Professor Ryan Bailey will receive a 2011 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Bailey is one of 118 early career scientists and researchers from 54 colleges and universities chosen for a two-year fellowship. In keeping with its goal of recognizing potential groundbreaking researchers in their respective fields, the Sloan fellowship program awards fellows $50,000 to pursue their choice of research topics and allows them flexibility in applying funds toward their research.

For the Illinois News Bureau Article about the award, please click here.
For more information about Professor Bailey, please see his faculty page.