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Leon Levy/Sloan Fellowship in Science Biography is sponsored by Leon Levy Foundation. Hosted at the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center, this fellowship supports writers working on a biography of a scientist. Fellows are provided with a stipend, writing space, and research assistance, and are expected to participate in the intellectual community of the Graduate Center in New York City.
Geographic focus: New York City
Focus areas: Arts and Humanities, Science, Biography
Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt:
Homepage - Leon Levy Foundation Shelby White and Leon Levy Conservation Endowment at the New York Public Library Why Thousands of Trees and Shrubs Are Coming to Prospect Park The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p id="article-summary"><em>The New York Times - </em>Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire 11 months ago. Today park officials will announce that they are hiring four more gardeners, bringing the total on the 526-acre park’s staff to 11, and plan to plant more than 3,000 trees and shrubs in three acres blackened in the fire. The new staff is being hired with money from a $10 million endowment grant from the Leon Levy Foundation, named for the hedge fund pioneer and philanthropist Leon Levy, who died in 2003.</p> The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire 11 months ago. Today park officials will announce that they are hiring four more gardeners, bringing the total on the 526-acre park’s staff to 11, and plan to plant more than 3,000 trees and shrubs in three acres blackened in the fire. The new staff is being hired with money from a $10 million endowment grant from the Leon Levy Foundation, named for the hedge fund pioneer and philanthropist Leon Levy, who died in 2003. The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... New York Botanical Garden Committee to Protect Journalists INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK – this Neuroscience Text is hidden by the website code The Leon Levy Foundation advances the humanist values of understanding, appreciation, and preservation through grantmaking guided by the deep and diverse interests of Leon Levy and Shelby White. The Foundation supports organizations, primarily in New York City, that enhance cultural life, expand knowledge, and encourage exceptional achievement across a broad range of fields. A small preserve leads a big effort to save native plants in the Bahamas Moynihan Public Service & Public Scholars Fellowships invite applications for Fall 2026 Mayor Adams Announces $68 Million Plan to Tackle Flash Flooding in Prospect Park and Nearby Neighborhoods The Leon Levy Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry. Grants are made by invitation only.
Application snapshot: target deadline February 16, 2026; published funding information $72,000; eligibility guidance Open to writers of any nationality. Applicants may be first-time biographers or established writers undertaking their first biography in science. Fellows may not teach or be engaged in other full-time employment during the academic year-in-residence.
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Homepage - Leon Levy Foundation Shelby White and Leon Levy Conservation Endowment at the New York Public Library Why Thousands of Trees and Shrubs Are Coming to Prospect Park The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... <! -- wp:paragraph --> <p id="article-summary"><em>The New York Times - </em>Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire 11 months ago.
Today park officials will announce that they are hiring four more gardeners, bringing the total on the 526-acre park’s staff to 11, and plan to plant more than 3,000 trees and shrubs in three acres blackened in the fire. The new staff is being hired with money from a $10 million endowment grant from the Leon Levy Foundation, named for the hedge fund pioneer and philanthropist Leon Levy, who died in 2003.
</p> The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire 11 months ago. Today park officials will announce that they are hiring four more gardeners, bringing the total on the 526-acre park’s staff to 11, and plan to plant more than 3,000 trees and shrubs in three acres blackened in the fire.
The new staff is being hired with money from a $10 million endowment grant from the Leon Levy Foundation, named for the hedge fund pioneer and philanthropist Leon Levy, who died in 2003. The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire...
The New York Times - Prospect Park continues efforts to replant after a devastating wildfire... New York Botanical Garden Committee to Protect Journalists INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK – this Neuroscience Text is hidden by the website code The Leon Levy Foundation advances the humanist values of understanding, appreciation, and preservation through grantmaking guided by the deep and diverse interests of Leon Levy and Shelby White.
The Foundation supports organizations, primarily in New York City, that enhance cultural life, expand knowledge, and encourage exceptional achievement across a broad range of fields.
A small preserve leads a big effort to save native plants in the Bahamas Moynihan Public Service & Public Scholars Fellowships invite applications for Fall 2026 Mayor Adams Announces $68 Million Plan to Tackle Flash Flooding in Prospect Park and Nearby Neighborhoods The Leon Levy Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry. Grants are made by invitation only.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Open to writers of any nationality. Applicants may be first-time biographers or established writers undertaking their first biography in science. Fellows may not teach or be engaged in other full-time employment during the academic year-in-residence. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $72,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is February 16, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
