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Sloan Research Fellowship

FieldValue
nameSloan Research Fellowships
awarded_forrecognition of distinguished performance by early career researchers and their unique potential to make substantial contributions
presenterAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
countryWorldwide
year1955
website

The Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955 to "provide support and recognition to early-career scientists and scholars". This program is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States.

Fellowships were initially awarded in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Awards were later added in neuroscience (1972), economics (1980), computer science (1993), computational and evolutionary molecular biology (2002), and ocean sciences or earth systems sciences (2012). Winners of these two-year fellowships are awarded $75,000, which may be spent on any expense supporting their research. From 2012 through 2020, the foundation awarded 126 research fellowships each year; in 2021, 128 were awarded, and 118 were awarded in 2022.

Eligibility and selection

To be eligible, a candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and must be a member of the faculty of a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada. The candidate must have teaching responsibilities and must be tenure-track but untenured as of September 15 of the nomination year. Only candidates with letters of nomination from department heads or other senior researchers are considered.

The foundation has been supportive of scientists who are parents by allowing them extra time after their doctorate during which they remain eligible for the award.

An independent committee of distinguished scientists in each field selects the fellows based upon their research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their chosen field.

Since the inaugural class of 1955, 6,144 fellowships have been awarded, with faculty from the top ten universities representing over 35% of all fellows. MIT counts the most fellows at 309, followed by Berkeley at 291, Harvard at 242, Stanford at 237, and Princeton at 236.

InstitutionFellows (1955–2022)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology309
University of California, Berkeley291
Harvard University242
Stanford University237
Princeton University236
The University of Chicago204
University of California, Los Angeles176
Columbia University172
Cornell University159
California Institute of Technology154

Notable award recipients

Since the beginning of the program in 1955, 53 fellows have won a Nobel Prize, and 17 have won the Fields Medal in mathematics.

Sloan Fellowship recipients who became Nobel or Fields Medal laureates

NameFieldSloan yearPrize year
Richard FeynmanPhysics19551965
Murray Gell-MannPhysics19571969
Leon N. CooperPhysics19591972
Sheldon GlashowPhysics19621979
Steven WeinbergPhysics19611979
Val L. FitchPhysics19601980
James W. CroninPhysics19621980
Kenneth G. WilsonPhysics19631982
Jack SteinbergerPhysics19581988
Melvin SchwartzPhysics19591988
Frederick ReinesPhysics19591995
Alan J. HeegerChemistry19632000 (Physics)
Carl E. WiemanPhysics19842001
David J. GrossPhysics19702004
H. David PolitzerPhysics19772004
Frank WilczekPhysics19762004
Theodor W. HänschPhysics19732005
Donna StricklandPhysics19982018
Roald HoffmannChemistry19661981
Dudley R. HerschbachChemistry19591986
Yuan T. LeeChemistry19691986
John C. PolanyiChemistry19591986
Elias J. CoreyChemistry19551990
Rudolph A. MarcusChemistry19601992
Mario J. MolinaChemistry19761995
Robert F. Curl, Jr.Chemistry19611996
Richard E. SmalleyChemistry19781996
Ahmed H. ZewailChemistry19781999
Alan G. MacDiarmidChemistry19592000
K. Barry SharplessChemistry19732001
Robert H. GrubbsChemistry19742005
Richard R. SchrockChemistry19762005
Martin KarplusChemistry19592013
Arieh WarshelChemistry19782013
John Forbes NashMathematics19561994 (Economics)
Eric MaskinEconomics19832007
Roger MyersonEconomics19842007
Alvin E. RothEconomics19842012
Lars Peter HansenEconomics19822013
Jean TiroleEconomics19852014
Stanley PrusinerNeuroscience19761997 (Medicine)
Paul LauterburChemistry19652003 (Medicine)
Linda B. BuckNeuroscience19922004 (Medicine)
John MilnorMathematics19551962
Paul CohenMathematics19621966
Stephen SmaleMathematics19601966
Heisuke HironakaMathematics19621970
John G. ThompsonMathematics19611970
David MumfordMathematics19621974
Charles FeffermanMathematics19701978
Daniel G. QuillenMathematics19671978
William ThurstonMathematics19741982
Shing-Tung YauMathematics19741982
Michael H. FreedmanMathematics19801986
Vaughan JonesMathematics19831990
Curtis T. McMullenMathematics19881998
Andrea M. GhezPhysics19962020
Vladimir VoevodskyMathematics19972002
Andrei OkounkovMathematics20002006
Terence TaoMathematics19992006
Larry GuthMathematics20102014
David MacMillanChemistry20022021
Guido ImbensEconomics19952021
Moungi BawendiChemistry19942023
John HopfieldPhysics19622024

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References

References

  1. (March 10, 1985). "90 Scientists and Economists Win Sloan Research Awards". The New York Times.
  2. "History".
  3. "Sloan Research Fellowships".
  4. "FAQ | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation".
  5. "Sloan Research Fellows Database".
  6. (February 19, 2021). "Eight from MIT Named Sloan Research Fellows".
  7. (February 12, 2020). "Nine Young Faculty Named 2020 Sloan Fellows".
  8. (February 15, 2022). "2022 Stanford Sloan Research Fellows".
  9. (February 17, 2021). "Five Princeton Faculty Members Named 2021 Sloan Fellows".
  10. (February 15, 2022). "Five University of Chicago Scientists Awarded Prestigious Sloan Fellowships".
  11. (February 15, 2022). "Five Columbia Researchers Named 2022 Sloan Research Fellows".
  12. "Nobel Laureates".
  13. "Fields Medalists".
  14. (1995–2017). "UCLA Galactic Center Group / SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS".
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