Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship

http://www.sloan.org/sloan-research-fellowships/apply-online/

Limitation:

• Candidates must be nominated by a department head or other senior researcher. Submissions unaccompanied by a nomination from a senior researcher are not accepted. More than one candidate from a department may be nominated, but no more than three.

Eligibility:

• Candidates must hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position at a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada.  Tenure track faculty positions at the candidate's institution must include a yearly teaching requirement.
• Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field;
• Candidates' most recent Ph.D. (or equivalent) must have been awarded on or after September 1, 2010.  Exceptions may apply. 

Deadline:  All nomination materials, including nomination letters and all letters of support, must be submitted online no later than 11:59PM EDT, September 15, 2016. 

car  8/4/2016