Seven faculty members and two visiting artists from Princeton University have been awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships, according to an April 20 announcement. The fellowships support scholars in the creative arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities.
The recognition highlights the achievements of Princeton faculty Nathan Arrington, Matias Cattaneo, Christopher Harris, Kristina Olson, Alexander Ploss, Silas Riener, and Bridgett vonHoldt. Visiting artists Suji Kwock Kim and Kyle Abraham were also named fellows this year.
Guggenheim Fellowships are given to individuals who demonstrate both prior career achievement and exceptional promise. This year marks the foundation’s 101st class of fellows. Edward Hirsch, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation said: “Our new class of Guggenheim Fellows is representative of the world’s best thinkers, innovators, and creators in art, science and scholarship. As the foundation enters its second century and looks to the future, I feel confident that this new class … will do bold and inspiring work, undaunted by the challenges ahead. We are honored to support their visionary contributions.”
The Princeton recipients span a range of disciplines: Arrington was recognized for fine arts research; Cattaneo for data science; Harris for film-video; Olson for psychology; Ploss for medicine and health; Riener for choreography; vonHoldt for biology. Kim received her fellowship in poetry while Abraham was recognized in choreography.
In addition to current faculty and visiting artists at Princeton University, several alumni were also awarded fellowships across fields such as philosophy (Alan Baker), psychology (Mina Cikara), history (Faith Hillis), engineering (Zubin Jacob), medieval studies (Jamie Kreiner), European & Latin American history (Erik Linstrum), mathematics (Aaron Pollack), architecture (Scott Redford), music research (W. Anthony Sheppard), astronomy (Sang-Heon Shim) and U.S. history (John Wood Sweet).
As these honorees pursue their projects with support from the Guggenheim Foundation’s fellowships program—now entering its second century—their work is expected to contribute further advances across academic disciplines.
