Recent grants in this program include: Organization Name Project Director Project Title University of Cincinnati David J. Maume For negotiating sleep in dual-earner couples. University of Georgia Jeremy Reynolds Support a longitudinal analysis of the mismatch between preferred and actual work hours in the United States. American Council on Education Claire A. Van Ummersen To cover the administrative costs of a third round of the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility, to disseminate lessons learned from the winning institutions throughout higher education, and to plan for a fourth round of the awards. Boston College Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes To support a three-year renewal of the Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility. Boston College Judith Cipnick Casey Support renewal of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network and expand its outreach to work-family scholars, practitioners in human resources, and state legislators concerned with work-family policies. Persephone Productions, Inc. Bonnie Erbe Support outreach for documentary '9 to 5 No Longer' to ensure carriage on Local PBS stations. University of Maryland, College Park Bart Landry Support research on the work-family issues experienced by middle-class African-American Families and the strategies used to manage them. Wake Forest University Health Sciences Joseph G. Grzywacz To support an exploratory study on Workplace Flexibility and Employee Health. University of Michigan Carol Hollenshead To assess progress in faculty work-family policies and career flexibility in higher education. University of California, Los Angeles Elinor Ochs Support the renewal of the Center on the Everyday Lives of Families. New America Foundation David Gray Support efforts to build bi-partisan support and consensus for workplace flexibility in Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Chai Feldblum Support renewal of Workplace Flexibility 2010. Families and Work Institute, Inc. Ellen Galinsky Provide renewal support for When Work Works, a public engagement campaign, at the local and national levels, to promote increased workplace flexibility. Hunter College of the City University of New York Pamela Stone To support dissemination of Pamela Stone's forthcoming book: 'Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home.' AARP Foundation Emily Allen Develop and implement workplace flexibility practices for an aging workforce in the Retail Sector. University of California at Berkeley Mary Ann Mason Support research on the effects of federal funding on academic career advancement and family formation. Ithaca College Stephen A. Sweet Support the development of a teaching resource manual on work-family research for the American Sociological Association. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dan Clawson To support research on unofficial flexibility through an analysis of day to day schedule changes University of California, Hastings College of the Law Joan C. Williams To conduct a study of part-time legal partners and compensation patterns. University of California, Hastings College of the Law Joan C. Williams Support a project to document and combat the stigma of flexible work arrangements, particularly part-time work Emory University Bradd Shore To support the final renewal grant for the Center on Myth and Ritual in American Life. University of Michigan Carol Hollenshead To support research on professional conditions and experiences of contingent faculty in higher education. Labor Project for Working Families Netsy Firestein Support for design and implement a searchable online database on union contract language regarding work and family issues, particularly workplace flexibility. Twiga Foundation, Inc. Patricia Kempthorne Support for research and outreach to promote workplace flexibility as a strategy to recruit, engage and retain older workers in the public sector in 50 states. Families and Work Institute, Inc. Ellen Galinsky To support data collection for the 2007 National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW) and provide a benchmarking report on the status of workplace flexibility in the U.S. Program Director: Kathleen Christensen Bio History Apply Books & Publications
In this program, the Foundation makes grants that seek to enhance scholarly, business, and public understanding of the challenges facing today’s working families and to identify how the workplace can be restructured to meet employees’ work-family needs, as well as employers’ performance needs. The program makes grants in four broad areas: Basic Research: The Foundation funds innovative, high quality research on the challenges facing today’s working families, as well as the efficacy of business and policy responses to these challenges. It also promotes the early career development of work-family scholars. Faculty Career Flexibility in the Academy: The Foundation partners with the American Council on Education to administer the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility, intended to recognize colleges and universities for their leadership and accomplishments in implementing flexibility for their tenured and tenure-track faculty. Each winner receives award monies in the form of accelerator grants. The National Workplace Flexibility Initiative: This Initiative is a collaborative effort whose overarching goal is to make grants to promote workplace flexibility as a compelling national issue, which will serve as an essential step to reaching our long term goal of making workplace flexibility the standard way of working in the U.S. Aging and Flexible Work: The Foundation funds original, high-quality research on America's aging work force and issues facing older workers. Program Director: Kathleen Christensen Bio Grants History Apply Books & Publications Spotlight View a complete list of the grants in the Workplace, Work Force and Working Families Program more Spotlight more Headlines Why Do So Few Mothers Want to Work Full-Time Slate Links Basic Research The Sloan Centers on Working Families Faculty Career Flexibility in the Academy National Workplace Flexibility Initiative Aging and Flexible Work
