Many researchers from our University have won prestigious awards sponsored by government
agencies, non-profit foundations, and private institutions.
Several awards are recognized by the Top American Research Universities ranking.
Present and previous award winners are listed below.
Air Force Young Investigator Research Program
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2016 |
Hugh Churchill |
PHYS |
American Council of Learned Societies
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2008-2009 |
Jesse Casana |
ANTH |
| 1980-1981 |
Randall Woods |
HIST |
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2017 |
Jin-Woo Kim |
BAEG |
| 2017 |
Yanbin Li |
BAEG |
Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Grants
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2016 |
Salvador Barraza-Lopez |
PHYS |
| 2016 |
John B. Shaw |
GEOS |
Fulbright American Scholars
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Country Visited |
| 2016-2017 |
Edward C. Holland |
Russia |
| 2014 |
Steve Stephenson |
Vietnam |
| 2014 |
Kathleen Condray |
Germany |
| 2011-2012 |
Michael Freeman |
Korea |
| 2011-2012 |
Christopher Rowand Kelley |
Moldova |
| 2011-2012 |
William F McComas III |
Ireland |
| 2010-2011 |
Christopher Rowand Kelley |
Moldova |
| 2010 |
Peter Ungar |
South Africa |
| 2008 |
Sam Totten |
Rwanda |
| 2008-2009 |
Jeannine Durdik |
India |
| 2008-2009 |
Curt Richard Rom |
Italy |
| 2007-2008 |
Samuel Totten (Emeritus) |
Rwanda |
| 2006-2007 |
Dorothy Sargent Long |
Germany |
| 2005 |
Pat Conge |
Lebanon |
| 2005-2006 |
Christopher Rowand Kelley |
Ukraine |
| 2005-2006 |
Judith Ricker |
Germany |
| 2005-2006 |
Charles Patrick West |
France |
| 2004-2005 |
Patrick J. Conge |
Lebanon |
| 2004-2005 |
Mounir AbouDaoud Farah |
Syria |
| 2004-2005 |
Hugh Talat Halman |
Indonesia |
| 2003-2004 |
Thomas David Senor |
Russia |
| 2002-2003 |
Kathleen Marie Condray |
Germany |
| 2002-2003 |
Andrew Warren Horowitz |
Brazil |
| 2001-2002 |
Thomas R. McKinnon |
Macedonia |
| 1999-2000 |
Luis F. Restrepo |
Colombia |
| 1998-1999 |
Karen C. Hanna |
- |
| 1998-1999 |
Judith Ricker-Abderhalden |
- |
| 1998-1999 |
Hamdy A. Taha (Emeritus) |
- |
| 1996 |
Bob McMath ** |
Italy |
| 1995 |
Bob Cochran |
Korea |
| 1994-1995 |
Tomas Jandik ** |
- |
| 1991-1992 |
Robert Keith Bacon |
Romania |
| 1988-1989 |
Charles Adams |
Germany |
| 1988-1989 |
Doug James |
Belize |
| 1986-1987 |
Steven Bell ** |
Mexico |
| 1986 |
Bob Cochran |
Hungary |
| 1985-1986 |
Bob Cochran |
Romania |
| 1981-1982 |
Doug James |
Nepal |
| 1970-1971 |
Doug James |
Ghana |
Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellowships
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1998 |
Tricia Starks ** |
HIST |
| 1991-1992 |
Kim Sexton ** |
ARCH |
| 1984-1985 |
Joel Gordon ** |
HIST |
| 1983-1984 |
Steven Bell ** |
WLLC |
| 1969-1971 |
Robert Finlay ** |
HIST |
Guggenheim Fellows
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2005-2006 |
Geoffrey Brock |
ENGL |
| 2003 |
Robert Brinkmeyer |
ENGL |
| 1989 |
Robert Cochran |
ENGL |
Mellon Foundation Fellowships
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2014 |
Josh Smith |
ENGL |
| 2012-2013 |
Caree Banton** |
HIST |
| 2010-2011 |
Freddy C. Domínguez** |
HIST |
| 2008-2009 |
Joshua Smith** |
ENGL |
