Abstract

Thanks to funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (https://sloan.org/), from the 1st November 2020 CIBER Research together with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be embarking on an investigation that seeks to establish what the new scholarly normal is going to look like in a world of pandemic-wrought changes and to establish how the future of the scientific enterprise will unfold in these crucial and pivotal times, as seen through the lens of tomorrow’s future professors and leading scientists and social scientists. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant-making institution based in New York City. Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-president and chief executive officer of General Motors, the foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economic performance. For more information about the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, visit http://www.sloan.org/.