Honorees

Florida State University faculty regularly garner awards at each stage of their careers. Recognitions come from professional organizations, publishers, international agencies, the Federal Government, the State of Florida, private foundations, and academic societies. Awards recognize the potential of a particular line of research or creative activity, a body of significant work, mentorship of colleagues, leadership of the profession, teaching, or service for the common good. As honorees, Florida State University faculty complete research, produce influential bodies of work available to their colleagues and the public, lead professional think-tanks on current public issues, create cultural and educational exchanges, and push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields. Once honored, Florida State University faculty mentor their peers in scholarship, professionalism, teaching, and leadership in the public sphere.

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NRC Awards


Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Humboldt Foundation - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

  • Oliver Steinbock, 2012

Humboldt Foundation - Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (Senior Fellowship)

  • Matthew J. Goff, 2013
  • Svetoslava E. Slaveva-Griffin, 2012

Humboldt Research Award

  • Roy F. Baumeister, 2014
  • Uwe H. Meyer-Baese, 2009
  • Theo Max Siegrist, 2008
  • Bernd A. Berg, 2007
  • Lev P. Gorkov, 1999

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sloan Research Fellowship

  • Jeremy D. Owens, 2020
  • Irinel Chiorescu, 2006
  • Kun Yang, 1999
  • Peng Xiong, 1998
  • Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, 1997
  • Nicholas E. Bonesteel, 1996
  • Marie E. Krafft, 1989
  • Timothy A. Cross, 1988
  • David Levinthal, 1987
  • Lanny S. Liebeskind, 1983
  • Alan G. Marshall, 1976
  • George C. Levy, 1975
  • Jack Saltiel, 1971
  • Robert C. Lacher, 1970
  • Ernest M. Grunwald, 1958

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

AMACAD - Member

  • Gregory S Boebinger, 2017
  • Roy F. Baumeister, 2015
  • Joseph A. Travis, 2015
  • Alan G. Marshall, 2013
  • Phyllis M Wise, 2013
  • Ellen T. Zwilich, 2004
  • Frances C. James, 2001
  • Laura H Greene, 1997
  • Lev P Gorkov, 1991
  • Lloyd M. Beidler, 1975
  • Melvin E Stern, 1975
  • Donald Caspar, 1972
  • J. Robert Schrieffer, 1970
  • Michael Kasha, 1963

American Academy of Religion

AAR - Collaborative Research Grant

  • John A. Corrigan, 2013

American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS - Fellow

  • Stephen Olof Hill, 2025
  • Dragana Popovic, 2025
  • Michael Gabriel Roper, 2025
  • Theo Max Siegrist, 2025
  • Nora C Underwood, 2025
  • Roxanne Hughes, 2023
  • Mykhailo Shatruk, 2023
  • Rufina G Alamo, 2022
  • Robert George Martin Spencer, 2022
  • Brian D Inouye, 2021
  • Elaine M Hull, 2020
  • Anuj Srivastava, 2020
  • Walter Reinhart Tschinkel, 2020
  • Fanxiu Zhu, 2020
  • Peter Beerli, 2019
  • Kimberly A Hughes, 2018
  • Todd Adams, 2017
  • Igor V Alabugin, 2017
  • Thomas E Joiner, 2017
  • Hong Li, 2017
  • Efstratios Manousakis, 2017
  • Qing-Xiang Sang, 2017
  • Luis Molinuevo Balicas, 2016
  • Kun Yang, 2016
  • David C. Larbalestier, 2014
  • Harrison B. Prosper, 2014
  • Donna E. Granger, 2013
  • Albert E. Stiegman, 2013
  • Gregory M. Erickson, 2012
  • David C. Houle, 2012
  • Prescott B. Chase, 2011
  • Laura Reina, 2011
  • Per A. Rikvold, 2011
  • Alan C. Spector, 2011
  • Zuoxin Wang, 2011
  • Philip N. Froelich, 2010
  • Don R. Levitan, 2010
  • Oliver Steinbock, 2010
  • Jack Saltiel, 2008
  • Stephan Von Molnar, 2008
  • Gregory S. Boebinger, 2007
  • Sherry A Southerland, 2007
  • De Witt L. Sumners, 2004
  • Charles B. Nam, 2000
  • David E. Thistle, 1999
  • Sanford A. Safron, 1998
  • Timothy A. Cross, 1997
  • Laura H. Greene, 1996
  • Penny J. Gilmer, 1994
  • Nar S. Dalal, 1993
  • James C. Smith, 1993
  • Joseph A. Travis, 1991
  • Nancy H. Marcus, 1989
  • Alan G. Marshall, 1989
  • Michael E. Ruse, 1986
  • Sherwood W. Wise, 1985
  • Delos Detar, 1983
  • Richard N. Mariscal, 1981
  • Russell Johnsen, 1957

American Chemical Society

ACS - Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards

  • Igor Alabugin, 2021

ACS - Award in Analytical Chemistry

  • Alan G. Marshall, 2002

ACS - Award in Chromatography

  • John G. Dorsey, 2006

ACS - Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry

  • Alan G. Marshall, 1995

American Council of Learned Societies

ACLS - Fellowships

  • John A Corrigan, 2017
  • Lori J. Walters, 2016

American Educational Research Association

AERA - Early Career Award

  • Kenneth Bret Staudt Willet, 04/01/23

American Historical Association

AHA - The Russell Major Prize

  • Rafe Blaufarb, 2017

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AIAA - Pendray Aerospace Literature Award

  • Christopher K. Tam, 2006

American Institute of Chemists

AIC - Chemical Pioneer Award

  • Alan G. Marshall, 2007

American Meteorological Society

AMS - Sverdrup Gold Medal

  • Allan J. Clarke, 2012

AMS - The Banner I. Miller Award

  • Robert E. Hart, 2007

AMS - The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award

  • Allison Wing, 2024

American Philosophical Society

APS - American Philosophical Society member

  • Suzanne Farrell, 2016
  • John R. Schrieffer, 1975

American Physical Society

APS - Herbert P. Broida Prize

  • Lucio Frydman, 2025

APS - James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

  • Harold W. Kroto, 1992

APS - Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

  • Laura H Greene, 1994

American Physiological Society

APS - Endocrinology and Metabolism Section New Investigator Award

  • Jennifer Steiner, 2022

American Political Science Association

APSA - Gladys M. Kammerer Award

  • Sean D. Ehrlich, 2012

APSA - John Gaus Award and Lectureship

  • Frances S Berry, 2022

American Psychological Association

APA - Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology

  • Greg Hajcak, 2016
  • Jon K. Maner, 2013
  • Thomas E. Joiner, 2000
  • Christopher J. Patrick, 1995

APA - Distinguished Scientific and Research Contributions to Exercise and Sport Psychology

  • Gershon Tenenbaum, 2011

APA - Fellow

  • Laura Reid Marks, 2026
  • Lyndsay Nicole Jenkins, 2025
  • Alysia D Roehrig-Bice, 2023
  • Michael J Kofler, 2022
  • Amy Lee Ai, 2016
  • James Kevin McNulty, 2015
  • Christopher J. Patrick, 2015
  • Richard K. Wagner, 2015
  • Pamela K. Keel, 2014
  • Steven I. Pfeiffer, 2014
  • James P. Sampson, 2014
  • Jon K. Maner, 2013
  • Amy Lee Ai, 2012
  • Gershon Tenenbaum, 2011
  • Colleen M. Kelley, 2005
  • Alan C. Spector, 2005
  • Neil H. Charness, 1995
  • Gerald R. Ferris, 1991
  • Francis D. Fincham, 1990
  • Suzanne B. Johnson, 1989

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCE - Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize

  • Ming Ye, 2015

American Society of Criminology

ASC - August Vollmer Award

  • Thomas G Blomberg, 2026

ASC - Michael J. Hindelang Award

  • Gary D. Kleck, 1993

ASC - Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award

  • Emma E Fridel, 2024
  • Kevin M. Beaver, 2009

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASME - Fluids Engineering Award

  • Ching-Jen Chen, 2008

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

ASHA - Honors of the Association

  • Hugh William Catts, 2014
  • Leonard L. Lapointe, 1998

Archaeological Institute of America

AIA - Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaelogical Achievement

  • Nancy T De Grummond, 2026

Association for Asian Studies

AAS - NEAC Japan Studies Grants

  • Laura H. Lee, 2015

Association for Psychological Science

APS - Fellow

  • Fernando Febres Cordero, 2025
  • Christopher J Lonigan, 2017
  • Angelina R. Sutin, 2016
  • Christopher J. Patrick, 2015
  • Richard K. Wagner, 2015
  • Pamela L. Perrewe, 2014
  • Jeanette E. Taylor, 2014
  • Thomas E. Joiner, 2013
  • Michael P. Kaschak, 2013
  • Pamela K. Keel, 2013
  • Jon K. Maner, 2013
  • James Kevin McNulty, 2013
  • Norman B. Schmidt, 2013
  • Bruce A. Thyer, 2013
  • Amy Lee Ai, 2011
  • Antonio Terracciano, 2011
  • Robert J. Contreras, 2007
  • Colleen M. Kelley, 2007
  • Roy F. Baumeister, 2006
  • Karl A. Ericsson, 2006
  • Elaine M. Hull, 2003
  • Alan C. Spector, 2003
  • Neil H. Charness, 1997
  • Gerald R. Ferris, 1990
  • Francis D. Fincham, 1989

