We support cutting-edge research and build long-term relationships with top research institutions around the world. To help achieve this, Facebook awards exceptional professors with research awards to support their ongoing research efforts. Awards typically result from our Research Awards program.
Note: previous awardees are archived here but the latest and most recent announcements first appear on our blog.
Daniel Abadi
University of Maryland
Professor
Infrastructure / 2018
Pieter Abbeel
University of California Berkeley
Associate Professor
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning / 2016
Aditya Akella
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
Leman Akoglu
Stony Brook University
Assistant Professor
Data Mining / 2015
Mohammad Alizadeh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
RFP: Infrastructure / 2018
Mohammed Alizadeh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Peter Alvaro
University of California, Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
Peter Anderson
Australian National University
RFP: AI / 2017
Thomas Anderson
University of Washington
Professor
RFP: Infrastructure / 2018
Nicolas Angelard-Gontier
McGill University
RFP: AI / 2017
Drew Arad
Stanford University
RFP: AI / 2017
Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
Yoav Artzi
Cornell University
Assistant Professor
RFP: AI / 2017
Gilly Leshed & Shiri Azenkot
Cornell University
Professor
CDS + GR / 2015
Peter Bailis
Stanford University
Assistant Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Peter Bailis
Stanford University
Assistant Professor
RFP: Infrastructure / 2018
Chloé Bakalar
Princeton University
Researcher
Ethics / 2017
Mahesh Balakrishnan
Yale University
Associate Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Magdalena Balazinska
University of Washington
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
Mohit Bansal
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor
RFP: AI / 2017
Lisa Bauer
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill