CAREER Award

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

Award/Prize amount: $100,000
Application/Nomination information: Applications accepted.
Agency deadline: July
Internal/Campus deadline: N/A
Illinois campus contact: N/A
Additional information: NSF website

Illinois Recipients

Recipient DepartmentAward Year
Bassem AndrawesEngineering2011
Jayadev Athreya2014
Mohamed-Ali BelabbasEngineering2014
Daniel BodonyEngineering2012
Philip Brighten GodfreyComputer Science2012
Matthew CaesarComputer Science2011
Soon-Jo ChungComputer Science2013
Shen DillonMathematical & Physical Sciences2013
Francina DominguezGeosciences2015
Nora El-GoharyEngineereing2013
Elif ErtekinMathematical & Physical Sciences2016
Randy EwoldtEngineering2014
Andrew FergusonMathematical & Physical Sciences2014
David FlahertyEngineering2016
Alison FoutMathematical & Physical Sciences2014
Rebecca FullerBiological Sciences2010
Matthew GilbertEngineering2014
Lynford GoddardEngineering2011
Gloriana Gonzalez RiveraEducation & Human Resources2013
Jeremy GuestEngineering2014
Brendan HarleyEngineering2013
Julia HockenmaierComputer Science2011
Derek HoiemComputer Science2011
Yuhang HuEngineering2016
Yih-Chun HuComputer Science2010
Taylor HughesMathematical & Physical Sciences2014
Kami HullMathematical & Physical Sciences2016
Princess ImoukhuedeBioengineering2017
Prashant JainMathematical & Physical Sciences2015
Kristopher KilianEngineering2015
Nam Sung KimComputer Science2015
Seok KimEngineering2014
Kay KirkpatrickMathematical & Physical Sciences2013
Negar KiyavashComputer Science2011
Alexandra KollaComputer Science2015
Girish KrishnanEngineering2015
Cedric LangbortEngineering2012
Cecilia LealMathematical & Physical Sciences2016
Lijun LiuGeosciences2016
Oscar Lopez-PamiesEngineering12/01/2011
Ting LuBiological Sciences2016
Yi LuComputer Science2012
Gregory MacDougallMathematical & Physical Sciences2015
Vera Mikyoung HurMathematical & Physical Sciences2014
Nenad MiljkovicEngineering2016
Sayan MitraComputer Science2011
Sung Woo NamEngineering2016
Mark NeubauerMathematical & Physical Sciences2011
Sewoong OhComputer Science2016
Alexander OlshevskyEngineering2014
Supriya PrasanthBiological Sciences2013
Maxim RaginskyComputer Science2013
Nicole RiemerGeosciences2013
Cassandra RutherfordEngineering2015
Shinsei RyuMathematical & Physical Sciences2015
Andre SchleifeMathematical & Physical Sciences2016
Charles SchroederEngineering2013
Paris SmaragdisComputer Science2015
Song SongBiological Sciences2014
Joshua Vura-WeisMathematical & Physical Sciences2016
Lara WaldropGeosciences2015
Daniel WassermanEngineering2011
Matthew WestEngineering2012
Daniel WorkEngineering2014
Hong YangChemical & Biomolecular Engineering2005