APS - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award

  • Thomas E Joiner, 2020

APS - William James Fellow Award

  • Roy F. Baumeister, 2013

Biophysical Society

BPS - Fellow

  • Betty J. Gaffney, 2009
  • Timothy A. Cross, 2008
  • Donald Caspar, 2000

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

CASBS - Residential Fellows

  • Jill B. Quadagno, 2000

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

CASVA - Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowship

  • Lynn A. Jones, 2016

Council for International Exchange of Scholars

CIES - Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards

  • Frank D Gunderson, 2022
  • Pui Wan (Ruby) Lee, 2016
  • Carol S Weissert, 2015
  • John A. Corrigan, 2014
  • David B. Whalley, 2011

CIES - Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

  • Kristin Leigh Dowell, 2025
  • Ying Mai Kung, 2025
  • Anke Meyer-Baese, 2025
  • Vasubandhu Misra, 2025
  • Daekwan Kim, 2024
  • Shuyuan Metcalfe, 2024
  • Mainak Mookherjee, 2024
  • Nora C Underwood, 2024
  • Gang Wang, 2024
  • Perry Howell, 2023
  • Pui Wan (Ruby) Lee, 2023
  • Christine Renee Mokher, 2023
  • Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe, 2023
  • Besiki Stvilia, 2023
  • Jennifer L Atkins, 2022
  • Jasminka Z Ilich-Ernst, 2022
  • Carl P Schmertmann, 2022
  • Frank D Gunderson, 2021
  • Lori Fogus Gooding, 2020
  • Charles C Hinnant, 2020
  • David F Johnson, 2020
  • Kurtis F Johnson, 2020
  • Woo G Kim, 2020
  • Marcia A. Mardis, 2020
  • Antonio Terracciano, 2020
  • Patricia A Villeneuve, 2020
  • Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, 2020
  • Nancy L Everhart, 2019
  • Ziad Hasan Musslimani, 2019
  • Sharon E Nicholson, 2019
  • Andrew R Opel, 2019
  • Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, 2019
  • Fernando R Teson, 2019
  • Igor V Alabugin, 2018
  • Anne E Barrett, 2018
  • Katarzyna Bugaj, 2018
  • Christopher J Coutts, 2018
  • Joseph B Schlenoff, 2018
  • Miles Taylor, 2018
  • Ming Cui, 2017
  • Bruce T Lamont, 2017
  • Bruce R Locke, 2017
  • Machelle Denine Madsen Thompson, 2017
  • Valliere T. Richard Auzenne, 2017
  • Anke Meyer-Baese, 2016
  • Rebecca S. Miles, 2016
  • Barbara Faye Parker-Bell, 2016
  • Iain Quinn, 2016
  • Piyush Kumar, 2015
  • Jean Munn, 2015
  • Giray Okten, 2015
  • Rodney G. Roberts, 2015
  • Carol S. Weissert, 2015
  • Margaret E. Wright-Cleveland, 2015
  • Jonathan L. Adams, 2014
  • Anuj Srivastava, 2013
  • Suzanne M. Sinke, 2012
  • Primus V. Mtenga, 2011
  • Marcia D. Porter, 2011
  • Erin Ryan, 2011
  • Lauren S. Weingarden, 2011
  • Brian D. Inouye, 2010
  • Egwu E. Kalu, 2010
  • Frances S. Berry, 2009
  • Joseph R. Hellweg, 2008
  • Marcia L. Rosal, 2008
  • Tarek Abichou, 2007
  • James H. Cobbe, 2007
  • Ralph S. Brower, 2006
  • Heemin Kim, 2006
  • Jeffrey A. Milligan, 2006
  • James E. Dever, 2005
  • Richard C. Feiock, 2005
  • Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, 2005
  • Tomi Gomory, 2005
  • Dale Olsen, 2005
  • Lisa R. Wakamiya, 2005
  • Carol A. Darling, 2004
  • Jayaram Sethuraman, 2004

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service)

