Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships to Three Early Career Researchers

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of three outstanding young researchers to receive the 2009 Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. These Fellows are each engaged in ground-breaking investigational work that is increasing the knowledge of complex influences shaping today’s industries.

“The Industry Studies Fellowships support the work of researchers early in their academic careers who are recognized for their exceptional promise to contribute to the advancement of knowledge as well as to U.S. industrial development,” says Paul L. Joskow, President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “Each Fellow receives a grant of $45,000 for a two-year period and is free to pursue whatever line of inquiry or research that is most interesting to them and their industry partners.”

To carry out their research, all Industry Studies Fellows have developed strong partnerships within their chosen industries. Similar to the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships, the Industry Studies Fellowships recognize junior faculty from a variety of academic disciplines – economics, management, engineering, political science, and related or interdisciplinary areas.

The 2009 Sloan Industry Studies Fellows are:

Gabriel Rossman, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Sociology (Radio Industry)

John Taylor, Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics (Engineering Design Services)

Rahul Telang, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management (Digital Media Industry)

Candidates for Industry Studies Fellowships are nominated and recommended by their department chairs and other senior scholars and executives from throughout the U.S. and Canada who are familiar with their talents and promise.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, established in 1934, makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life. The Foundation believes that a carefully reasoned and systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all. Please visit the Foundation’s Web site at www.sloan.org.

SOURCE Alfred P. Sloan Foundation