| Sloan Research Fellowships | $4,680,000 | ||||||
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| The Sloan Research Fellowship Program aims to stimulate fundamental research by young scholars with outstanding promise to contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge. Over the past 49 years, fellowships have been awarded to more than 3,900 scientists and have accounted for expenditures of approximately $104 million. Thirty-two Fellows have received Nobel prizes, fourteen have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, and hundreds have received other notable prizes, awards, and honors in recognition of their major research accomplishments. The program is described in detail in the Sloan Research Fellowships Brochure. Department heads or other senior scientists familiar with their work nominate candidates for Sloan Research Fellowships. Within each discipline, a committee of three distinguished scientists reviews all nomination documents and recommends the final selections. During 2004, the Foundation awarded Research Fellowships of $40,000 each, over a two-year term, to 116 scholars at 50 institutions in seven fields: chemistry (23), computer science (14), economics (8), mathematics (20), molecular biology (12), neuroscience (16), and physics (23). Each fellowship is administered by the Fellow’s institution and is designed to allow the greatest possible freedom and flexibility in its use. The following committees reviewed nominations for the 2004 fellowships: Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology: Barry Honig, Columbia University; Martin Kreitman, University of Chicago; Michael S. Waterman, University of Southern California. Computer Science: Randy H. Katz, University of California, Berkeley; Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University; Jeannette M. Wing, Carnegie Mellon University. Economics: Lars P. Hansen, University of Chicago; David K. Levine, University of California, Los Angeles; Paul M. Romer, Stanford University. Mathematics: Benedict H. Gross, Harvard University; George C. Papanicolaou, Stanford University; Ronald J. Stern, University of California, Irvine. Neuroscience: David J. Anderson, California Institute of Technology; Allison J. Doupe, University of California, San Francisco; John H. R. Maunsell, Baylor College of Medicine. Physics: J. Richard Bond, University of Toronto; Laura H. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Michael E. Peskin, Stanford University.
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