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.
Nantas Nardelli
University of Oxford
RFP: AI / 2017
Hermann Ney
RWTH Aachen University
Professor
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning / 2016
Michael Noseworthy
McGill University
RFP: AI / 2017
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch
University of Conneticut
Assistant Professor
User Experience / 2016
Giovanni Orsina
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)
Professor
Policy / 2018
Leysia Palen
University of Colorado-Boulder
Professor
CDS + GR / 2015
Prasanna Parthasarathi
McGill University
RFP: AI / 2017
Jignesh Patel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
Andy Pavlo
Carnegie Mellon University
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
Joelle Pineau
McGill University
Associate Professor
RFP: AI / 2017
Ruzica Piskac
Yale University
Assistant Professor
RFP: Infrastructure / 2018
George Porter
University of California San Diego
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
George Porter
University of California San Diego
Assistant Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Dan Povey
Johns Hopkins University
Research Scientist, Associate Professor
ASR / 2015
Aditya Prakash
Virginia Tech
Professor
CDS + GR / 2015
Peng Qi
Stanford University
RFP: AI / 2017
Deva Ramanan
Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning / 2016
Sanjay Rao
Purdue University
Associate Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
Gabriel Rebeiz
University of California San Diego
Professor
Connectivity Lab / 2015
Gabriel Rebeiz
University of California San Diego
Professor
Connectivity / 2016
Siva Reddy
Stanford University