Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Was Charles Darwin ever challenged on his theories? How many years does it take to find and decipher 15,000 handwritten letters from the 1800s? Is dialogue a part of the scientific process? The Darwin Correspondence Project, based at Cambridge University Library, spent 50 years answering these questions and more. This transatlantic endeavor to make Darwin’s letters available for all is a mammoth achievement and has set a new global standard in the history of science👏 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e8QvaiTY

2025 Sloan Research Fellowship nominations are open! #Fellowships are two-year, $75k awards to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. Nominate yourself or share with your networks. We're excited to see your applications! Deadline: September 15, 2024. Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/d45M8_Vn

How MIT Sloan Got Its Name: The Real Story Behind the Naming Did you happen to know? The MIT Sloan School of Management owes its name to the Sloan Programs (MIT Sloan Fellows MBA/MS, Stanford Sloan MSx and LBS Sloan MSc), not vice versa. Here’s how it happened: In the early 20th century, Alfred P. Sloan, the legendary leader of General Motors, faced a significant challenge: his engineers needed more managerial skills. To address this, Sloan collaborated with MIT’s Erwin H. Schell to create the 1st* university-based full-time executive education program in 1931, the Sloan Fellows Program. Sloan's vision continued. Recognizing the broader need for management education, he endowed MIT with $5.25 million through the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which led to the establishment of the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1952. So next time someone mentions the MIT Sloan School of Management, remember: it’s named after the groundbreaking Sloan Programs, of which the very first was created at MIT to turn GM engineers into top-tier managers. MiM programs are for graduate students to set sail for their careers, Full-time MBA programs are for junior management career transitions, and Executive MBA programs are mainly for accelerations to mid-level management posts. The Sloan programs have multiple purposes but are mainly for mid-to-senior leadership preparations. By Alfred P. Sloan’s design back in 1930, MIT Sloan aims to prepare mid-career engineering managers for senior positions. The Stanford Sloan MSx program is designed for experienced emerging leaders transitioning to mid-level roles, particularly in technology and entrepreneurship. The LBS Sloan program is targeted at senior executives looking to accelerate into senior management team and C-suite roles, as well as other top management positions such as Board of Directors, non-executive directors, and senior advisors. * The world's first part-time Executive MBA was launched at the University of Chicago in 1943, while the full-time Sloan Fellows began teaching in 1931. #ManagementHistory #BusinessEducation #Leadership #Innovation #MIT #GM #SloanPrograms #MBA #EMBA #ExecutiveMBA #ExecutiveEducation #SloanFellows #ManagementEducation #LBS #Stanford #MIT Stanford University Stanford University Graduate School of Business London Business School

We're hiring an Investment Analyst! This is a pre-MBA role for a young professional with 0-2 years experience. You'll be working within a dedicated team managing our broadly-diversified, $2 billion portfolio. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation makes grants primarily to support original research and education related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. Please share widely!

The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at DSI recently surveyed the campus community to gauge interest in open-source software, hardware and teaching materials and collect feedback on improving the open-source environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Check out the results: https://lnkd.in/gwtuXy3K Survey highlights: Most survey respondents were familiar with open-source software. Python, Linux and Julia topped the list of tools important to their work. More than half said they use open-source tools more often than UW-provided, licensed software (excluding Adobe and Microsoft). A majority of respondents said that open-source tools are critical to their research, teaching and learning. Most agreed that open source is a valuable research output that translates into innovation. They identified knowledge sharing and lower costs as its biggest benefits. 60% of respondents said that having a vibrant open source culture is “very valuable”. However, only 31% agreed that there is a vibrant open source culture at UW-Madison. 73% expressed interest in open source training organized by OSPO. OSPO has made this survey, and the tool to analyze the results, open source. Our hope is that other universities will use it and share their results, leading to a broader understanding of the open-source ecosystem in academia. Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, OSPO is positioned to support and grow a vibrant open-source ecosystem at UW–Madison. Learn more at https://ospo.wisc.edu/

Always a pleasure to join The PhD Excellence Initiative #PhDEI2024 for its annual gathering hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and supported by The Hoover Institution, Stanford University and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. I was honored to present my National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project on #fintech, #financialinclusion, visual attention, and migrant #remittances. Very grateful for the heavy audience engagement! As has become a tradition, Spelman College was well represented. In attendance were, Hannah Hailemicael who is working as a research assistant (RA) in my lab/VLab this summer, Dr. Sandile Hlatshwayo who delivered the featured presentation, and Kirsten Burr who is a former teaching assistant and student. It was icing on the cake to catch up with Christina Flakes (a former VLab RA who also worked on the above project) and Kyla Marshell (Class of 2009) at a #Spelman breakfast. Keep up the great work, #PeterBlairHenry and #AllisonCParker. The profession is significantly better because of the PhD Excellence Initiative!

GLRC member Ana Dyreson has an in-progress grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on "Electrification and climate resilience in the rural north." The team has established a robust and diverse Community Advisory Board to guide the project. The project's groundwork is underway, involving data collection and engaging with the advisory board. We love making note of the research process, and how these incremental steps pave the way for significant impacts! 🌱 #GLRCCommunity #ElectrificationResearch

I'm very happy to share the survey that we conducted on #OpenSource at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for funding our OSPO. We've made the survey itself and a tool to analyze & visualize the results open source too. The survey confirmed my expectation that our academic community sees the value in having a vibrant open source culture, but we have a lot of room for improvement. Our OSPO aims to address that by fostering and growing the open source community and culture on campus.

If you see a film about climate change, there's a chance that one of these funders gave it a check. And remember, in the words of Matthew Schneider-Mayerson , who led the research team at Colby College behind a new foundation-backed report with Good Energy on the frequency of climate change in top movies: “We’re at a point where films set now or in the near future that don’t mention climate change should be considered what they are: fantasy.” Thanks to Anna Jane Joyner of Good Energy, Jill Tidman of The Redford Center and doron weber of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and all the press people who helped me out. URL: https://lnkd.in/dNXUZytJ #climatephilanthropy #climatefilms #climatedocumentaries

Technology is rapidly reshaping the way in which science is done. What opportunities exist for AI-based applications to transform open and reproducible research and remove barriers to participation in science? Excited to launch this new collaboration between the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to better understand the future of AI-enabled scientific work. Check out our Request for Information, submissions are due May 30th: https://bit.ly/49ZUR26 Kate Hertweck Elizabeth Vu Josh Greenberg #openscience #ai #genai #llm