Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2023
125 outstanding early-career researchers honored across seven fields
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06/29/2021
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces 2021 Sloan Research Fellows
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02/17/2021
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Lorelle Espinosa to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Director of Programs for Diversity in STEM Higher Education
Release Date:
06/11/2020
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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations
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02/13/2020
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Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2019
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Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists
Release Date:
08/29/2019
The Department of Economics at Spelman College will develop curriculum and programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. thanks to funding from a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.
Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/02/2019
New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Helps Launch AGU Ethics and Equity Antiharassment Initiative
Release Date:
07/12/2019
AGU has been awarded a 3-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch the AGU Ethics and Equity Initiative: Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces New Program Director, Dr. Ernie Glover
Release Date:
06/11/2019
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces that Dr. Ernie Glover will join the organization as Program Director.
Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth
Release Date:
06/10/2019
The team's research provides insights into how microbes and metabolites interact over time on wetted building materials and influence mold growth.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate
Release Date:
06/04/2019
Human impact on the indoor climate is being mapped for the first time in a large-scale test at DTU.
Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination
Release Date:
05/23/2019
About half of Americans think there's age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot
Release Date:
05/13/2019
Antimicrobial paints offer the promise of extra protection against bacteria. But Northwestern University researchers caution that these paints might be doing more harm than good.
Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees
Release Date:
04/04/2019
The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the three TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2019 grantees, awarding them a total of $150,000.
Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air
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03/18/2019
Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...
Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty
Release Date:
03/12/2019
Four faculty members, including two from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated jointly by Georgia Tech and Emory University, have been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships,...
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Release Date:
01/29/2019
The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program called Mapping Nearby Galaxies...