Sloan Research Fellowships
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation United States, Canada
Two-year, flexible research fellowships for untenured early-career faculty in the US and Canada in seven fields, awarded via nomination.
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About
What it offers: $75,000 over two years.
Also: flexible use of funds.
Who can apply: Tenure-track but untenured as of Sept 15 of the nomination year, at a US or Canadian degree-granting institution, with regular teaching duties; nominated by a senior researcher.
Annual nomination round, usually mid-July to September 15 (the 2027 round closed Sept 15, 2026).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: nomination letter, cv, research statement, references, publications.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “The two-year $75,000 fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers”
Who can apply
- Open to researchers
- Tenure-track but untenured as of Sept 15 of the nomination year, at a US or Canadian degree-granting institution, with regular teaching duties; nominated by a senior researcher.
What you will need
- Nomination packetOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Research statementOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Publication listUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation without your tap.
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