Apply The Foundation is no longer accepting proposals in the Industry Studies program. Interested scholars may apply for research grants under other Foundation programs such as Economic Institutions, Behavior and Performance. Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . Many industry studies activities previously sponsored by the Foundation, such as the Industry Studies Dissertation Awards, are being continued under the auspices of the Industry Studies Association(ISA). For information about the ISA and its programs, please refer to the association's Web site, www.industrystudies.org . For more information about Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application guidelines and procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Gail Pesyna Bio Grants IndustryStudies.org Links What is Industry Studies? Sloan Industry Centers Industry Studies Fellowships Working Papers Awards for Scholarship
Apply Grantmaking in the Census of Marine Life program is complete. No new grant proposals in this program are being considered. Program Director: Jesse Ausubel Bio Grants Visit the Census Spotlight Read the highlights report of the first Census of Marine Life more Headlines Zombie Worm Has No Mouth, but Feasts on Whale Bones MSNBC Links Ocean Biogeographical Information System National Geographic Map of CoML Findings Watch Videos of the Census Events in London
Apply In the nineteen years since the beginning of the Anytime Anyplace Learning program, online learning has blossomed into a common, well-integrated feature of American post-secondary education. Though the Foundation will continue to work with the Sloan Consortium and other partners to ensure the continued availability of online learning and to secure inroads built through Foundation efforts, no new grant funding in available through this program. Program Director: Gail Pesyna Bio Grants History Links The Sloan Consortium
Apply The History of Science and Technology program is currently undergoing evaluation to identify possible new directions and funding priorities. Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to either Doron Weber or Jesse Ausubel . 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 Jesse Ausubel Bio Links The Center for History and New Media The Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive
Grantseekers with general inquiries or with a relevant project idea regarding the Data and Computational Research or Scholarly Communications sub-programs should send a one-page letter of inquiry to Program Director Joshua Greenberg . Grantseekers with a relevant project idea related to the Univesal Access to Knowledge sub-program should send a one-page letter of inquiry to Program Director Doron Weber . Researchers interested in projects related to studying the economics of information goods should send a one-page letter of inquiry to Program Director Daniel Goroff . 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. Headlines Public Library Begins New Path for Technology and Digital Initiatives Nooga.com Happy Fifth Birthday to Galaxy Zoo Universe Today
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 or other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Doron Weber Bio Spotlight The Foundation supports innovative efforts like the annual World Science Festival in New York City. more
Apply During 2008 researchers agreed on a strategy to barcode 100,000 marine species by the end of 2010 and on barcode regions for fungi and plants, and leading laboratories joined to prepare a 5-year, $150 million global proposal to extend the library to 500,000 species. Sloan plans to continue to support the Consortium to maintain exponential growth of the library. Only proposals central and indispensable to this aim will be considered. Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to Program Director Jesse Ausubel . Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund . For more information about Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application guidelines and procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page . Program Director: Jesse Ausubel Bio Visit the BoL Headlines DNA Sleuth to Help Brazil Catch Loggers Scotsman.com Links Read the Barcode of Life Newsletter Visit the NYC Urban Barcode Project
Apply The Encyclopedia of Life program does not accept unsolicited grant proposals or letters of inquiry. Individuals or organizations wishing to cooperate with the Encyclopedia of Life should contact EOL's secretariat directly. For more information about Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application guidelines and procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Jesse Ausubel Bio Visit the EOL Spotlight Listen to the EOL podcast, One Species at a Time , hosted by Ari Daniel Shapiro. more Links Partners Sign up for the EOL Newsletter Read the 2010 EOL Online Brochure
Apply In 2008, the Foundation made a three-year grant to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to continue its work. No major grants in this program are contemplated until the existing work of the SDSS is complete. For more information about Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application guidelines and procedures, visit our Apply for Grants page. Program Director: Paula Olsiewski Bio Visit the SDSS Headlines How Astronomical Surveys are Pinpointing Our Place in the Universe PBS NewsHour / Scientific American VIDEO: A Flight Through the Universe, Courtesy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey YouTube
Apply Although the Student Retention program used to fund interventions that would improve undergraduate or graduate completion rates, especially for women and minorities, funding for intervention projects is no longer available. Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to Program Director Elizabeth Boylan . 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: Elizabeth Boylan Bio Headlines UW Researcher to Study Why Students Drop Out of Sciences Wisconsin State Journal Studying Why Some Shy Away from Math and Science Wisconsin Public Radio Study Looks at Why Students Leave STEM Majors University of Wisconsin - Madison
