Sloan Research Fellowship

FUNDING MEMO

Title: Sloan Research Fellowship

Funding Agency: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

External Deadline(s):

09/15/2020 08:59 PM PDT (Full Proposal)

Cognizant Office: Office of Sponsored Research/Office of Foundation Relations

Description:

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. Candidates must be nominated by a division head or other senior researcher.

Frequency: Typically annual

Total Award: $75,000

Funds may be used for such purposes as equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, trainee support, summer salary, or other activities directly related to the Fellow’s research
Does not support indirect costs and may not be used to augment an existing full-time salary

Indirect Costs: Not Allowed

Caltech’s minimum overhead rate is based on the award’s annual gross funding. Please refer to the FY20 Annual Rate Memo for applicable minimum overhead requirements. Applicants must work within their division to account for the required overhead via an approved MORA form

Duration: 2 years

Discipline(s): Biology and Biological Engineering; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Engineering and Applied Science; Geological and Planetary Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy

Eligibility: Tenure-Track Faculty

No more than three nominations from any division may be submitted
Candidates must hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position at a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada
- Tenure track faculty positions at the candidate’s institution must include a yearly teaching requirement
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field
Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15, 2020
Candidates nominated for a second time must submit a new letter of nomination, new letters of support, and updated versions of all required application documents

Research Areas of Interest:

Chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field

Post-Award Obligations:

Annual and final scientific progress and financial reports

Recent Caltech Recipients:

2020: Stevan Nadj-Perge, Yuki Oka, Joseph Parker, Omer Tamuz
2019: Philip Isett
2018: Konstantin Batygin, Jim Fuller, and David Simmons-Duffin
2017: Xie Chen, Manuel Endres, Maksym Radziwill
2016: Venkat Chandrasekaran
2015: Mitch Guttman, Gregg Hallinan, Heather Knutson, Viviana Gradinaru, and Xinwen Zhu
2014: Philip Hopkins, David Hsieh, Clifford Cheung

Guidelines & Other Information:

Guidelines: https://sloan.org/fellowships

2020 Recipients: https://sloan.org/fellowships/2020-Fellows

Selection Committee: https://sloan.org/fellowships#tab-selection-committees

Opportunity ID: 417