Four Johns Hopkins scientists named Sloan Research Fellows
Four Johns Hopkins faculty are among 126 top U.S. and Canadian researchers to be named Sloan Research Fellows for 2018.
The two-year fellowship, founded in 1955 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, recognizes scientists early in their careers who show promise in making significant contributions to their fields—chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, neuroscience, ocean sciences, and physics. The fellowship is accompanied by a $65,000 award.
Sloan Research Fellows, who are nominated for the award by their fellow scientists, are selected for their potential to become leaders in their respective fields. Fellows have gone on to win 45 Nobel Prizes and 69 National Medals of Science.
"The Sloan Research Fellows represent the very best science has to offer," said Adam Falk, president of the Sloan Foundation, in a press release announcing the recipients for 2018. "The brightest minds, tackling the hardest problems, and succeeding brilliantly—Fellows are quite literally the future of 21st century science."