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
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
to be announced Fall 2020
2019
William Beavis
Andrew Hillier
David Jiles
Alexander King
Catherine Kling
Susan Lamont
2018
Dean Adams
Fredric Janzen
Kristen Johansen
Ratnesh Kumar
Javier Vela
Jianming Yu
Qijing Zhang
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
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
2019
Tina Coffelt- Core Scholar
Jacek Koziel- Specialist
Ryan Martin- Core Scholar
Gary Munkvold- Specialist
2018
Dawn Bratsch-Prince- Core Scholar
Jeff Bremer- Core Scholar
Hridesh Rajan-Core Scholar
Amy Toth- Core Scholar
Jonathan Wendel- Core Scholar
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
2018
Grant Arndt
April Eisman
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.
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 Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Amy Kaleita
American Society of Civil Engineers
Partha Sarkar
American Society of Plant Biologists
Diane Bassham
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
2018
Allied Computational Electromagnetics Society
Jiming Song
Carl Weems
American Institute of Architects
Thomas Leslie
American Psychological Association
Jason Chan
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Dirk Maier
Steven Mickelson
American Society of Animal Science
Kenneth Stalder
Association for Psychological Science
Douglas Gentile
Crop Science Society of America
Jianming Yu
National Academy of Inventors
Costas Soukoulis
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Mahdi Al Kaisi
Soil Science Society of America
Mahdi Al Kaisi
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.