GSA - DAAD Article Prize of the GSA

  • George Samuel Williamson, 2016

Entomological Society of America

ESA - Fellow

  • Walter Reinhart Tschinkel, 2012

German Studies Association

GSA - DAAD Article Prize of the GSA

  • George Samuel Williamson, 2016

Gerontological Society of America

GSA - Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award

  • Anne E Barrett, 2024

Institute for Advanced Study

IAS - Visiting Member Awards

  • John M. Marincola, 2014
  • Jens W. Grosser, 2012
  • Bryan J Cuevas, 2007

Institute of Industrial Engineers

IIE - David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award

  • Richard A. Wysk, 1993

Institute of Medicine

IMO - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows

  • Suzanne B. Johnson, 2001

NAM - Member

  • Regan Kolene Bailey, 2020
  • Norman Bruce Anderson, 2017
  • Susan Beth Hassmiller, 2013
  • Jill B. Quadagno, 2010
  • Phyllis M Wise, 2008
  • Barbara Culliton, 1989

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

MacArthur Foundation - MacArthur Fellows

  • Willa J Zollar, 2021

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Guggenheim Fellow

  • nia love, 2026
  • Gwen Mary Welliver, 2025
  • Martin Munro, 2024
  • Lilian Garcia Roig, 2021
  • Antonio Méndez Esparza, 2017
  • James H. Kimbrell, 2016
  • Bryan J. Cuevas, 2013
  • Barbara L. Hamby, 2010
  • Ladislav Kubik, 2010
  • Laura H Greene, 2009
  • Willa J. Zollar, 2009
  • Dale A. Olsen, 2005
  • Mark L. Wingate, 2005
  • Thomas E. Joiner, 2003
  • David K. Kirby, 2003
  • John E. Kelsay, 2002
  • Gary Lynn Taylor, 2002
  • Kathleen M. Erndl, 2000
  • Richard Greaves, 2000
  • Donna Uchizono, 1998
  • Donald Caspar, 1994
  • Jill B. Quadagno, 1994
  • Robert O. Butler, 1993
  • Michael E. Ruse, 1983
  • Ellen T. Zwilich, 1980
  • Melvin E. Stern, 1970
  • Raymond Sheline, 1964
  • Raymond Sheline, 1956
  • Raymond Sheline, 1955
  • Michael Kasha, 1950

Modern Language Association

MLA - Prize for a Scholarly Edition

  • Gary Lynn Taylor, 2009

Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation

Whiting - Writers' Award

  • James H. Kimbrell, 1998

National Academy of Engineering

NAE - Membership

  • Longya Xu, 2023
  • Manoj Shah, 2022
  • David C. Larbalestier, 2003

National Academy of Medicine

NAM - Member

  • Regan Kolene Bailey, 2020
  • Norman Bruce Anderson, 2017
  • Susan Beth Hassmiller, 2013
  • Jill B. Quadagno, 2010
  • Phyllis M Wise, 2008
  • Barbara Culliton, 1989

National Academy of Public Administration

NAPA - Fellow

  • James S Bowman, 2017
  • Richard C. Feiock, 2014
  • Carol S. Weissert, 2012
  • Frances S. Berry, 2006

National Academy of Sciences

NAS - Membership

  • Gregory S Boebinger, 2021
  • Patrick John Stover, 2016
  • Alexander Stewart Fotheringham, 2013
  • Laura H. Greene, 2006
  • Harold W. Kroto, 2006
  • Lev P. Gorkov, 2005
  • Melvin Stern, 1998
  • Donald Caspar, 1994
  • Steven Mitchell Stanley, 1994
  • J. Herbert Taylor, 1977
  • Lloyd Beidler, 1974
  • Abba Ptachya Lerner, 1974
  • Michael Kasha, 1971
  • J. Robert Schrieffer, 1971
  • Paul Dirac, 1949

National Book Foundation

NBA - National Book Award

  • David K. Kirby, 2007
    - Finalist, National Book Award in Poetry

National Communication Association

NCA - Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance

  • Donna M. Nudd, 2001

National Endowment for the Humanities

NEH - Fellowship

  • Tarez Simone Graban, 2025
  • Stephen Andrew Sansom, 2024
  • James P Sickinger, 2018
  • Meegan Kennedy, 2016
  • Lori J Walters, 2016
  • Michael D. Carrasco, 2015
  • Bryan J. Cuevas, 2013
  • Randolph K. Clarke, 2012
  • Irene Zanini Cordi, 2011
  • Anne B. Coldiron, 2010
  • Alfred R. Mele, 2007
  • John A. Corrigan, 2005
  • David L. Gants, 2005
  • John M. Marincola, 2005
  • Edward G. Gray, 2004
  • Helen M. Burke, 2000
  • Kathleen M. Erndl, 1999
  • Alfred R. Mele, 1999
  • Anne B. Coldiron, 1998
  • Lynn A. Jones, 1997
  • Stanley E. Gontarski, 1993
  • Gary Lynn Taylor, 1993
  • Lori J Walters, 1993
  • Alfred R. Mele, 1992
  • Alfred R. Mele, 1985

