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
Professor
Andrew Gelman
Columbia University
Data Science - 2016
Professor
Mark Rodwell
University of California Santa Barbara
Connectivity - 2016
Professor
David Brooks
Harvard University
Infrastructure - 2016
Professor
Yoshua Bengio
University of Montreal
Machine Learning - 2016
Assistant Professor
Peter Bailis
Stanford University
Infrastructure - 2016
Professor
Bobby Gramacy
Virginia Tech
Data Science - 2016
Associate Professor
Shamus Khan
Columbia University
User Experience - 2016
Associate Professor
Jonathan Klamkin
University of California Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor
Stratos Idreos
Harvard University
Infrastructure - 2016
Assistant Professor
Vijay Chidambaram
University of Texas, Austin
Infrastructure - 2016
Associate Professor
Jenny Trinitapoli
University of Chicago
User Experience - 2016
Associate Professor
Minlan Yu
Yale University
Infrastructure - 2016