The American Association for Anatomy C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy recognizes an investigator in the early stages of their career who has made important contributions to biomedical science through research in comparative neuroanatomy.

Award/Prize amount: $2,000
Application/Nomination information: Membership not required of nominators and nominees
Deadline: September
Additional information: American Association for Anatomy 

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American Antiquarian Society—National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships are awarded on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections.

Award/Prize amount: $5,000 per month
Application/Nomination information: Online application process
Deadline: January
Additional information: American Antiquarian Society

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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship program supports outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Online application process
Deadline: September
Additional information: American Council of Learned Societies

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The Berlin Prize is a fellowship to the American Academy in Berlin, a private, independent, nonprofit institute for advanced study located in Berlin, Germany. Academy fellows are established and emerging scholars, writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study.

Award/Prize amount: $5,000 per month
Application/Nomination information: Invitation only
Deadline: Fall 2022
Additional information: American Academy in Berlin 

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The Carnegie Fellowship supports high-caliber scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.

Award/Prize amount: $250,000
Application/Nomination information: President or designee
Deadline: October
Additional information: Carnegie Foundation 

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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Fellowship is a residential fellowship program at Stanford University for scholars working in a diverse range of disciplines that contribute to advancing research and thinking in social science.

Award/Prize amount: N/A
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: November
Additional information: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 

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The Doris Schwartz Award for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Research is presented to a Gerontological Society of America member who has a record of outstanding and sustained contribution to geriatric nursing research.

Award/Prize amount: $300
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: April
Additional information: Gerontological Society of America

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Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for scholarship or creative ability.

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: Mid-September
Additional information: Guggenheim Foundation

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Program supports Investigators located at research institutions across the United States who are widely known for their scientific discoveries and innovation.

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: September
Additional information: HHMI 

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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Fellowships enable highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad to spend extended periods of research in Germany.  

Award/Prize amount: monthly fellowship rate €3,000
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: Varies
Additional information: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 

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The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association invites authors to compete for the James Russell Lowell Prize, which honors a book that is an outstanding literary or linguistic study or a critical biography. 

Award/Prize amount: TBD
Application/Nomination information: Open to members of the Association.
Deadline: March
Additional information: Modern Language Association 

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The Society for Neuroscience Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis in the general area of behavioral neuroscience.

Award/Prize amount: $5,000
Application/Nomination information: Nominations must be made or endorsed by Society for Neuroscience member.
Deadline: May
Additional information: The Grass Foundation 

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The MacArthur Fellowship is a five-year grant awarded by the MacArthur Foundation to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future.

Award/Prize amount: $625,000
Application/Nomination information: Nominations by invitation only
Deadline: Made available to nominators
Additional information: MacArthur Foundation

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships support outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. 

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: Varies
Additional information: American Council of Learned Societies 

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—American Philosophical Society Fellowship is a 12-month fellowship open to recent Ph.D. recipients as well as to a professor at any level seeking sabbatical support or an independent scholar needing to use APS materials for their research.

Additional information: American Philosophical Society

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Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poetry, and criticism.

Award/Prize amount: N/A
Application/Nomination information: Publishers may bring books to the board's attention.
Deadline: November
Additional information: National Book Critics Circle 

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The National Humanities Medal honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens' engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects. 

Award/Prize amount: N/A
Application/Nomination information: See website for more information
Deadline: October
Additional information: National Endowment for the Humanities 

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The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.

Award/Prize amount: N/A
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations not accepted.
Deadline: May
Additional information: National Science Foundation 

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National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing exceptional research projects with value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Fellowship amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Online application process
Deadline: April
Additional information: National Endowment for the Humanities

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National Humanities Center Fellowships support mid-career and senior scholars--or emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work--who are in the humanities or who are in the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, or public life and are engaged in humanistic projects.

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: October
Additional information: National Humanities Center 

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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering support promising early-career scholars in science and engineering.

Award/Prize amount: $875,000 over five years
Application/Nomination information: Nominations by invitation only
Deadline: Made available to nominators
Additional information: David and Lucile Packard Foundation 

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The Pulitzer Prize is awarded annually for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism; literature; and musical composition.

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: See web site for more information.
Deadline: Varies
Additional information: Pulitzer Prizes 

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Alumni and Former Faculty

In addition to current faculty,  Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to many former alumni and faculty members.

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• Paul Conrad—Earned Pulitzers in 1964, 1971, and 1984 for his work at the Denver Post and Los Angeles Times. BA, Art, 1950.
• Richard "Dick" Locher—1983 Pulitzer for his work at the Chicago Tribune. Former UI student, 1948.

Drama

• Nilo Cruz - 2003 Pulitzer for Anna in the Tropics.  Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Tennessee Williams—1948 Pulitzer for A Streetcar Named Desire, 1955 Pulitzer for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. BA, Theatre, 1938.

Fiction

• Robert Olen Butler—1993 Pulitzer for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. MA, Theatre, 1969.
• John Cheever—1979 Pulitzer for The Stories of John Cheever. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Michael Cunningham—1999 Pulitzer for The Hours. MFA, English, 1980.
• Andrew Sean Greer - 2018 Pulitzer for Less. Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Paul Harding—2010 Pulitzer for his debut novel Tinkers. MFA 2000; former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Josephine Johnson—1935 Pulitzer for Now in November. Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.   
• James Alan McPherson—1978 Pulitzer for Elbow Room. MFA, 1969. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Philip Roth—1998 Pulitzer for American Pastoral. Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Jane Smiley—1992 Pulitzer for A Thousand Acres. MA, 1975; MFA, English, 1976; PhD, English, 1978.
• Wallace Stegner—1972 Pulitzer for Angle of Repose. MA, 1932; PhD, English, 1935.

