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13-798: 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,

26-462: A compelling national issue and the standard of the American workplace. This campaign funded many research studies and projects related to advancing workplace flexibility over the course of a decade. The program culminated in 2010 with a White House Forum of Workplace Flexibility. In 2010, Working Mother magazine called Christensen "the foremost strategic supporter of research and initiatives in

39-530: Is an independent entity and has no formal relationship with General Motors. As of 2022, the Sloan Foundation's assets totaled $ 2.0 billion. During the initial years of Alfred P. Sloan ’s presidency, the foundation devoted its resources almost exclusively to education in economics and business. Grants were made to develop materials to improve high school and college economics teaching; for preparation of and wide distribution of inexpensive pamphlets on

52-624: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Working Longer program designed to deepen scholarly and public understanding of aging Americans' work patterns. Christensen received her BS from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay and a PhD from Pennsylvania State University . Prior to joining the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Christensen was a professor of environmental psychology at the Graduate Center of City University of New York , where she

65-483: The Sloan Foundation made a gift of more than $ 5 million to establish a School of Industrial Management, now known as the MIT Sloan School of Management. Kathleen E. Christensen Kathleen E. Christensen is an American social scientist and author best known for her research on the changing nature of work, including remote and contingent work , as well as workplace flexibility. She currently directs

78-668: The foundation as major program areas: The Sloan Work and Family Researchers Network supports research and education about work-family issues. The foundation also funded the national workplace flexibility campaign as part of the Working Families program led by Kathleen E. Christensen . The Sloan Research Fellowships are annual awards given to more than 126 young researchers and university faculty, to further studies in chemistry , computational and evolutionary microbiology, computer science , economics , mathematics , neuroscience , ocean sciences and physics . In March 2008,

91-426: The foundation awarded 126 research fellowship each year; in 2021, 128 were awarded, and 118 were awarded in 2022. 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

104-816: The foundation awarded a $ 3 million grant to the Wikimedia Foundation . It made additional grants in July 2011 and January 2017. The Sloan Foundation is the primary funder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey , a major astronomical survey that began data collection in 2000. In 1945, the Sloan Foundation donated $ 4 million to launch the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, now the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In 1950,

117-651: The foundation. The Sloan Foundation also made many civic contributions to the foundation's home city of New York, including grants to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , Channel 13 , New York Public Library , New York University , and the Fund for the City of New York . Starting January 2018, Adam Falk, past president of Williams College, assumed the presidency of the foundation. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation makes grants in seven broad subjects, known within

130-661: 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. Since the beginning of the program in 1955, 53 fellows have won a Nobel Prize, and 17 have won the Fields Medal in mathematics. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The Sloan Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economics. The foundation

143-505: 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

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156-523: The pressing economic and social issues of the day; for weekly radio airing of round table discussions on current topics in economics and related subjects; and for establishing a Tax Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to interpret new taxes and new trends in public finance for the average citizen. From 1936 to 1945, Harold S. Sloan , an economist and Alfred's younger brother, served as director and vice president of

169-435: Was one of the first people to conduct research on remote work and contingent work. Christensen established and led the Alfred P Sloan Foundation 's program on working families, which resulted in $ 130 million of funding for work-family research. She is considered one of the pioneers in the field. In 2003, Christensen launched the national workplace flexibility campaign, which set the goal of making workplace flexibility

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