Apply Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should send a one page letter of inquiry to Program Director Kathleen Christensen . Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . For more information about letters of inquiry and other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Kathleen Christensen Bio Headlines Health Woes Hurt Workers Two Ways MSNBC For Older Workers, Here is Where the Jobs Will Be Wall Street Journal Boston University School of Medicine wins ACE Award for Faculty Retention Program Boston University The Silver Collar Economy Christian Science Monitor
Americans are working later in life, delaying retirement for a variety of reasons. While some continue working by choice, others needto remain in the workforce for financial reasons. Regardless of their motivation, the result is that people in the United States are working beyond what conventionally is thought of as retirement age. While most studies related to this issue have focused on how individually based factors such as health status, pension plans, and financial incentives influence the decision to retire, relatively little is known about employment patterns, obstacles to employment, or the ensuing economic impact. The Foundation’s Working Longer program began grant making in 2010 to expand and deepen our understanding of aging Americans’ work patterns. The goal is to understand a) employer practices by industry and sector; b) obstacles to continued employment of older Americans; and c) the economic consequences for both individuals and for the federal budget. Program Director: Kathleen Christensen Bio Apply Headlines Health Woes Hurt Workers Two Ways MSNBC For Older Workers, Here is Where the Jobs Will Be Wall Street Journal Boston University School of Medicine wins ACE Award for Faculty Retention Program Boston University The Silver Collar Economy Christian Science Monitor
Apply Successful grant applications to the Foundation's program in Economic Institutions, Behavior and Performance have several features in common. Typically, they are: Empirical and hypothesis-driven. Policy-relevant, but neither “policy research” nor advocacy. Motivated by non-ideological questions rather than preconceived answers. Engaged with fundamental puzzles but using fresh approaches. Unbiased, statistically significant, and replicable. Careful about baselines, controls, and econometrics. Savvy about markets, institutions, transaction costs, regulatory arbitrage, etc. Contributors to research infrastructure, datasets, or resources for general use. Generators of highly-cited results in high-quality journals. Ultimately concerned with the quality of life in the United States. The Foundation encourages projects by multidisciplinary teams where appropriate. Interested researchers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to Daniel Goroff or Gail Pesyna . When submitting a letter of inquiry to the program, please indicate which sub-program best fits your research project. Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . For more information on letters of inquiry and other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Daniel Goroff Bio Gail Pesyna Bio Headlines New "Voter Atlas" Shows Where the True Electoral Battlegrounds Are The Seeds that Federal Money Can Plant New York Times UMich, Sloan to Enhance Open Access to Research Data University of Michigan
Apply The Foundation does not accept unsolicited plays, treatments or pitch letters. For consideration of your script or treatment, contact the individual organizations whose programs we support directly. Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) For submissions or more information on the EST/Sloan Project, please contact Graeme Gillis at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Email: sloanproject@ensemblestudiotheatre.org Phone: (212) 247-4982 x107 Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) For submissions or more information about the MTC/Sloan program, please contact Annie MacRae at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Email: amacrae@mtc-nyc.org Phone: (212) 399-3000 For more information about Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application guidelines and procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Spotlight Photograph 51 , playwright Anna Ziegler’s story of the power and politics behind one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, sold out its New York run at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Links Panel Discussion: Photograph 51 and the Race for the Double Helix of DNA, Part 1 of 2
EST/Sloan First Light Festival Productions Pidgeon by Tommy Smith (2010) Set in Depression-era New York City and Stalinist Russia, Pidgeon follows the exploits of Leon Theremin, Soviet inventor and father of electronic music. When Theremin marries a whipsmart black prima ballerina, their expatriate romance shocks society and attracts the looming shadow of foreign terror. Pure by Rey Pamatmat (2008) Alan Turing - inventor of the computer, war hero, and persecuted for his homosexuality - has moments to choose between living a secret life in post-WWII England or completing his life's work. By Proxy by Amy Fox (2008) A young researcher of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome struggles to maintain objectivity while investigating a mother who has lost four children. Ada by Margaret Vandenburg (2008) An opera focusing on Ada Byron, daughter of the famous poet and inventor of the world's first computer. The Flower Hunger by Romulus Linney (2008) The journey of discovery by William Bartram, America's first botanist. Bartram ventures into the uncharted South to document the region's wildlife, and on the way realizes his own life's purpose. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Apply Spotlight Photograph 51 , playwright Anna Ziegler’s story of the power and politics behind one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, sold out its New York run at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Headlines Six Playwrights Announced as Recipients of 2012 Manhattan Theatre Club Sloan Commissions Broadway World Links Panel Discussion: Photograph 51 and the Race for the Double Helix of DNA, Part 1 of 2