National Humanities Center

NHC - Fellowship

  • Andrea Umberto DeGiorgi, 2023
  • Martin Munro, 2020
  • John A. Corrigan, 2014
  • Randolph K. Clarke, 2012
  • Alfred R. Mele, 1992
  • George Mills Harper, 1981

National Institutes of Health

NSTC - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Program

  • Jenny Rose Root, 2025
  • Mayly Sanchez, 2011

National Science Foundation

NSF - Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

  • Amy Katherine Webster, 2026
  • Juyeong Choi, 2023
  • Kevin Fossez, 2023
  • Lichun Li, 2023
  • Alyssa Regine Atwood, 2022
  • Feng Bao, 2022
  • Shayok Chakraborty, 2022
  • Amal Ibourk, 2022
  • Guangxin Ni, 2022
  • Ralm Ricarte, 2022
  • Allison Wing, 2022
  • Hitesh Jaiprakash Changlani, 2021
  • Viet Hoang, 2021
  • Neda Yaghoobian, 2021
  • Brandon Alexander Krick, 2020
  • Hadi Mohammadigoushki, 2020
  • Kourosh Shoele, 2020
  • Christianne Beekman, 2019
  • Sonia Haiduc, 2019
  • Christopher D Holmes, 2019
  • Yan-Yan Hu, 2019
  • Lama Ziad Jaber, 2019
  • Daniel T Hallinan, 2018
  • Kenneth G. Hanson, 2018
  • Chen Huang, 2018
  • Justin Glenn Kennemur, 2018
  • Mainak Mookherjee, 2018
  • Christian Bleiholder, 2017
  • Yan Li, 2017
  • A. Eugene De Prince, 2016
  • Emily H. Duval, 2015
  • Zhi Wang, 2015
  • Jonathan E. Clark, 2014
  • Motoko Akiba, 2012
  • Sungmoon Jung, 2012
  • Margaret Elizabeth Stroupe, 2012
  • Zhenghao Zhang, 2012
  • William Oates, 2011
  • Mayly Sanchez, 2011
  • Karen M. McGinnis, 2010
  • Sachin Shanbhag, 2010
  • Oskar Vafek, 2010
  • Mykhailo Shatruk, 2009
  • An-I A. Wang, 2009
  • Motoko Akiba, 2008
  • Irinel Chiorescu, 2007
  • Piyush Kumar, 2007
  • Hui Li, 2007
  • Kristina Ingrid Hakansson, 2006
  • Susan E. Latturner, 2006
  • Stephen Olof Hill, 2003
  • Lev Gelb, 2002
  • Mark Schmeeckle, 2002
  • Kimberly A. Hughes, 1998
  • Geoffrey F. Strouse, 1998
  • Don R. Levitan, 1997
  • Gary S. Tyson, 1997
  • Albert E. Stiegman, 1996

NSTC - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Program

  • Jenny Rose Root, 2025
  • Mayly Sanchez, 2011

National Science and Technology Council

NSTC - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Program

  • Jenny Rose Root, 2025
  • Mayly Sanchez, 2011

Newberry Library

Newberry - National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships

  • Rafe Blaufarb, 2023

Nobel Foundation

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  • Konrad Bloch, 1964

Pulitzer Board

Pulitzer Prizes

  • Robert O Butler, 1993
  • Ellen T. Zwilich, 1983

Research Corporation for Science Advancement

RCSA - Cottrell Scholar Awards

  • Stephen Olof Hill, 2000

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

IMO - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows

  • Suzanne B. Johnson, 2001

Royal Swedish Academy - Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  • Konrad Bloch, 1964

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  • Harold W. Kroto, 1996
  • Robert Mulliken, 1966

Nobel Prizes in Physics

  • J. Robert Schrieffer, 1972
  • Paul Dirac, 1933

Searle Scholars Program

SSP - Searle Scholars Program

  • Kristina Ingrid Hakansson, 2004

Sixteenth Century Society and Conference

SCSC - Roland H. Bainton Book Prize

  • Stephanie A. Leitch, 2011

Society for American Music

SAM - Irving Lowens Award for Best Book

  • Michael Broyles, 2007
  • Denise R. Von Glahn, 2007

Society for French Historical Studies

SFHS - William Koren, Jr. Prize

  • Rafe Blaufarb, 2010

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SIAM - The W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics

  • Max D. Gunzburger, 2008

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson Fellows and Scholars Program

  • Richard S. Nowakowski, 1972
  • Peter B. Easton, 1967

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