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title: UMD Cognitive Neuroscientist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
date: 2026-02-17T16:00:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/umd-cognitive-neuroscientist-awarded-sloan-research-fellowship"
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# UMD Cognitive Neuroscientist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

*February 17, 2026* — by [Laura Ours](/author/laura-ours)


> Early-Career Award to Help Advance Study of Social Learning

*Bio Psych Building 07232021 JC 2978 1920x1080 — Caroline Charpentier (below) leads the Social Learning and Decisions Lab, where she and her collaborators use data-driven methods to predict mental health symptoms. (Photo by John T. Consoli)*

A University of Maryland cognitive neuroscience researcher working to understand the mechanisms of how we learn from and about other people has been awarded a 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most competitive and prestigious honors dedicated to early-career scientists.   
  
Assistant Professor Caroline Charpentier of the Department of Psychology and UMD’s Brain and Behavior Institute is one of 126 early-career researchers at U.S. and Canadian educational institutions lauded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as “the next generation of leaders.” Fifty-nine Sloan fellows have received a Nobel Prize, including John Clarke, last year’s Nobel laureate in physics; more than 70 UMD faculty members have received the Sloan Fellowship.

Winners receive a two-year, $75,000 fellowship which can be used flexibly to advance their research.


*Caroline Charpentier headshot*




**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Psychology](https://today.umd.edu/topic/psychology), [Brain and Behavior](https://today.umd.edu/topic/brain-and-behavior), [Neuroscience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/neuroscience), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [Brain & Behavior Institute](https://today.umd.edu/topic/brain-behavior-institute), [College of Behavioral and Social Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-behavioral-and-social-sciences)