| 2004 |
Beth Schweiger |
HIST |
| 2002-2004 |
Freddy C. Domínguez** |
HIST |
| 1995 |
Daniel Sutherland |
HIST |
National Academy of Engineering
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2010 |
Mike Johnson |
CVEG |
| 1996 |
Jack Buffington ** |
CVEG |
| 1987 |
John White |
INEG |
National Endowment for the Humanities
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2015 |
Jeremy S. Hyman |
PHIL |
| 2015 |
Ben Fagan |
ENGL |
| 2013-2014 |
Nikolay Antov |
HIST |
| 2012-2013 |
Beth Schweiger |
HIST |
| 2009-2010 |
Elliott West |
HIST |
| 2008-2009 |
Beth Schweiger |
HIST |
| 2006-2007 |
Lynn Jacobs |
ART |
| 1992-1993 |
Lynn Jacobs |
ART |
| 2006 |
Richard Sonn |
HIST |
| 2005 |
Tricia Starks |
HIST |
| 1998 |
Robert Finlay |
HIST |
| 1995 |
Robert Finlay |
HIST |
| 1992-1993 |
Elliot West |
HIST |
| 1992 |
Robert Finlay |
HIST |
| 1981-1982 |
Robert Finlay ** |
HIST |
| 1981-1982 |
Randall Woods |
HIST |
| 1979-1980 |
Bob McMath ** |
HIST |
National Humanities Center Fellows
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2004-2005 |
Lynda Leigh Coon |
HIST |
| 2004-2005 |
Thomas E. Kaiser * |
HIST |
| 1987-1988 |
Christopher Hill |
PHIL |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Award
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2010 |
David Zaharoff |
BMEG |
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards
| Start Date |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2017 |
Stefan Kilyanek |
CHBC |
| 2016 |
Matt Patitz |
CSCE |
| 2016 |
Ashlea Milburn |
INEG |
| 2015 |
Kartik Balachandran |
BMEG |
| 2015 |
Jing Yang |
ELEG |
| 2014 |
Burt Bluhm |
PLPA |
| 2013 |
Greg Dumond |
GEOS |
| 2013 |
Nan Zheng |
CHBC |
| 2013 |
Feng Wang |
CHBC |
| 2012 |
Julian Fairey |
CVEG |
| 2012 |
Colin Heyes |
CHBC |
| 2011 |
Fisher Yu |
ELEG |
| 2011 |
Brady Cox * |
CVEG |
| 2011 |
Fangzhen Teng |
GEOS |
| 2011 |
Xianghong Qian |
BMEG |
| 2011 |
Nilanjan Banerjee * |
CSCE |
| 2010 |
Chang Nam * |
INEG |
| 2010 |
Douglas Spearot |
MEEG |
| 2008 |
Jak Tchakhalian |
PHYS |
| 2008 |
Susanne Striegler ** |
CHBC |
| 2007 |
Min Zou |
MEEG |
| 2007 |
Sulin Zhang * |
MEEG |
| 2006 |
Xintao Wu ** |
CSCE |
| 2002 |
John Lusth * |
CSCE |
| 2002 |
Luca Capogna |
MASC |
| 2002 |
Erhan Kutanoglu * |
INEG |
| 2001 |
Lois Schwarz * |
CVEG |
| 2001 |
Xiaogang Peng * |
CHBC |
| 2000 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
CHEG |
| 2000 |
Laurent Bellaiche |
PHYS |
| 2000 |
Julie Stenken ** |
CHBC |
| 1998 |
Kenneth Turnbull * |
CHBC |
| 1998 |
Paul Thibado |
PHYS |
| 1997 |
Susan Gauch ** |
CSCE |
| 1996 |
Lin Oliver |
PHYS |
| 1996 |
Ingrid Fritsch |
CHBC |
| 1996 |
Russell D. Meller ** |
INEG |
| 1995 |
Maria R. Coleman * |
CHEG |
| 1994-1995 |
Min Xiao |
PHYS |
| 1992 |
Susan Foster * |
- |
| 1991 |
John Gauch ** |
CSCE |
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2012 |
Brady Cox * |
CVEG |
Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellows
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2001-2002 |
Andrew Kumpuris |
- |
Woodrow Wilson Center
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2016 |
Edward C. Holland ** |
GEOS |
| 2004 |
Tricia Starks |
HIST |
* - Awardee no longer at University of Arkansas (UofA).
** - Awardee received award at another university before coming to UofA.