List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2021: [1] [2]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Rez Abbasi | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Amy Adler | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ufuk Akcigit | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Sama Alshaibi | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Priyanga Amarasekare | Natural Sciences | Biology |
| R. Lanier Anderson | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Ali Anooshahr | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies |
| Ephraim Asili | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Brandon Ballengée | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Vincent Barletta | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History |
| Ellen Bass | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Marisa Anne Bass | Humanities | Early Modern Studies |
| Lisa Beck | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ashkan Behzadi | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Joshua Bennett | Humanities | American Literature |
| William Bialek | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Dara Birnbaum | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Alexandre Blais | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Suzanne Bloom | Creative Arts | Photography |
| L. M. Bogad | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
| Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe | Natural Sciences | Biology |
| A.K. Burns | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Keith L. Camacho | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Crystal Z. Campbell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Enrique Chagoya | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Christopher J. Chang | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Alexander Chee | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Don Mee Choi | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Peter H. Christensen | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design |
| Kamari Clarke | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Andrea Cohen | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jessica Cohen | Humanities | Translation |
| William Cordova | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Raúl Coronado | Humanities | American Literature |
| Robyn Creswell | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Keren Cytter | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Julie Nelson Davis | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Elizabeth Mary DeLoughrey | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Donnacha Dennehy | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Mesmin Destin | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Arjun Dey | Natural Sciences | Astronomy Astrophysics |
| Zosha Di Castri | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Suhas Diggavi | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Simon Doubleday | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History |
| Luba Drozd | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tarek El-Ariss | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Tommie-Waheed Evans | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Lenore Fahrig | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Oscar E. Fernandez | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Emil Ferris | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Maureen Fleming | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Eve Fowler | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ian Frazier | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Richard Allen Frishman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Lilian Garcia-Roig | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| John S. Garrison | Humanities | English Literature |
| Edward Gauvin | Humanities | Translation |
| William Giraldi | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| David Goldstein | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Michelle Grabner | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Emily Greble | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Kaitlyn Greenidge | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Farah Jasmine Griffin | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Michael Gubser | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Diana Guerrero-Maciá | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Cindy Hahamovitch | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Josephine Halvorson | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Sidney R. Hemming | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Ed Hill | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Guanglei Hong | Social Sciences | Education |
| Steven P. Hopkins | Humanities | Religion |
| Christopher L. Huggins | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Faren Humes | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Mitchell S. Jackson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Zig Jackson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Lochlann Jain | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Michael Jang | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Victoria Johnson | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Reece Jones | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Tayari Jones | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Joan Judge | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Vicky Kalogera | Natural Sciences | Astronomy Astrophysics |
| Amalia D. Kessler | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Sung Hwan Kim | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Paul J. Kosmin | Humanities | Classics |
| Seth Koven | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Richard Kraft | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Jesse Krimes | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Eugenia Kumacheva | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Stephen Kuusisto | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jennifer Lackey | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Mike Lew | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Ken Light | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Sandra Lim | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Karen Lofgren | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Irene E. Lusztig | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Sky Macklay | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jill Magid | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Elizabeth Malaska | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Stephen Marc | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Isabela Mares | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Miya Masaoka | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Daniel Mason | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alison McAlpine | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Atif Mian | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Amira Mittermaier | Humanities | Religion |
| Helen Molesworth | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Alexandre Moratto | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Tracie Morris | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Kevin J. Mumford | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Susan Murray | Creative Arts | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
| José Ome Navarrete Mazatl | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Jason Nieh | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Chon Noriega | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Kevin Lewis O'Neill | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Nkeiru Okoye | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Pepón Osorio | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Laura Otis | Humanities | English Literature |
| Imani Perry | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Steven Phelps | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Seth D. Pollak | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Lisa Pon | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Bianca Premo | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| George Prochnik | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Laurence Ralph | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Kameelah Janan Rasheed | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tamara Reynolds | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ronit Ricci | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies |
| Jonathan A. Rodden | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| John A. Rogers | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Jono Rotman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Julia Rudolph | Social Sciences | Law |
| Victoria Sambunaris | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Eric W. Sanderson | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Igor Santos | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Debarati Sanyal | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
| Kaneza Schaal | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Rebecca Schneider | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
| Dread Scott | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Todd Shepard | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| James Siena | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Annie Silverstein | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Helen Simoneau | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Cauleen Smith | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Jane South | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Annie Sprinkle | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Wendell Steavenson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Beth Stephens | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Bill Sullivan | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Robert Sullivan | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Sarah Cameron Sunde | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Helen Sung | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Ron Tarver | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Michelle Tea | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Craig Morgan Teicher | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Roberto José Tejada | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| F. Akif Tezcan | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Jorge Thielen Armand | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Heather Ann Thompson | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Melissa Thorne | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael Tonry | Social Sciences | Law |
| Tourmaline | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Ming Tsao | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| James Tweedie | Humanities | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
| Rodrigo Valenzuela | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Laura van den Berg | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Chris Verene | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Elio Villafranca | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Connie Voisine | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Roslyn Weiss | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Tisa Wenger | Humanities | Religion |
| Paige West | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Christopher Williams | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Peter B. Williams | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Patrick C. M. Wong | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Mark Wunderlich | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Paul Yoon | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Katherine Young | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Nina C. Young | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jake Yuzna | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Tara Zahra | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Kate Zambreno | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Geneviève Zubrzycki | Social Sciences | Sociology |
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922. The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowships to professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing arts.
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated distinguished accomplishment in the past and potential for future achievement. The recipients exhibit outstanding aptitude for prolific scholarship or exceptional talent in the arts.