Four BYIs Receive the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Congratulations to the Sloan Research Fellows of 2026, early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today! Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent over a two-year term on any expense supportive of their research. The following BYIs received the 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship:

(pictured above, l to r) Steven Banik, PhD, Stanford University, Marcel R. Schreier, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Brett A. McGuire, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yayuan Liu, PhD, Johns Hopkins University