Grants & Funding

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Published Date: July 22, 2008

Program Information

Program Name:

Grants for Research on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce

Program URL:

http://www.sloan.org/programs/documents/SEWProgramAnnouncementv2.pdf

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty, Administrator, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

Our reasons for inviting proposals on these topics are as follows: Available data indicate that nearly 7.4 million persons are engaged in S&E occupations, representing about 5% of the civilian U.S. workforce of 147 million. Though a rather small percentage of the total, this S&E workforce is very highly skilled, and many are engaged in leading-edge R&D activities that are critical to the future economic wellbeing of the United States. In addition, a similar percentage of U.S. workers have earned at least bachelor's degrees in S&E fields but are employed in non-S&E occupations; rather little is known about the latter category. We believe that much could be gained from an improved understanding of the U.S. S&E workforce in relation to the domestic and international labor markets in which it operates. These subjects have long attracted a great deal of rhetorical and political commentary, yet objective research attention has been limited by the difficulty of obtaining needed grant funding.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term     
• Maximum Term     
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Institution
• Is there a training component to this grant?   
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  11/17/2008

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Science Education, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Other (specify): Engineering

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

U.S. geographic limits?

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year