Deadline: November 15, 2024
SUBMISSION FORM ONLINE
Individuals or creative teams interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project commission should upload a single document which contains the following as their application for a grant:
A one-page description or a simple outline/synopsis of the project. Your proposal should describe the story you want to put on stage. All the science has to be discussed as part of the story, not as a separate section. Focus on plot and character development, as well as the aesthetic style you envision for the piece.
A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.
SUBJECT AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR SUBMISSION
The EST/Sloan Project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the "hard" sciences and technology, as well as explorations of the culture of those fields.
The EST/Sloan Project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the "hard" sciences and technology, as well as explorations of the culture of those fields.
HARD SCIENCES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Mathematics
Mathematics
- Physics (geological, nuclear, theoretical, etc.)
- Biology (evolution, zoology, animal behavior, ecology, molecular, genetics, etc.)
- Chemistry (industrial, biochemistry, etc.)
- Neuroscience
- Anthropology and Archaeology
TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES:
- Computer Science
- Software Development, Computer Development
- Engineering (civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, vehicle design)
- Space Research
AREAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:
- Science Fiction
- Medical Conditions and/or Victims of Disease
- Psychology and Human Behavior