Ensemble Studio Theatre Mainstage Productions Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler (2010) Sixteen London, 1953. Scientists are on the verge of discovering what they call the secret of life: the DNA double helix. Providing the key is driven young physicist Rosalind Franklin. But if the double helix was the breakthrough of the 20th century, then what kept Franklin out of the history books? Lenin's Embalmers by Vern Thiessen (2009) A dark comedy set against the backdrop of Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union, Lenin's Embalmers is the story of two biochemists charged with embalming, and preserving for all eternity, Lenin's body. Using new and inventive scientific techniques they succeed admirably, but will it be enough to save them from Stalin's purges? End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer (2008) Sixteen year old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn’t changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close personal relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a sixteen-year-old Elvis impersonator, has fallen for her, hard. And the Apocalypse is is coming Wednesday. Her only hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all. Lucy by Damien Atkins (2007) A play about an ambitious archeologist suddenly forced to reexamine her life when she must care for her estranged autistic daughter. Serendib by David Zelnik (2007) A Shakespearean comedy about scientists studying Macaque monkeys, and inadvertently, themselves, in Sri Lanka. Relativity by Cassandra Medley (2006) A compelling family drama about race and genetics opened in New York under Tavis Wilks direction to excellent notices. Medley subsequently won the 2006 Audelco-August Wilson Award for outstanding playwright and Relativity was published by Broadway Play Publishing. Luminescence Dating by Carey Peloff (2005) A play about a female archeologist, her obssessive search for a lost statue of Aprhodite, and her broken heart. Tooth and Claw by Michael Holinger (2004) a play about the clash between environmentalists and native fisherman on the Gallapagos Islands. String Fever by Jacquelyn Reingold (2003) Starring Cynthia Nixon, this play broke EST box office records. String Fever was later published by Samuel R. French and selected for a 2003 anthology of best plays by women playwrights. The Secret Order by Bob Clyman (2002) A play about a young scientist's breakthrough discovery in cancer research and the money and ethics involved in bio-research. Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullins (2001) A play about a brilliant scientist's deterioration and descent into death caused by radiation poisoning and his ultimate redemption. Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron (2000) An inspired and totally original look at Richard Feynman's life. Tesla's Letters by Jeff Stanley (1999) A play about one American's journey to Belgrade to study the life of Nikola Tesla during the Serbian/Croatian conflict and the choices she must make. Flight by Arthur Giron (1998) A penetrating family drama about the Wright Brothers. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Apply Spotlight Photograph 51 , playwright Anna Ziegler’s story of the power and politics behind one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, sold out its New York run at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Headlines Six Playwrights Announced as Recipients of 2012 Manhattan Theatre Club Sloan Commissions Broadway World Links Panel Discussion: Photograph 51 and the Race for the Double Helix of DNA, Part 1 of 2
Apply The Foundation does not accept unsolicited screenplays, treatments or pitch letters. For consideration of your screenplay or pitch idea, you may contact the individual organizations whose programs we support directly. Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to Program Director Doron Weber . Telephone inquiries are not accepted. Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . For more information about letters of inquiry or other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Spotlight Watch Season 2 of NOVA's web-only series "The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers" to check out the passions and interests of science and engineering stars. Pictured: Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist and Climate Change Evangelist more Links Making Sen$e Minds on the Edge NOVA: Hunting the Edge of Space
Apply Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to program director Doron Weber . Telephone inquiries are not accepted. Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . For more information about letters of inquiry and other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Spotlight Check out the video "Symmetry," a companion piece inspired by the episode "Desperately Seeking Symmetry." Both are available on the Radiolab website. more Links Explore the Science and Creativity Series on Studio 360 Visit Science Friday for the latest podcast