Pathways to Highly Prestigious Awards
The Association of American Universities (AAU) evaluates its members based on several key indicators, including external awards deemed "highly prestigious" by the National Research Council. As an aspiring member, UIC focuses on nominating faculty who are strong candidates for these highly prestigious awards, aiming to enhance the university's ranking and showcase its research and educational excellence.
Common Award Pathways
The awards inside the accordions are those typically received before obtaining the highly prestigious award named on the outer label. The percentage next to each pathway award indicates the proportion of national recipients of the highly prestigious award who had previously earned that pathway award in the past five years.
For example, 18% of Rome Prize recipients had first earned a MacDowell Fellowship, while 12% had previously earned a USA Fellowship, and so on.
ROME PRIZE PATHWAY AWARDS
- MacDowell Colony | MacDowell Fellowships (18%)
- United States Artists | USA Fellow (12%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (9%)
- American Academy in Berlin | Berlin Prize Fellow (9%)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | NEH Fellowships for University Teachers (6%)
ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES MEMBER/FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) | AAAS Fellow (29%)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Guggenheim Fellowship (16%)
- National Academy of Sciences | Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows (12%)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (11%)
- American Physical Society | APS Fellow (9%)
AAS MEMBER PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Summer Stipends Awards (19%)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Guggenheim Fellowship (17%)
- National Academies, The | Ford Foundation Fellowships/Postdoctoral (15%)
- American Antiquarian Society | Kate B and Hall J Peterson Fellowships (15%)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | NEH Fellowships for University Teachers (10%)
AAAS FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (20%)
American Physical Society | APS Fellow (11%)
National Academy of Sciences | Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows (10%)
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | IEEE Fellow (7%)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH Outstanding Investigator Award (R35) [5%]
ANDREW CARNEGIE FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | NBER Affiliated Scholars (15%)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Guggenheim Fellowship (11%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (9%)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program (7%)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow (6%)
AILSA MELLON BRUCE SENIOR FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- College Art Association | Millard Meiss Publication Fund (40%)
- The Clark Art Institute | Clark Fellow (20%)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Summer Stipends Awards (20%)
- National Academies, The | Ford Foundation Fellowships/Predoctoral (20%)
- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation | German Chancellor Fellowship (20%)
IEEE FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (55%)
- Google | Google Faculty Research Award (15%)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | ACM Distinguished Member (12%)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | ACM Senior Member (10%)
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | Fellow (9%)
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (11%)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow (9%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (8%)
- MacDowell Colony | MacDowell Fellowships (8%)
- Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study | Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (7%)
MACARTHUR FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (16%)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Guggenheim Fellowship (11%)
- National Academy of Sciences | Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows (10%)
- Pew Charitable Trusts, The | Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences (8%)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2) [8%]
BERNARD M GORDON PRIZE FOR INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PATHWAY AWARDS
- National Academy of Engineering | NAE Membership (63%)
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | Fellow (38%)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) | AAAS Fellow (38%)
- National Academy of Inventors | NAI Fellow (25%)
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | IEEE Fellow (25%)
NAE MEMBERSHIP PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) | AAAS Fellow (28%)
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | IEEE Fellow (27%)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (19%)
- National Academy of Inventors | NAI Fellow (18%)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | Fellow (14%)
NAM MEMBER PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, The | Member (25%)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) | AAAS Fellow (24%)
- Association of American Physicians | Elected Member (16%)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH MERIT Award (R37) [14%]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) | HHMI Investigator/Alumni Investigator (12%)
FELLOW OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Society for Public Administration, The | Presidential Citation of Merit (15%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (12%)
- National Academy of Social Insurance | Member (7%)
- American Political Science Association | Public Administration Section/Herbert Kaufman Award (7%)
NAS MEMBER PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow (46%)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) | AAAS Fellow (41%)
- National Academy of Sciences | Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows (16%)
- American Physical Society | APS Fellow (14%)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) | HHMI Investigator/Alumni Investigator (13%)
NEH SUMMER STIPENDS AWARDS PATHWAY AWARDS
- American Philosophical Society | Franklin Grants (10%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright U.S. Student Program (9%)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Summer Stipends Awards (8%)
- Huntington Library, The | Short-term Fellow (8%)
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | Andrew W Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships (6%)
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PATHWAY AWARDS
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (22%)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (11%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright U.S. Student Program (8%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Specialist (6%)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Summer Stipends Awards (4%)
WOODROW WILSON CENTER FOR SCHOLARS FELLOW PATHWAY AWARDS
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright Scholar (31%)
- United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Fulbright U.S. Student Program (22%)
- Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars | Wilson Center Experts (8%)
- Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars | Fellow (6%)
- Smith Richardson Foundation | International Security and Foreign Policy Program (6%)