New Media (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

New Media (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) is sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Advances public understanding and engagement with science through the support of innovative projects that use a range of media to reach a broad, cross-cultural audience.

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org/) Click to search the website * Click to expand this navigation menu Research * History of Science and Technology * Sloan Digital Sky Survey * Small-Scale Fundamental Physics * Click to expand this navigation menu Technology * Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology * Scientific Collaboration * Click to expand this navigation menu Public Understanding * Click to expand this navigation menu Completed Programs * Anytime, Anyplace Learning * Better Software for Science * Chemistry of Indoor Environments * Data & Computational Research * Deep Carbon Observatory * Information about Careers in Science and Technology * Making Municipal Governments More Responsive * Microbiology of the Built Environment * Professional Science Master's Degree * Scholarly Communication * Universal Access to Knowledge * Workplace, Workforce, and Working Families Sloan Research Fellowships * Commitment to Opportunity for All * Click to expand this navigation menu Press Room Click to search the website Ynés Mexía was one of four unknown women scientist pioneers profiled as part of UNLADYLIKE 2020, an animated 26-part short film series on the achievements of women.

## Advance public understanding and engagement with science through the support of innovative projects that use a range of media to reach a broad, cross-cultural audience. [](https://sloan. org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) Grants support both traditional and web-native media that fall outside the other Public Understanding programs.

Supported media types include opera, dance, music, museum exhibits, interactive games, smartphone apps, ebooks, conferences, art and science festivals, and other cultural events. Grantmaking focuses on taking advantage of unique opportunities to incorporate scientific content or themes into public programs and extending the reach of science-themed content to new audiences and demographics.

"Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018" at the Whitney Museum Learn More "The Possible: Listening to the Universe," a VR Film about LIGO Learn More [](https://sloan.

org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) * Pioneer Works ### Graham Sack: The Harvard Computers * Consumer Reports ### Meet the Digital Lab Fellows: 5 Lighting Talks on Working to Uncover Tech's Harms * Design Week ### The Broadcast magazine has been designed to recall ’70s print media * Consumer Reports ### Is Your Robotic Vacuum Sharing Data About You?

* Pioneer Works ### Scientific Controversies: Swarm Intelligence * Consumer Reports ### Consumer Reports Announces Inaugural 2020-2021 Digital Lab Fellows [](https://sloan.

org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) * ##### Myriad USA $250,000 To support a virtual reality experience and a feature-length documentary about the science, engineering, and collaborative innovation behind the creation of the Statue of Liberty Learn More * ##### The Marc Sanders Foundation $50,000 To increase the impact of philosophy on the public understanding of science-related topics by providing appropriate training to promising academic philosophers Learn More * ##### Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc. $50,000 To support the convening of hundreds of nonpartisan science journalists at ScienceWriters2025 Learn More * ##### Astrophysical Research Consortium $90,000 To produce planetarium and science-on-a-sphere shows for the general public describing the hardware, observations, and science of SDSS-V Learn More * ##### Goodman Theatre $250,000 To support the production of a year-long presentation of Theater of the Mind in Chicago Learn More * ##### Massachusetts Institute of Technology $90,000 To support a one-day conference about building trust in science co-sponsored by MIT and the Aspen Institute Learn More [](https://sloan.

org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) * ##### ChemCrafter The classic chemistry set, reimagined as an iPhone app. Visit Site * ##### NOVA Elements An iPhone app that lets you play with the building blocks of the universe. Visit Site * ##### Secret Lives of Scientists The NOVA web series that shows what happens when the lab coat comes off.

Visit Site * ##### World Science Festival Quality science programming year-‘round. Visit Site * ##### False Conviction An interactive ebook detailing how advances in forensic science are freeing the wrongly convicted Visit site [](https://sloan. org/programs/public-understanding/new-media)[](https://sloan.

org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) Interested grantseekers with a relevant project idea should email a one page letter of inquiry to Program Director Doron Weber. Telephone inquiries are not accepted. Before submitting a letter of inquiry, please review the Foundation's guidelines on what we do not fund.

For more information about letters of inquiry or other Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant application procedures, visit ourApply for Grantspage. [](https://sloan.

org/programs/public-understanding/new-media) * Doron Weber Vice President Program Director * Valicia Browne Program Associate * Swan Griffith Program Coordinator Stay up to date on all the latest Sloan news and events.

/programs/public-understanding/new-media UNLADYLIKE 2020 info Ynés Mexía was one of four unknown women scientist pioneers profiled as part of UNLADYLIKE 2020, an animated 26-part short film series on the achievements of women. Program Goal Advance public understanding and engagement with science through the support of innovative projects that use a range of media to reach a broad, cross-cultural audience.

… * Click to expand this navigation menu Research * History of Science and Technology * Sloan Digital Sky Survey * Small-Scale Fundamental Physics * Click to expand this navigation menu Technology * Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology * Scientific Collaboration * Click to expand this navigation menu Public Understanding * Click to expand this navigation menu Completed Programs * Anytime, Anyplace Learning * Better Software for Science * Chemistry of Indoor Environments * Data & Computational Research * Deep Carbon Observatory * Information about Careers in Science and Technology * Making Municipal Governments More Responsive * Microbiology of the Built Environment * Professional Science Master's Degree * Scholarly Communication * Universal Access to Knowledge * Workplace, Workforce, and Working Families Sloan Research Fellowships * Commitment to Opportunity for All * Click to expand this navigation menu Press Room