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Organization Profile
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation — Technology Program
aka Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a longstanding U.S. philanthropic foundation funding basic research, higher education, and public understanding of science. Its Technology program supports the tools, norms, and institutions that sustain open-source software, hardware, and models used in research; its Open Source in Science line funds work such as establishing university Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs, up to $750,000 over two years), software-sustainability infrastructure, and research-software career paths. Prospective applicants submit a two-page letter of inquiry rather than a full unsolicited proposal.1,2,3
Programs
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Awards
22 on fileShowing 1-22 of 22, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- Arizona State UniversityProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$108,519Date–
- Boston UniversityProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$248,856Date–
- ProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$649,997Date–
- Code for Science and SocietyProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$120,000Date–
- Code for Science and SocietyProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$149,969Date–
- Johns Hopkins UniversityProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$350,000Date–
- Northeastern UniversityProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$400,000Date–
- Northern Arizona UniversityProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$99,916Date–
- ProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$24,426Date–
- Open Science Hardware FoundationProgramTechnology / Open Source in ScienceAmount$249,559Date–
- Open Source Hardware AssociationProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$993,600Date–
- ProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$249,150Date–
- Purdue UniversityProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$249,725Date–
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$499,121Date–
- Saint Louis UniversityProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$654,610Date–
- SeedAI (investigator Joshua New)ProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$100,000Date–
- Society for Laboratory Automation and ScreeningProgramTechnology / Exploratory Grantmaking in TechnologyAmount$199,884Date–
- Superbloom DesignProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$50,000Date–
- University of California, Santa CruzProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$49,155Date–
- University of California, Santa CruzProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$695,159Date–
- University of California, Santa Cruz (UC OSPO Network)ProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$1,851,549Date–
- University of VermontProgramTechnology / Better Software for ScienceAmount$566,253Date–
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Programs
22
Awards
20
Grantees
$8.6M
Known USD
0
Live rounds
no open or announced rounds on file
Active
Status
Focus Areas
open source software, research software / scientific software, Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), research software engineering, software sustainability and maintenance, scientific collaboration, emerging technology for research.
Typical sizeUp to $750,000 over two years for university OSPO grants