Research Award Recipients
Supporting cutting-edge research from top research institutions around the world
To help build long-term relationships with academia and support innovative research, 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.
Award Recipients
Assistant Professor
Leman Akoglu
Stony Brook University
Data Mining - 2015
Professor
Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Gilly Leshed & Shiri Azenkot
Cornell University
CDS + GR - 2015
Professor
Magdalena Balazinska
University of Washington
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Theo Benson
Duke University
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Steve Blackburn
Australian National University
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
David Blei
Columbia University
Machine Learning - 2015
Professor
James Brotherston
University College London
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Kerri Cahoy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connectivity Lab - 2015
Professor
Michael Carey
University of California Irvine
Professor
Dawn Carr
Stanford University
CDS + GR - 2015
Professor
Gregory Chockler
University of London
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Aaron Clauset
University of Colorado-Boulder
CDS + GR - 2015
Professor
Geoff Cohen
Stanford University
UX - 2015
Professor
Nicole Ellison
University of Michigan
CDS + GR - 2015
Professor
James Evans
University of Chicago
CDS - 2015
Professor
Nate Foster
Cornell University
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Michael Franklin
University of California Berkeley
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Philippa Gardner
Imperial College London
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Phillip Gibbons
Carnegie Mellon University
Infrastructure - 2015
Professor
Dan Grossman
University of Washington
Infrastructure - 2015