Sloan Research Fellowships
Awarded forrecognition of distinguished performance by early career researchers and their unique potential to make substantial contributions
CountryWorldwide
Presented byAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
First awarded1955
Websitesloan.org/fellowships

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.[1]

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).[2] 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 fellowship each year; in 2021, 128 were awarded, and 118 were awarded in 2022.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Institution Fellows (1955–2022)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6] 309
University of California, Berkeley[7] 291
Harvard University 242
Stanford University[8] 237
Princeton University[9] 236
The University of Chicago[10] 204
University of California, Los Angeles 176
Columbia University[11] 172
Cornell University 159
California Institute of Technology 154

    Notable award recipients

    Since the beginning of the program in 1955, 53 fellows have won a Nobel Prize,[12] and 17 have won the Fields Medal in mathematics.[13]

    Sloan Fellowship recipients who became Nobel or Fields Medal laureates

    Name Field[n 1] Sloan year Prize year[n 2]
    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. Ghez[14]Physics19962020
    Vladimir VoevodskyMathematics19972002
    Andrei OkounkovMathematics20002006
    Terence TaoMathematics19992006
    Larry GuthMathematics20102014
    David MacMillanChemistry20022021
    Guido ImbensEconomics19952021
    Moungi BawendiChemistry19942023
    Notes
    1. ↑ Field of the Sloan fellowship
    2. ↑ Unless stated, the prize was awarded in the same field as that of the Sloan fellowship

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "90 Scientists and Economists Win Sloan Research Awards". The New York Times. March 10, 1985. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
    2. ↑ "History". www.sloan.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
    3. ↑ "Sloan Research Fellowships". www.sloan.org. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
    4. ↑ "FAQ | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation".
    5. ↑ "Sloan Research Fellows Database". sloan.org. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
    6. ↑ "Eight from MIT Named Sloan Research Fellows". MIT News. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
    7. ↑ "Nine Young Faculty Named 2020 Sloan Fellows". Berkeley News. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
    8. ↑ "2022 Stanford Sloan Research Fellows". Stanford News. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
    9. ↑ "Five Princeton Faculty Members Named 2021 Sloan Fellows". Princeton News. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
    10. ↑ "Five University of Chicago Scientists Awarded Prestigious Sloan Fellowships". uchicago.edu. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
    11. ↑ "Five Columbia Researchers Named 2022 Sloan Research Fellows". Columbia News. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
    12. ↑ "Nobel Laureates". www.sloan.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
    13. ↑ "Fields Medalists". www.sloan.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
    14. ↑ "UCLA Galactic Center Group / SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS". www.astro.ucla.edu. 1995–2017. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
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