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Scialog seeks to accelerate the work of 21st-century transformational science through research, dialogue, and community.

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About Scialog

Scialog supports research, intensive dialogue, and community building to address scientific challenges of global significance. Within each multi-year initiative, Scialog Fellows participate in intensive discussions to identify bottlenecks and encourage innovative approaches, collaborate in high-risk discovery research on untested ideas, and communicate their progress in annual closed conferences. The Scialog process is guided by senior scientists recognized as world-leading researchers in the area of focus. Ultimately, Scialog aims to advance human knowledge by empowering a national community of early career scientists with many promising years of research ahead of them to tackle challenging multidisciplinary problems.

Scialog aims to support early career faculty to expand research in a focused area of high scientific importance; encourage scientists to form multidisciplinary teams to tackle these critical challenges; and help transition awardees to obtain further funding for their innovative ideas. Success for Scialog Fellows is measured by highly impactful results, ongoing support from private foundations and federal agencies, and, ultimately, scientific breakthroughs.

Research Corporation for Science Advancement fosters an inclusive and respectful environment for listening in which the different identities, backgrounds, and perspectives of all participants are valued, and in which everyone is empowered to share ideas as fellow scientists. Read our Code of Conduct.

Becoming a Fellow

Approximately 50 early career faculty are invited to participate as Fellows for each Scialog, with early career spanning the time from the first year on the faculty through recently post-tenure.

  • To nominate yourself: Submit a Scialog Fellow Application here. Log in or create a new account, then go to My Applications and start a New Application. The “Scialog Fellow Application – 2024” application will be visible.
  • To nominate another early career scientist: Contact the program director or ask your colleague to self-nominate using the steps above.

What should Fellows expect at a Scialog? Click here for a guide.

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