New Sloan Foundation-supported research published in Nature shows that water can form naturally during planet formation when hydrogen-rich atmospheres meet molten rock. (via @carnegiescience.bsky.social) Story: carnegiescience.edu/how-do-plane...

Bye bye Manhattan! I had a great few days at the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social discussing the complexities of education in an age of AI with some of today's most thoughtful leaders in STEM education. While we enjoyed the view from Rockefeller Center, we also saw a lot of work ahead of educators.

In collaboration with @ukri.org and @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, the Sloan Foundation is supporting a cohort of 29 early-career scholars to investigate the implications of AI for the science and research ecosystem. Read more: sloan.org/programs/dig...

Congratulations to Lauren Williams of @harvard.edu, who has been named as a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow! Williams is also a former Sloan Research Fellow, receiving one in Mathematics in 2009! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stacie Bloom as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, effective January 2026!

In conversation with Florida policymakers, Barry University School of Law will host the Just Energy Transitions and Place Workshop tomorrow (10/3) to present findings from a three-year research initiative on placed-based energy transitions, supported by the Sloan Foundation. jetplace.org/workshop/

Playwrights! Join #EST/Sloan Zoom event on 9/30 w neuroscientist Heather Berlin @radiolab.bsky.social’s @lutimestwo.bsky.social historian Evelynn Hammonds playwrights @carlaching.bsky.social & Jake Brasch & podcaster Rachel Lin to discuss science plays @sloanfoundation.bsky.social bit.ly/est_ace2025

The nomination period for the 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships closes today! More information on how to apply: sloan.org/fellowships

A friendly reminder that the nomination period for the 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships closes on Monday, September 15th! More information on how to apply: sloan.org/fellowships

Very excited to join with Open Philanthropy on an all-out sprint to answer some of the thorniest practical questions in economics. First question: What return do we get when we invest in R&D?

Proud of our collaboration with colleagues and students at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez to build reciprocal and equitable pathways between our institutions. Thankful for the support from @sloanfoundation.bsky.social www.pittwire.pitt.edu/accolades-ho...

The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, ‪ @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social have launched a rapid response bridge funding opportunity. These $25,000 grants are designed to support scholars & teams impacted by NSF cancellations. Learn more and apply by May 30th & June 13th. ⤵️

By stripping cells down to their chemical fundamentals, Jack Szostak hopes to reveal how life’s earliest forms emerged. Read our interview with the Nobel Prizewinner here: impact.sloan.org/dont-call-hi...

I'm turning final corner on book in works for 4 years about scientific efforts to prevent future pandemics. Knopf plans to publish in October and now has teaser up. Deeply grateful to @sloanfoundation.bsky.social and many others for the support! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690752...

Christopher Snyder, #Dartmouth economics professor and co-faculty director of @uchi-msa.bsky.social, was awarded nearly $1 million in funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to investigate how funding mechanisms can shape markets and promote innovation.

Are you an undergrad looking to gain hands-on, in-person #neuroscience research experience? Apply for our 2025–2026 SURFiN program, which offers paid fellowships in cities across the US, Canada and Europe. Deadline is 5/1: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/3/27/ap... #science #research

Help us connect with others in scientific research, education, engagement and philanthropy! go.bsky.app/RjAp9Jv

Brilliant essay just published on @nursingclio.bsky.social by @histofsex.bsky.social about two memorable #ESTSloan plays at ensemble studio theatre about women: Behind the Sheet by @CharlyESimpson.bsky.social and Las Borinqueñas by Nelson Diaz-Marcano @sloanfoundation.bsky.social bit.ly/nc_dd_est

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Two UW–Madison researchers — Sharon Yixuan Li, assistant professor of computer sciences, and James Roberts Crall, assistant professor of entomology — have been named Sloan Research Fellows. Congratulations!

We're proud to share that Faculty Co-Director for the Data Ecology Research Initiative, Raul Castro Fernandez, was awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship! Congratulations Raul Castro Fernandez! Learn more - lnkd.in/g3T_QAR6

50% of the PIs and Co-PIs on the grants we fund are women. We support research which asks questions about women’s workplace retention, gender pay inequalities, and quantifying the economic contributions of caregiving.

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Interdisciplinary Social Science Research on Energy System Interactions in the US Grants of $500,000 - $1,000,000 over 2-4 yrs LOI Deadline: March 25, 2025 @sloanfoundation.bsky.social 🧪🌱 #climatesky #academicsky apply.sloan.org/prog/energy_...

Metascience and AI Postdoctoral Fellowships Grants of up to $250,000 (USD) over up to two years will be awarded to social sciences and humanities postdoctoral researchers who study the implication of AI for Science. Deadline: April 10, 2025 @sloanfoundation.bsky.social 🧪 sloan.org/programs/dig...

Forthcoming NBER Economics of AI & Political Economy volume. Draft chapters here: www.nber.org/books-and-ch...

Congrats to Scott Cushing of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute @caltech.edu for being named a 2025 Sloan Research Fellow! 🎉 He's one of three Caltech professors honored this year. #KavliNano #SloanFellows @sloanfoundation.bsky.social kni.caltech.edu/news/trio-of...

📢 CONGRATS to our very own @tristan-geiller.bsky.social 🧠 @yaleneuro.bsky.social for receiving this year's @sloanfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellowship!! Read more about his research 👇

Congratulations to DSI Affiliate Sharon Yixuan Li on winning the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship! This award recognizes 126 of the most promising early-career scientists in the U.S. and Canada. @sloanfoundation.bsky.social sloan.org/fellowships/...

Congratulations to UF Geology Assistant Prof. Courtney Sprain on her prestigious 2025 Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship!!! @sloanfoundation.bsky.social #SloanFellow ⚒️🧪

Three @uofwa.bsky.social faculty members — including Dianne Xiao, a @uwchemistry.bsky.social assistant professor — have been awarded early-career fellowships from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social! www.washington.edu/news/2025/02...

Congrats to Prof. Darcy McRose for being named a 2025 Sloan Research Fellow! The fellowship honors exceptional researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

Huge congrats to CEI Member Faculty Dianne Xiao! @uwchemistry.bsky.social @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

I'm honored to have been selected as one of this year's Sloan Research Fellows. Thank you to the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social and to all the incredible students, engineers, citizen scientists, and other collaborators that make our research possible!

Truly honored to be among those selected for a Sloan Research Fellowship! It's humbling to be included in such an amazing group of early-career scientists. Thanks to @sloanfoundation.bsky.social for your support of young investigators, UF Chem, & @prenticelabuf.bsky.social for all your hard work!

Congratulations #JameelClinic PI @marzyehghassemi.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #SloanFellow by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social 👏 A Sloan Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards for young researchers. To date, 58 Sloan Fellows have gone on to receive a Nobel Prize for their work.

Honoured to have been selected as a #SloanFellow Thankful for all the support from family, mentors, collaborators, colleagues and students along the way! @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

I'm incredibly honored to receive this award. Thanks so much to all of the wonderful students, collaborators, and mentors that I've had the pleasure of working with over the years!

Honored to be a part of this amazing cohort as a 2025 #SloanFellow ! #chemsky

Grateful to the Sloan Foundation for their support of fundamental chemistry research in this challenging time for our scientific community!

I am deeply honored to be named a Sloan Fellow this year. Thank you to my students, collaborators, and colleagues for making all of our work in @socialfutureslab.bsky.social possible. And thank you to the Sloan Foundation for your support of science and early career scientists in these times.

Super excited and very honored to be selected as a Sloan Research Fellow 😊😊🥳🥳🎉🎉 #SloanFellow. I would like to thank my mentors, collaborators, colleagues, and my amazing team members. I am also very grateful to the Sloan Foundation for their great support.

Honored to be named a Sloan Fellow. Thanks to my lab members, past and present, for their hard work and creativity. Also thanks to my mentors and colleagues for their support and guidance over the years.

Still not quite believing it but feeling very fortunate to be among the 2025 Sloan Research Fellow cohort!

Very excited to share that I was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow! Really thankful to all my mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and my amazing research group. Wouldn't have been possible with all of them!

Penn Engineering faculty members César de la Fuente (@delafuentelab.bsky.social) and Jason Altschuler have been named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows (@sloanfoundation.bsky.social). penntoday.upenn.edu/news/four-pe...

Congratulations to CIERA Prof. Jason Wang (@thejason.wang) and postdoctoral alum Dr. Daniel Anglés-Alcázar on receiving prestigious @sloanfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellowships! The award recognizes the creativity, innovation, and accomplishments of early-career researchers

👏 Congrats Roel Tempelaar on being a 2025 #SloanFellow! The Sloan Research Fellowship is an honor that highlights the creativity, innovation and research accomplishments of early-career researchers. @sloanfoundation.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/433b8Ds

NEWS: President Adam F. Falk will depart the Sloan Foundation to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society sloan.org/storage/app/...

Two kickass game theorists won this year: Evan Sadler (econ) and Aviad Rubinstein (CS)