Lisa Schulte Moore, 2021 MacArthur Fellow
External Honors and Awards
The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost actively encourages faculty to apply for and to also 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.
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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 or more information, contact Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2023
Jonathan Wendel
2020
Paul Canfield
2019
Patricia Thiel (emerita, in memoriam)
How to apply: Fellows are typically elected by a 3-Fellow nomination process in the spring. The association is organized by section and nominations are reviewed by each area.
For questions or more information, contact Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2022
Joshua Rosenbloom
Aaron Sadow
Yanhai Yin
2021
Diane Bassham
Madan Bhattacharyya
Aaron Gassmann
Sarah Nusser (emerita)
Nicole Valenzuela
James Vary
2020
Kristen Constant
Leslie Hogben
Basil Nikolau (emeritus)
Hridesh Rajan
James Roth
Kan Wang
How to apply: American Council of Learned Societies 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 or more information, contact Sandra Norvell, (515) 294-1594, snorvell@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2020
How to apply: 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 or more information, contact Sandra Norvell, (515) 294-1594, snorvell@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2020
Amy Erica Smith
How to apply: 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 or more information, contact Sandra Norvell, (515) 294-1594, snorvell@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2024
John Levis, Scholar
2023
Jeff Bremer, Scholar
April Eisman, Scholar
Javier Vela-Beccera, Scholar
2022
David Acker, Specialist
Dean Adams, Scholar
Tunde Adeleke, Distinguished Professor
Samantha Cross, Specialist
Rodney Fox, Distinguished Chair
Joey George, Scholar (emeritus)
Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock, Scholar
Shenglan Zhang, Scholar
2020/2021 Compiled
Carol Chapelle, Core Scholar
Johnny DiBlasi, Core Scholar
Daniela Dimitrova, Core Scholar
Elizabeth Elmi, Core Scholar
David Jiles, Core Scholar (emeritus)
Joanne Marshall, Core Scholar
Ellen McKinney, Core Scholar
Megan Myers, Core Scholar
Charles Nagle, Core Scholar
Aaron Sadow, Core Scholar
Curtis Youngs, Specialist
How to apply: The highly competitive Jefferson Science Fellowships 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 or more information, contact Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
How to apply: Nomination of MacArthur Fellows is made through a highly confidential, invitation only process.
For questions or more information, contact Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2021
Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Because membership is achieved by election, there is no membership application process.
For questions or more information, contact Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.
Award Recipients
2023
Dan Shechtman
Jonathan Wendel
2022
Qijing Zhang
How to apply: National Endowment for the Humanities offers a range of competitive awards granted to scholars pursuing research in various areas.
For questions or more information, contact Sandra Norvell, (515) 294-1594, snorvell@iastate.edu.
Award 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).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Adarsh Krishnamurthy
Eliot Winer
Institute of Physics
Simon Laflamme
Royal Society of Chemistry
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier
American Chemical Society Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division Fellow
Brent Shanks
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Associate
Cody Fleming
American Institute of Architects
Rob Whitehead
American Mathematical Society
Leslie Hogben
American Phytopathological Society
Alison Robertson
American Psychological Association
Carl Weems
American Society of Animal Science
Jodi Sterle
Crop Science Society of America
Asheesh (Danny) Singh
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Valery Levitas
National Academies of Practice in Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Fellow
Dan Grooms
National Academy of Inventors
Robert Brown
National Academy of Kinesiology
Tim Derrick
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Diane Birt
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Marcus Crede
Society for Prevention Research
Richard Spoth
The Medieval Academy of America
Michael Bailey
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Yong Guan
American Epilepsy Society
Thimmasettapp Thippeswamy
American Geophysical Union
Robert Horton
American Phytopathological Society
Steven Whitham
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reuben Peters
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Matt Helmers
Raj Raman
American Society of Agronomy
Sotirios Archontoulis
Kathleen Delate
American Society of Animal Science
Jack Dekkers
Steven Lonergan
Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
Arun Somani
European Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rameshwar Kanwar
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Robyn Lutz
International Academy of Food Science and Technology
Dong Uk Ahn
International Association for Food Protection
James Dixon
National Academies of Practice, Distinguished Fellow
Paul Plummer
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Donald Beitz
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Alison Phillips
Soil and Water Conservation Society
J. Arbuckle
For questions, more information, assistance on a nomination, or to report an award, contact: Kirsten Abel, (515) 294-1498, kabel@iastate.edu.