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TheSloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually by theAlfred 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 inphysics,chemistry, andmathematics. Awards were later added inneuroscience (1972),economics (1980),computer science (1993), computational and evolutionarymolecular 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]

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 byBerkeley at 291,Harvard at 242,Stanford at 237, andPrinceton at 236.^[5]

Since the beginning of the program in 1955, 53 fellows have won aNobel Prize,^[12] and 17 have won theFields Medal in mathematics.^[13]

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• List of chemistry awards
• List of computer science awards
• List of economics awards
• List of mathematics awards
• List of physics awards

• Sloan Research Fellowships official site
• 2015 Sloan Research Fellowships brochure

• 1955 establishments in the United States
• Chemistry awards
• Computer science awards
• Economics awards
• Mathematics awards
• Physics awards
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Awards established in 1955

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