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Sloan Foundation Announces 2012 Research Fellowships

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 02/16/2012 - 00:20

The 2012 cohort of Sloan Fellows includes a hundred and twenty-six researchers representing a variety of scientific interests, including evolutionary and computational molecular biology, neuroscience, and physics....


 

Sloan Foundation Announces 2011 Fellows

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 02/17/2011 - 00:20

Founded in 1955, the fellowship program awards two-year, $50,000 grants to scientists, mathematicians, and economists at an early stage of their careers to pursue any line of research they choose....


 

University of Pennsylvania Awarded $990,000 for Work-Family Rese...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 10/29/2010 - 23:20

The grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will enable the Work and Family Researchers Network at Boston College to transition from a foundation-funded project to a sustainable organization hosted by the University of Pennsylvania....


 

Encyclopedia of Life Receives $12.5 Million in Additional Fundin...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Sun, 08/23/2009 - 22:00

The MacArthur Foundation, which provided EOL with $10 million when the project launched in 2007, awarded an additional $10 million, while the Sloan Foundation, another founding sponsor, gave an additional $2.5 million....