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.
Ruslan Salakhutdinov
Stanford University
Associate Professor
RFP: AI / 2017
Matt Salganik
Princeton University
Professor
CDS + GR / 2015
Anno Saxenians
University of California, Berkeley
Dean
User Experience / 2017
Bernhard Scholkopf
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Director
Machine Learning / 2016
Pooja Sethi
University of Washington
RFP: AI / 2017
Robert Shrum
University of Southern California (USC)
Professor
User Experience / 2017
Jeremy Siek
Indiana University
Associate Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
Yaron Singer
Harvard University
Professor
CDS + GR / 2015
Koustuv Sinha
McGill University
RFP: AI / 2017
Yannis Smaragdakis
University of Athens
Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Aaron Smith
The University of Edinburgh
Associate Professor
RFP: Infrastructure / 2018
Noah Smith
University of Washington
Associate Professor
Machine Learning / 2016
Alex Snoeren
University of California, San Diego
Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
David Sontag
NYU
Assistant Professor
AI/ML / 2015
Johannes Stroebel
New York University
Associate Professor
Economics / 2018
Talia Stroud
University of Texas-Austin
Professor
UX / 2015
Jennifer Stuber
University of Washington, School of Social Work
Professor
Compassion / 2015
Michael Stumm
University of Toronto
Professor
Infrastructure / 2015
Michael Stumm
University of Toronto
Professor
Infrastructure / 2016
Michael Stumm
University of Toronto
Professor
Infrastructure / 2017
Ryan Stutsman
University of Utah