The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation offers a range of small grants to further its support of industry studies and enable scholars to take advantage of opportunities in the field. These grants are only made available to Industry Studies Affiliates.

Types of Grants

   Seminar series grants are specifically designed to promote career development and may be scheduled over the course of a semester or academic year. Proposals from Assistant and Associate Professors are encouraged, as are requests that enable junior industry studies colleagues to present papers. Series normally include 3-5 industry studies speakers. Budgets may be up to $5,000 per seminar series-funded through a research center, school or department-and provide for travel and other seminar expenses.

   Travel grants are available to individuals to support travel to the university of another Industry Studies Affiliate in order to present research findings or to cooperate concerning research, teaching, or Industry Center development. Individual travel support is also available to encourage the organization of panels at professional society meetings, where the panel includes several industry studies scholars.

   Networking grants are designed to encourage the development of research networks by bringing together groups of 6-12 industry studies scholars in events organized around common interests. The format for networking events often involves the presentation of formal research papers; however, other formats that would promote ongoing communication and encourage collaboration within the network are equally welcome. Event organizers may apply for grants of up to $15,000, depending on the number of scholars involved and other associated expenses.

   Book promotion grants provide financial support to promote awareness of books that exemplify scholarly research in industry studies. Grants, which may range up to $10,000, are meant to augment the normal promotional efforts expected from the book's publisher, and may be used to support a variety of communications and outreach activities.

   Workshop grants promote research on topics that cut across industries or support activities that otherwise advance industry studies scholarship. Workshops are normally multi-day events organized for 10-15 scholars. While the Program is very flexible, essential workshop elements include pre-workshop exchange of ideas, a program format that emphasizes discussion as well as presentation, and the dissemination of summary findings among workshop participants and to the larger industry studies community. Budgets may range up to $35,000.

   Site visit grants are available to support the travel of pre-tenure scholars to visit research sites of interest. Site visits can encompass diverse types of industry observation, including broad discussions, targeted interviews, direct observation, and data collection. Up to 10 grants will be awarded annually in amounts of up to $5,000. Applications are due on January 31 and recipients will be notified in April each year.

   For more information on Industry Studies grants, please visit the Industry Studies section of the Foundation's Web site.