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.