Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) is sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

This program supports books, radio, film, television, theater, and new media to reach a wide, non-specialized audience and to bridge the two cultures of science and the humanities.

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org/) Click to search the website # Public Understanding of Science & Technology * 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 # Public Understanding of Science & Technology Click to search the website This long-standing multifaceted program aims to give people a keener appreciation for the increasingly scientific and technological world in which we live and to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise.

The program's primary aim is to build bridges between the two cultures of science and the humanities and to develop a common language so that they can better understand and speak to one another--and ultimately to grasp that they belong to a single common culture.

The Foundation has established a nationwide strategy that focuses on books, theater, film, television, radio, and new media to commission, develop, produce, and distribute new work mainstreaming science and technology for the lay public. Sent out once per quarter, our Program Highlights are the best way to keep up with the latest news and happenings across the entire Public Understanding and Universal Access to Knowledge programs.

View current and past updates * Broadway World ### Ensemble Studio Theatre and Alfred P.

Sloan Foundation to award 2026 new play commissions * Indie Wire ### ‘Silent Friend’ director Ildikó Enyedi leads Sloan Science Awards at SFFILM * IndieWire ### Triennial Sloan Film Summit Held in Los Angeles * Tony Awards ### Manhattan Theatre Club's "Eureka Day" Nominated for Two Tony Awards * Deadline ### "Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal" and "Join or Die" Nominated for Emmy Awards * Wall Street Journal ### ‘Mr. Polaroid’ Review: PBS’s Picture of a Visionary Public Understanding of Science & Technology /programs/public-understanding This long-standing multifaceted program aims to give people a keener appreciation for the increasingly scientific and technological world in which we live and to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise.

The program's primary aim is to build bridges between the two cultures of science and the humanities and to develop a common language so that they can better understand and speak to one another--and ultimately to grasp that they belong to… * 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