One hundred and ninety-one Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1953. [1] [2]
| Category | Field of Study | Fellow | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Arts | Fine Arts | Antonio Frasconi | Also won in 1953 | [96] |
| Antonio Joseph | Also won in 1957 | [97] | ||
| Mauricio Lasansky | Also won in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1964 | [98] [10] | ||
| Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design | Erwin Walter Palm | Also won in 1953 | [99] |
| Education | Alfredo T. Morales | [100] | ||
| Economic History | Carlos Augusto Luzzetti | [101] | ||
| Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Jorge Sahade | Also won in 1955 | [102] |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | Gustavo Hoecker | [103] | ||
| Norberto José Palleroni | Also won in 1954, 1955 | [104] | ||
| Neuroscience | Carlos Eyzaguirre | Also won in 1954 | [105] | |
| Raúl Hernández-Peón | [106] | |||
| Organismic Biology & Ecology | José Cândido de Melo Carvalho | Also won in 1952 | [107] | |
| Anderson Coelho de Andrade | [108] | |||
| Fernando da Costa Novaes | [109] | |||
| Oswaldo Giannotti | [110] | |||
| Norman Millott | [111] | |||
| Plant Science | Antonio Krapovickas | [112] | ||
| Henri Alain Liogier | Also won in 1950, 1957 | [113] | ||
| Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | Ricardo Alegría | Also won in 1953 | [114] |
| Sociology | Orlando Fals-Borda | Also won in 1954 | [115] |