248
Eckerd College · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2023
To create the eckerd science, technology, engineering, and math (e-stem) scholarship program to recruit and support black, latinx, and indigenous students who aspire to a stem graduate degree and career
$94,985
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the addition of the 2021 sloan film grantees and covid-19 testing and accommodations for the postponed sloan summit
$94,178
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To develop models that advance our understanding of how forces driving chromosomal motion impact the organization and function of chromosomes in eukaryotic cells
$93,162
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To host a conference that will highlight learnings from the seismic and selc projects and facilitate discussions on the need for and strategies toward stem departmental reform
$93,086
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
To use thermodynamic circuit theory to uncover design principles underlying the biochemical networks within organisms, and to understand the limits imposed by thermodynamics on the computational capacity of a biochemica… read allTo use thermodynamic circuit theory to uncover design principles underlying the biochemical networks within organisms, and to understand the limits imposed by thermodynamics on the computational capacity of a biochemical network less
$91,809
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To analyze economic, technological, and social factors that determine the success of urban transportation systems in theory and in practice
$91,801
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2024
To design and implement a platform to help research software engineers adopt best practices
$91,168
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
To create an internship program that provides research experiences for undergraduates in the quantum biology laboratory at howard university
$90,993
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To explore how intentional and random mutations alter the swarming behavior of the model bacterial organism proteus mirabilis
$90,898
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the 29-hour reading and first public performance of particle fever: the musical for broadway
$90,047
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
To continue support of the discovery and iterative use of machine learning models through development and adoption of the ai model share platform
$90,000
Candid · New York, NY · 2024
To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community
$90,000
Verse Video Education · Brookline, ME · 2022
To support the production of one science-themed episode of poetry in america, a public television series to enhance appreciation of poetry
$86,880
University of Toronto · 2024
To study collaboration between software engineers and researchers on scientific open source projects and to pilot interventions for sustained engagement in software production practices
$86,880
University of Toronto · 2023
To study collaboration between software engineers and researchers on scientific open source projects and to pilot interventions for sustained engagement in software production practices
$86,844
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
To examine how state-level pressures and sociopolitical environments are shaping racial inclusion policy and practice on college campuses in and outside of stem
$86,631
Chicago State Foundation · Flossmor, IL · 2024
To establish a joint mentoring program that aims to reduce barriers to graduate education and facilitate systemic change across chicago state and purdue
$85,506
McGill University · 2023
To develop a spatiotemporally detailed energy systems dataset in order to examine land use requirements for different generation technologies
$85,292
Fpf Education and Innovation Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To accelerate the safe and responsible sharing of administrative data between companies and academic researchers