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
Research Director
Xavier Rival
INRIA
Infrastructure - 2016
Assistant Professor
Sanja Fidler
University of Toronto
Machine Learning - 2016
Associate Professor
Pieter Abbeel
University of California Berkeley
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - 2016
Professor
Frauke Kreuter
University of Maryland
User Experience - 2016
Associate Professor
Lorenzo Torresani
Dartmouth College
Machine Learning - 2016
Assistant Professor
Kenneth Heafield
University of Edinburgh
Machine Learning - 2016
Professor
Jason Eisner
Johns Hopkins University
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - 2016
Assistant Professor
Ryan Stutsman
University of Utah
Infrastructure - 2016
Lecturer
Eugene Jeong
Bristol
Data Science - 2016
Professor
David Jensen
University of Massachusets Amherst
Data Science - 2016
Assistant Professor
Maiken Mikkelsen
Duke University
Connectivity - 2016
Professor
Thomas Brox
University of Freiburg
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - 2016