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A Beckman Fellow receives funding, usually via an intermediary institution, from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation,[1] founded by Arnold Orville Beckman and his wife Mabel. The Foundation supports programs at several institutions to encourage research, particularly the work of young researchers who might not be eligible for other sources of funding.[2] People from a variety of different programs at different institutions may therefore be referred to as Beckman Fellows. Though most often designating postdoctoral awards in science, the exact significance of the term will vary depending on the institution involved and the type(s) of Beckman Fellowship awarded at that institution.

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship program was sponsored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to support research at US institutions in the biological and chemical sciences. A total of sixty Fellowships were awarded from 2015 – 2017.[3] After an evaluation in 2018, the Foundation then relaunched the program for 2019 as the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation.[4] The purpose of the program is to support advanced research by postdoctoral scholars in fundamental chemistry research or the development of chemical instrumentation.

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign offers a variety of fellowship programs.[5]

Beckman Graduate Fellowships

Beckman Graduate Fellowships are awarded to students at the University of Illinois who are working at the master's or doctorate level.[5][6][7] Students propose interdisciplinary research projects involving at least two University of Illinois faculty members, at least one of whom is associated with the Beckman Institute. The award provides funding at the level of a 50% Graduate Research Assistantship for eleven months.[8]

  • 2023 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows
 Siti Fauziyah
 Alexander Fliflet
 Michael Pence
 Chelsea Swartchick
 Gang Xiao
 Shensheng Zhao
  • 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows
 Sohaila Aboutaleb
 Megan Finnegan
 Zhengchang Kou
 Jialu Li
 Defne Gorgun Ozgulbas
 Yunyan Sun
 Zepeng Wang
  • 2021 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows
 Evan Anderson
 Elizabeth Bello
 Bashar Emon
 Rong "Ronny" Guo
 Nil Parikh
 Amanda Weiss
 Yuxuan "Richard" Xie

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows

Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to recent Ph.D.'s who receive 3-year appointments at the Beckman Institute, including both a stipend and a research budget. They must be doing interdisciplinary research in an area of research relevant to the Beckman Institute.[9] The first Beckman postdoctoral fellows were Efrat Shimshoni[10][11] (condensed matter physics) and Andrew Nobel[12] (information theory and statistics) in 1992.[10]: 66 

Since the founding of the original Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program, two similar programs have been initiated: the Carle Foundation Hospital-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program (begun in 2008 and jointly funded by the Carle Foundation Hospital of Urbana, Illinois) and the Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship (begun in 2015 by an endowment from the Arnold O. and Mabel M. Beckman Foundation made in honor of Theodore L. Brown, founding director of the Beckman Institute).[13]

The following researchers are or have been Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows. The institution listed is the one from which the person had received a Ph.D. Fellowships were awarded as of the year listed.[5][14][15]

Beckman Senior Fellows

Beckman Senior Fellowships are awarded to senior faculty from other institutions, who come to the University of Illinois to collaborate with researchers there, usually for a short period of three to six months.[5][84] Beckman Senior Fellows include:[84]

Center for Advanced Study (CAS)

In addition to the Beckman Fellowships administered through the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supports additional programs through the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[87] The CAS awards a series of Beckman Fellowships and Beckman Research Awards which support faculty at Urbana-Champaign in their research activities. These awards were funded through an endowment from Arnold and Mabel Beckman, given in the late 1970s, prior to the establishment of the Beckman Institute. They are administered separately and are awarded in departments throughout the university, not just within the sciences.[10]: 3–4 

The Center for Advanced Study (CAS) has awarded Beckman Fellowships to the following University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty members,[87] with their home department and Fellowship award year shown.

