Applications are open for the OpenDP 2026 Summer Internship program! Supported by the Sloan Foundation, OpenDP is a community effort to build trustworthy, open-source software tools for analyzing sensitive private data. Deadline Feb. 1, 2026! Learn more: opendp.org/2025/12/15/o...

We are pleased to announce the grants we made in 2025 resulting from an open Request for Proposals for interdisciplinary social science research on energy system interactions the United States! Read more: sloan.org/programs/res...

The Foundation is excited to support a pilot study led by Kevin Crowston of @syracuseu.bsky.social to better understand how generative AI tools affect learning and skill retention for software developers! ischool.syracuse.edu/professor-ke...

Proud to back efforts by @library.cmu.edu and other universities to build institutional capacity to support open source software and recognize its importance to academic research! www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Supported by the Sloan Foundation and NSF, @nber.org is seeking proposals for research on innovations in economic measurement, with the aim of being translated into improvements in official statistical agency practice. Submission deadline is Jan. 15, 2026. More info: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Congratulations to @moorefound.bsky.social for naming Aileen S. Lee as its next president! Full announcement: www.moore.org/article-deta...

We are proud to support the AI + Data Ethics Summer Graduate Training program @northeasternu.bsky.social, as well as a summer field school for our Metascience & AI Postdoctoral Fellows to develop research capacity for scientific and ethical issues raised by AI! cssh.northeastern.edu/ethics/aide-...

Very excited to announce that I have been awarded a 3-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the economics of the academic publishing market! Analysis will include hybrid journal subscription prices and daily APC price changes. More to come in 2026. @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

The Foundation seeks to hire a Program Associate in Economics, starting as soon as Spring 2026! The Program Associate has significant responsibilities for developing, evaluating, and managing grant proposals in economics. Visit our careers page for more info: sloan.org/about/careers

The Foundation has awarded a grant to the Open Source Program Office at @syracuseu.bsky.social to help it become a permanent part of the university, bridging academic research and open-source software development. news.syr.edu/2025/12/03/o...

Supported by the Sloan Foundation and NSF, @nber.org is seeking proposals for research on innovations in economic measurement, with the aim of being translated into improvements in official statistical agency practice. Submission deadline is Jan. 15, 2026. More info: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

The Foundation’s Evan Michelson joined a @natureportfolio.nature.com Q&A to talk strategies for seeding interdisciplinary climate research, how philanthropies can advance energy and environmental scholarship, and the importance of supporting early-career researchers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

APA member Eamon Duede (Purdue University) has received a $250,000 grant from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social for the interdisciplinary, multi-institutional project “AI & Evolving Disciplinary Norms of Inquiry.” dailynous.com/2025/11/12/p...

🚨 Big news for international students in the U.S. Today we’re launching the International Student Resource Center (ISRC), a new organization providing clear, accurate, and up-to-date immigration information, all in one place. Explore our website: internationalstudent.us

RCSA, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social & @kavlifoundation.org have made awards to eight cross-disciplinary teams of early career researchers in the second year of #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials.

We're back from the uplifting SREB Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, where we celebrated the achievements and progress of the next generation of scientists! It was deeply inspiring to witness the professional growth of the scholars during the four-day conference!

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!