EXTERNAL HONORS AND AWARDS
The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost actively encourages faculty to apply and nominate others for external award opportunities. National honorific awards are administered by many professional societies and governing bodies and provide essential recognition for career advancement. Contact Kirsten Abel, kabel@iastate.edu, for more information
2020 Awards by the Numbers
Explore opportunities for your career:
Interdisciplinary Opportunities
How to apply: Membership in the highly prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences is made by a members-only annual election process. For questions, contact Kirsten Abel, kabel@iastate.edu or 515-294-1498.
Award Recipients
2020
Paul Canfield
2019
Patricia Thiel
How to apply: Fellows are elected typically by a 3-Fellow nomination process in the spring. The association is organized by section and nominations are reviewed by each area. For questions, contact Kirsten Abel, kabel@iastate.edu or 515-294-1498.
Award Recipients
2020
Kristen Constant
Leslie Hogben
Basil Nikolau
Hridesh Rajan
James Roth
Kan Wang
2019
William Beavis
Andrew Hillier
David Jiles
Alexander King
Catherine Kling
Susan Lamont
How to apply: ACLS fellowships support academic research in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, online applications are accepted annually typically with a fall deadline. For questions, contact: Sandra Norvell, snorvell@iastate.edu or 515-294-1594.
Award Recipients
2020
Carnegie Fellows: The Andrew Carnegie fellows program provides support for research in the humanities and social sciences. Nominations are permitted only from nominators designated by the Carnegie Corporation. For questions, contact: Sandra Norvell, snorvell@iastate.edu or 515-294-1594.
Award Recipients
2020
Amy Erica Smith
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers multiple awards in teaching and research in over 125 countries. Please refer to the Iowa State guidelines for managing Fulbright awards. For questions, contact: Sandra Norvell, snorvell@iastate.edu or 515-294-1594.
Award Recipients
2020/2021 Compiled
Carol Chapelle - Core Scholar
Johnny DiBlasi - Core Scholar
Daniela Dimitrova - Core Scholar
Elizabeth Elmi - Core Scholar
David Jiles - Core Scholar
Joanne Marshall - Core Scholar
Ellen McKinney - Core Scholar
Megan Myers - Core Scholar
Charles Nagle - Core Scholar
2019
Tina Coffelt- Core Scholar
Jacek Koziel- Specialist
Ryan Martin- Core Scholar
Gary Munkvold- Specialist
Jefferson Science Fellows: The highly competitive JSF program is administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and supported by the U.S Department of State and the U.S agency for International Development (USAID), the online application process typically closes in October. For questions, contact Kirsten Abel, kabel@iastate.edu or 515-294-1498.
Award Recipients
How to apply: Nomination of MacArthur Fellows is made through a highly confidential, invitation only process. For questions, contact Kirsten Abel, kabel@iastate.edu or 515-294-1498.
Award Recipients
2021
National Endowment for the Humanities offers a range of competitive awards granted to scholars pursuing research in various areas. For questions, contact Sandra Norvell, snorvell@iastate.edu, 515-294-1594.
Award Recipients
2020
Christina Gish Hill
Past Recipients
Discipline Society Fellows
Elevation to fellow status is an honor reserved for those individuals who have established themselves with distinction in their respective fields. Professional fellows are recognized for their outstanding contributions in many areas such as research, teaching, or service to the profession. Search for opportunities by discipline area (EXCEL, 38KB).
2021
Academy of American Poets - Poet Laureate
Debra Marquart
American Chemical Society
Javier Vela
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Associate
Ossama Abdelkhalik
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Surya Mallapragada
Balaji Narasimhan
American Physical Society
Jigang Wang
American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Stephen Holland
American Society of Animal Science
Elizabeth Huff Lonergan
James Reecy
American Society of Civil Engineers
Halil Ceylan
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nicole Hashemi
American Statistical Association
Lily Wang
Ecological Society of America
Lisa Schulte Moore
Institute for Research in the Humanities
Julia Dominguez
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Dan Nordman
2020
American Astronomical Society
Steven Kawaler
American Ceramic Society
Xiaoli Tan
American Chemical Society
Theresa Windus
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Rodney Fox
Andrew Hillier
American Physical Society
Mayly Sanchez
American Phytopathological Society
Gwyn Beattie
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Amy Kaleita
American Society of Civil Engineers
Partha Sarkar
American Society of Plant Biologists
Diane Bassham
American Statistical Association
Zhengyuan Zhu
Association for Business Communication
Charles Kostelnick
Association for Psychological Science
Jason Chan
Jonathan Kelly
Association for Women in Mathematics
Leslie Hogben
Gerontological Society of America
Megan Gilligan
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Jae-Kwan Kim
Lily Wang
National Academy of Inventors
Balaji Narasimhan
Guru Rao
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Douglas Gentile
2019
American Association for Agricultural Education
Mike Retallick
American Chemical Society
Joel Coats
American Gastroenterological Association
Karin Allenspach
Albert Jergens
American Psychological Association
Stephanie Madon
Christian Meissner
American Society of Animal Science
John Patience
Association for Psychological Science
Matt DeLisi
Geological Society of America
Alan Wannamaker, Jr.
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Namrata Vaswani
National Academy of Kinesiology
Paddy Ekkekakis
Psychonomic Society
John Grundy
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
Amy Erica Smith
NRC Class Awards
The National Research Council collected and designated honorific awards for each of the below categories. Awards are assigned a prestigious or highly prestigious designation and include fellowships, honorary memberships, research, teaching, and achievement awards.