  • Soon-Jo Chung (Aerospace Engineering, 2014–2015)
  • Kathryn Clancy (Anthropology, 2014–2015)
  • Philip Godfrey (Computer Science, 2014–2015)
  • Vera Hur (Mathematics, 2014–2015)
  • Charles Schroeder (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2014–2015)
  • Matthew Caesar (Computer Science, 2013–2014)
  • Matthew Gilbert (Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2013–2014)
  • Logan Liu (Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2013–2014)
  • Matthew Winters (Political Science, 2013–2014)
  • Mao Ye (Finance, 2013–2014)
  • Eugene Avrutin (History, 2012–2013)
  • Julie L. Cidell (Geography, 2012–2013)
  • Melissa Littlefield (Kinesiology, 2012–2013)
  • Andrew Leakey (Plant Biology, 2011–2012)
  • Manoj Prabhakaran (Computer Science, 2011–2012)
  • Annie Tremblay (French, 2011–2012)
  • Alexander Yong (Mathematics, 2011–2012)
  • Ryan C. Bailey (Chemistry, 2010–2011)
  • Steven Broglio (Kinesiology, 2010–2011)
  • Todd Coleman (Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2010–2011)
  • Jennifer A. Greenhill (Art History, 2010–2011)
  • Anna Westerstahl Stenport (Germanic Language Literatures, 2010–2011)
  • Aleksei Aksimentiev (alt. Oleksii Aksimentiev) (Physics, 2009–2010)
  • Jonathan H. Ebel (Religion, 2009–2010)
  • Indranil Gupta (Computer Science, 2009–2010)
  • Sergiy Merenkov (Mathematics, 2009–2010)
  • Heather Hyde Minor (Architecture, 2009–2010)
  • Dan Shao (East Asian Language & Cultures, 2009–2010)
  • Smitha Vishveshwara (Physics, 2009–2010)
  • Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (History, 2008–2009)
  • Ping Ma (Statistics, 2008–009)
  • Ruby Mendenhall (Sociology, 2008–2009)
  • Charles C. Roseman (Anthropology, 2008–2009)
  • Rebecca Stumpf (Anthropology, 2008–2009)
  • Eyal Amir (Computer Science, 2007–2008)
  • Paul J. A. Kenis (Chemical Engineering, 2007–2008)
  • Christopher Jay Leininger (Mathematics, 2007–2008)
  • Benjamin McCall (Chemistry, 2007–2008)
  • Thomas A. Nevins (Mathematics, 2007–008)
  • Michelle Shumate (Communication, 2007–2008)
  • Brian L. DeMarco (Physics, 2006–2007)
  • Minh N. Do (Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2006–2007)
  • Clarence E. Lang (African American Studies, 2006–2007)
  • Christian Edward Sandvig (Communication, 2006–2007)
  • M. Christina White (Chemistry, 2006–2007)
  • Chad Rienstra (Chemistry, 2005–2006)
  • Glenn Ian Roisman (Psychology, 2005–2006)
  • Valeria Sobol (Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2005–2006)
  • Huimin Zhao (Chemical Engineering, 2005–2006)
  • Daniel Wayne Pack (Chemical Engineering, 2004–2005)
  • Scott K. Silverman (Chemistry, 2004–2005)
  • Benjamin D. Wandelt (Physics, 2004–2005)
  • Gauri Bhattacharya (Social Work, 2003–2004)
  • Zsuzsa Gille (Sociology, 2003–2004)
  • Mary S. Gin (Chemistry, 2003–2004)
  • Taekjip Ha (Physics, 2003–2004)
  • Eberhard F. Morgenroth (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2003–2004)
  • Wanda Sue Pillow (Educational Policy, 2003–2004)
  • Matthew A. Ando (Mathematics, 2002–2003)
  • Charles Forbes Gammie (Astronomy, 2002–2003)
  • Youssef M. A. Hashash (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2002–2003)
  • Neil L. Kelleher (Chemistry, 2002–2003)
  • Ruth Aguilera (Business Administration, 2001–2002)
  • Karin Dahmen (Physics, 2001–2002)
  • Wilfred A. Van Der Donk (Chemistry, 2000–2001)
  • Paul R. Selvin (Physics, 1999–2000)
  • Zhi-Pei Liang (Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1997–1998)
  • Yi Lu (Chemistry, 1996–1997)
  • Martin Gruebele (Chemistry, 1995–1996)
  • Sergei V. Ivanov[88] (Mathematics, 1995–1996)
  • Steven B. Bradlow[89] (Mathematics, 1994–1995)
  • Nancy Makri (Chemistry, 1993–1994)
  • Mark E. Nelson[90] (Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 1993–1994)
  • Jonathan V. Sweedler (Chemistry, 1993–1994)
  • Pravin M. Vaidya (Computer Science, 1991–1992)
  • Douglas A. Kibbee[91] (Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, 1990–1991)
  • Todd Martinez (Chemistry, 1990–2000)
  • Raymond E. Zielinski[92] (Plant Biology, 1990–1991)

Stanford University

Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine

The Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine in the Stanford School of Medicine was funded in part by $12 million from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, approximately one-fifth of the costs for the new center. It opened in May 1989.[93] The Beckman Fellows program was established in 1999 to support young researchers. Recipients include:[94]

  • Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans[95] (2008–2011)
  • Sheila Jaswal (2003–2006)
  • Zach Serber (2003–2006)
  • Frederic Charron (2002–2005)
  • Kevin Travers (2002–2005)
  • Michael Galko[96] (2001–2004)

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Beckman Institute at Caltech

In 2000, the Beckman Institute at Caltech in Pasadena received a grant from the Beckman Foundation to support Beckman Postgraduate Fellowships for five years. Fellowships were for a three-year period.[97] The following people have been recipients:[98]

  • Lacramioara Bintu[99] (2011–2014)
  • Daniel Kim (2010–2013)
  • Chris Richards (2010–2013)
  • Bryce Sadtler[100] (2010–2013)
  • Jacob Waldbauer[101] (2010–2013)
  • Jeremiah Johnson (2009–2012)
  • Ali Mortazavi[102] (2009–2012)
  • Casimir Wierzynski[103] (2009–2012)
  • Brad Olsen[104] (2008–2010)
  • Todd Anthony (2008–2011)
  • Jesse Bloom (2008–2011)
  • Rosemary Conrad (2008–2011)
  • Eric Toberer[105] (2007–2010)
  • Ingmar Riedel-Kruse[106] (2007–2010)
  • Long Cai (2006–2009)
  • Chris Gandhi[107] (2006–2009)
  • Jordan Gerton[108] (2003–2005)
  • Jennifer Lee (2003–2006)
  • Rich Olson (2003–2006)
  • Michael Diehl (2002–2005)
  • Achilleas Frangakis (2002–2004)
  • Cora MacBeth (2002–2005)
  • Arash Komeili (2001–2004)
  • Paul W. K. Rothemund[109] (2001–2004)

University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine)

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (UC Irvine Health)

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supported construction of The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. The facility is designed specifically for ease of use by low-vision patients. The institute opened in 2013, and as of Feb. 12, 2013, was awarded a grant for fellowships by the Beckman Foundation.[110]

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