Journalism and Nonfiction

• John R. Camp—1986 Pulitzer in feature writing for a series on a farming family in the Pioneer Press Dispatch. BA, American Civilization, 1966; MA, Journalism and Mass Communication, 1971.
• Marquis Childs—1970 Pulitzer for her commentary at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (the first time this category was awarded). MA, Journalism and Mass Communication, 1925.
• Marcus Lee Hansen—1941 Pulitzer in history for The Atlantic Migration, 1607-1860.  Alumnus, MA.
• Tracy Kidder—1982 Pulitzer in general nonfiction for Soul of a New Machine. MFA, 1974.
• Frank Luther Mott—1939 Pulitzer in history for A History of American Magazines. Former director of the UI School of Journalism.
• Fred Albert Shannon—1929 Pulitzer in history for The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865.  PhD, History, 1924.
• Michael F. Toner—1993 Pulitzer for explanatory journalism in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "When Bugs Bite Back." BA, Journalism and Mass Communication, 1966.
• Don Ultang—1952 Pulitzer for his work in spot news photography at the Des Moines Register & Tribune. BA, Commerce and Science, 1939
• Sheba R. Wheeler—2000 Pulitzer for her contributions to a team of Denver Post reporters covering the Columbine High School tragedy. BA, 1996.
• Richard Wilson—1954 Pulitzer for national reporting for his exclusive publication of the FBI Report to the White House in the Harry Dexter White case.  BA, 1926.

Music

•  David Lang—2008 Pulitzer for "The Little Match Girl Passion." MA, Music, 1980.

Poetry

• John Berryman—1965 Pulitzer for 77 Dream Songs. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Rita Dove—1987 Pulitzer for Thomas and Beulah. MFA, 1977.
• Forrest Gander—2019 Pulitzer for Be With. Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Louise Glück—1993 Pulitzer for The Wild Iris. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Jorie Graham—1996 Pulitzer for The Dream of the Unified Field. MFA, English, 1978. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Robert Hass—2008 Pulitzer for Time and Materials. Former visiting faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Anthony Hecht—1968 Pulitzer for The Hard Hours. Former UI student.
• Donald R. Justice—1980 Pulitzer for Selected Poems. PhD, English, 1954; former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Galway Kinnell—1983 Pulitzer for Selected Poems.  Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Carolyn Kizer—1985 Pulitzer for Yin. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Philip Levine—1995 Pulitzer for The Simple Truth. MFA, 1957; former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Robert Lowell—1947 Pulitzer for Lord Weary's Castle, 1974 Pulitzer for The Dolphin. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• Philip Schultz—2008 Pulitzer for Failure. MFA, 1971.
• Karl Shapiro—1945 Pulitzer for V-Letter and Other Poems. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• W.D. Snodgrass—1960 Pulitzer for Heart's Needle. BA, 1949; MA, 1951; MFA, 1953.
• Mark Strand—1999 Pulitzer for Blizzard of One. MA, 1962; former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
• James Tate—1992 Pulitzer for Selected Poems. MFA, 1967.
• Mona Van Duyn—1991 Pulitzer Prize for Near Changes. MA, English, 1943.
• Charles Wright—1998 Pulitzer for Black Zodiac. MFA, 1963.
• Robert Penn Warren—1947 Pulitzer for All the King's Men (in fiction); a 1958 Pulitzer for Poems 1954-56; and a 1979 Pulitzer for Now and Then. Former faculty member in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

The American Academy in Rome awards the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. 

Award/Prize amount: Varies
Application/Nomination information: Self-nominations
Deadline: November
Additional information: American Academy in Rome 

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The Shaw Prize is an international award that recognizes individuals who are currently active in their fields and who have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, or who have achieved excellence in other domains. The award is dedicated to furthering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilization.  The Shaw Prize Foundation presents three annual awards: the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences. 

Award/Prize amount: $1,200,000
Application/Nomination information: Nominations by invitation only
Deadline: November
Additional information: Shaw Prize 

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The Physiology in Perspective Walter B. Cannon Award Lectureship is awarded to an outstanding physiological scientist who is an American Physiological Society (APS) member. The recipient is selected by the APS Executive Cabinet in recognition of original and outstanding accomplishments in the field of physiology.

Award/Prize amount: $4,000
Application/Nomination information: Nominations by invitation only
Deadline: July
Additional information: American Physiological Society 

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The Whiting Awards are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The award was established in 1985 by the Whiting Foundation to support creative writing.

Award/Prize amount: $50,000
Application/Nomination information: Nominations by invitation only
Deadline: Made available to nominators
Additional information: Whiting Foundation 

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Wilson Center Fellows complete a nine-month residence in Washington, D.C. where they conduct research and write about key challenges confronting the United States and the world while interacting with policymakers and other scholars in residence.

Award/Prize amount: $90,000 stipend for nine-month fellowship
Application/Nomination information: Online application process
Deadline: October
Additional information: Wilson Center Fellowship 

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