Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sloan Spotlight

The First Light Festival is a pioneering nationwide effort to commission, develop, and present hundreds of new plays that challenge and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. Playing now through May 13 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. more...

About the Foundation

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution based in New York City.

Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation, the Foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economic performance. more...