Sloan Research Fellowship - 2022
Sponsor
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Program
Award categories:
- chemistry
- computer science
- economics
- mathematics
- computational and evolutionary molecular biology
- neuroscience
- ocean sciences
- physics
Description
The Sloan Research fellowships seeks to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Eligibility
- Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field
- Candidates must be members of the faculty of a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada
- Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of the date of submission
- Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation
Prize
Sloan Research Fellowships are valued at $75,000 for a two year period.
Special Notes
Please refer to the Office of Research COVID 19 web-page [1] for directives related to research activities at the University of Guelph.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | If you wish to be considered for VPR nomination, please submit your Expression of Interest (see How to Apply) to research.honours@uoguelph.ca [2]. | |
External Deadline | If your nomination will be submitted by a nominator other than the VPR, please submit directly to the Sloan Research Fellowships application portal by the external deadline (anticipated opening in 2020). Please also submit a copy of the full nomination and OR-5 to research.services@uoguelph.ca [3]. |
How to Apply
The Vice-President (Research) encourages nominations for this award, and will serve as nominator for those nominees recommended by the Honours and Awards Advisory Committee. If you wish to nominate a colleague or to be considered for VPR nomination, please submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to research.honours@uoguelph.ca [2] by the internal deadline.
An Expression of Interest will include:
- A draft letter (two-three pages) addressed to the VPR, signed by your ADR, which outlines how you/your nominee meets the criteria outlined on the Sloan Research Fellowships [4] website
- an up-to-date CV (up to 10 pages) for nominee (and each member of the team, if applicable).
As this is an international prize, the University may engage the Global Excellence Initiative [5] to coordinate external review of nominations.
If your nomination will be submitted by a different nominee, and therefore does not require the Vice-President's endorsement, please submit an OR-5 and a complete nomination to research.services@uoguelph.ca [3] by the external deadline.
For more information, contact research.honours@uoguelph.ca [2] or refer to the Sloan Research Fellowships [4] website.