Dr. Purugganan writes:
Dear colleagues,
I am honored to be associated with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which funds science, technology and economics research, as well as diversity and public understanding of science and economics, and has an endowment of ~$2 B. Our motto is "Driven by the promise of great ideas."
I have been a trustee since 2013, and my fellow trustees include several scientists and economists, the CEOs of Con Ed and GM Motors, heads of several hedge funds and private equity groups, the chancellor of MIT and several other university presidents. I am proud to announce that I have now been appointed to the 4-person Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation.
If you study molecular evolution or neuroscience, watched "Hidden Figures" or "Picture a Scientist" or tuned into RadioLab or Nova, used Wikipedia, got cancer treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, or maybe studied at the MIT Sloan Management School, you have been a beneficiary of the investments of the Sloan Foundation. We have funded projects that include the economics of working longer, the role of behaviour in economic decision-making, the Jupyter digital lab notebook system and the 20+ year Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I would say about 50 Sloan research fellows have won the Nobel Prize.
For more information on the Foundation, go to: https://sloan.org/
