Jessica Green at TED: Are We Filtering the Wrong Microbes? Microbiologist, TED Fellow, and Director of the Sloan-funded Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon, Jessica Green talks about "good" and "bad" microbes in the indoor environment, and how our attempts to filter out "bad" air might be doing more harm than good. Program Director: Paula Olsiewski Bio Apply Spotlight Jessica Green: Are We Filtering the Wrong Microbes? more Headlines Virginia Tech's Amy Pruden to Spearhead Study on Plumbing Microbiome Newswise Nurture Trumps Nature in Study of Oral Bacteria in Human Twins Science Codex VIDEO: What You Need to Know About Infectious Disease The National Academies Links MoBE Journal Articles Biology and the Built Environment Center at the U. of Oregon Microbiomes of the Built Environment Data Analysis Core Microbiology of the Built Environment Network Read the microBEnet blog Visualization and Analysis of Microbial Population Structures (VAMPS)
This program supports research on the structure, behavior, and performance of the U.S. economy with the goal of providing objective and nonpartisan insights that can inform and strengthen critical decisions facing leaders, policymakers, and the public. Grantmaking is divided into four thematic sub-programs. Economic Implications of the Great Recession Projects in this sub-program study markets and governments, specifically with regard to lessons we can draw from the recent financial crisis and Great Recession. Appropriate research topics include systemic stability; international regulatory coordination; risk measurement, capital requirements, and credit ratings; labor market recovery rates and liquidity; dataset and model development concerning labor trends Behavioral Economics and Household Finance Projects in this sub-program study individuals and households, specifically with regard to the quality of their economic decision-making. Appropriate research topics include the annuity paradox; the energy efficiency paradox; insurance markets; risk-taking, savings, and personal bankruptcy; cognitive biases; public understanding of economics and markets for financial advice. Economic Analysis of Science and Technology Projects in this sub-program study universities and groundbreaking industries, specifically regarding human capital development and applications of information technology. Appropriate research topics include labor markets for scientists and engineers; high-skilled immigration; patterns of scientific publication, collaboration, and intellectual property protection; the economics of digitization; and the international distribution of returns on high-tech investments. Empirical Economic Research Enablers Projects in this sub-program study economic researchers, specifically with regard to their needs, opportunities, incentives, and professional practices. Appropriate research topics include legal entity identifiers; data citation standards; identification and tracking systems for scholars; federal statistics; smart disclosure platforms for obfuscated markets; data and metadata management protocols; the replicability of empirical research; and the economics of knowledge contribution and distribution. Click the "APPLY" button, below, for more information about how to submit a Letter of Inquriy for an appropriate research project. Program Director: Daniel Goroff Bio Gail Pesyna Bio Apply Headlines New "Voter Atlas" Shows Where the True Electoral Battlegrounds Are The Seeds that Federal Money Can Plant New York Times Links The Macro Financial Modeling Workgroup
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation believes that a theory-based, empirically-tested understanding of the U.S. economy is essential to improving the American quality of life. The Foundation funds grants for high-quality original research that promise to broaden that understanding or use it to improve American institutions. Grants in the Economic Performance and Quality of Life program have expanded our knowlege of how particular industries function, encouraged better communication and cooperation between citizens and their local governments, and focused scholarly and public attention on the issues and challenges faced by contemporary working families.
Obama Urges Citizens to Consult Ready.gov in Preparation for Hurricane Sandy As Hurricane Sandy approached the East Coast, President Barack Obama urged people to take all necessary precautions, recommending that people visit Ready.gov for information on how to prepare. Established in 2002 with a $3.8 million grant in the Sloan Foundation’s Biosecurity program, Ready is a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Program Director: Paula Olsiewski Bio Grants
Apply Major grantmaking in the Biosecurity program is concluded. The Foundation is no longer accepting letters of inquiry for grants through this program. Program Director: Paula Olsiewski Bio Grants Headlines Reassessing Flu Shots as the Season Draws Near New York Times A Call to Action on Influenza Minneapolis StarTribune Flu Shots May Not Protect the Elderly or the Very Young Scientific American VIDEO: What You Need to Know About Infectious Disease The National Academies Links Center for Biosecurity Charting the Future of Biosecurity: Ten Years After the Anthrax Attacks REPORT: A Framework for Voluntary Preparedness What is Your Readiness Quotient? Ready.gov Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism (The Fink Report)
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Important Note Nominations for the Sloan Research Fellowships are processed online through Interfolio.com. Candidates will use the new system to request letters of nomination and confidential letters of support from their senior colleagues, as well as to directly upload their CV, personal research statement, publication history, and scholarly articles. Candidates may begin uploading nomination documents to Interfolio.com immediately and must submit completed nomination packets by September 16, 2013. The Foundation strongly encourages candidates to begin the nomination process well in advance of the September 16 deadline. Candidates must be nominated by a department head or other senior researcher. Submissions unaccompanied by a nomination from a senior researcher are not accepted. More than one candidate from a department may be nominated, but no more than three. Candidates must submit the following materials to be considered for a Sloan Research Fellowship. A letter from a department head or other senior researcher officially nominating the candidate and describing his or her qualifications, initiative, and research ( Note: Nominators must upload their letters of nomination through Interfolio.com. Click here for more information); The candidate's curriculum vitae (including a list of the candidates scientific publications; Two representative articles by the candidate; A brief (one-page) statement by the candidate describing his or her significant scientific work and immediate research plans. Three letters from other researchers (preferably not all from the same institution) written in support of the candidate’s nomination. ( Note: Letter writers must upload their letters of support through Interfolio.com . Click here for more information.) Nominated candidates are normally below the rank of associate professor and do not hold tenure, but these are not strict requirements. In keeping with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's longstanding support of underrepresented minorities in the sciences, the Foundation strongly encourages the nomination of qualified women and minority candidates. Materials are submitted electronically through Interfolio.com To be considered, candidates must submit all required materials, including nomination letters and all letters of support, no later than September 16, 2013. Nominations are reviewed and candidates selected by a selection committee of three distinguished scientists in each eligible field. The committees review more than 700 nominations each year. Fellows are selected on the basis of their independent research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field.
In this program, the Foundation makes grants to preserve the raw material of history. Foundation efforts support archival projects that will make available to scholars complete collections of the papers, letters, and notes of Charles Darwin, Thomas A. Edison, and Kurt Gödel. Through grants to George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media , the Internet Archive and others, the Foundation has also supported efforts to deploy new technologies to create, access and preserve the historical record of recent major technical and scientific events using the World Wide Web, including recording the ongoing development of the Web itself. The History of Science and Technology program is currently undergoing evaluation to identify possible new directions and funding priorities. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Apply Links The Center for History and New Media The Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive