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These awards are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science. Currently a total of 116 fellowships are awarded annually in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.....35 past Sloan Fellows have become Nobel Laureates
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<p>NU is among those with the largest number of fellows. However, 6 out of the 9 fellows (past 3 years) are in the chemistry department! It would be even better if the distribution weren't so skewed to one field. This does show NU has invested a lot in chemistry research. The department seems to be on the rise and jumped from the 12th to the 9th in US News ranking last year.</p>