UW–Madison : 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition Awardees Announced

Madison WI

03 February, 2022

3:01 PM

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Press release from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Natasha Kassulke February 3, 2022 The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education has announced 26 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes "new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance." Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible. The award is funded by the William F. Vilas Estate Trust. The 2022-23 winners and their departments are: Lauren Bishop, Social Work Zuzana Burivalova, Forest and Wildlife Ecology Anthony Cerulli, Asian Languages and Culture Sarah Clayton, Anthropology Azadeh Davoodi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Mark Hetzler, Music Dean Krouk, German, Nordic and Slavic Christopher Kucharik, Agronomy Adeline Lo, Political Science Shaun Marcott, Geoscience Kristyn Masters, Biomedical Engineering Darcie Moore, Neuroscience Bilge Mutlu, Computer Sciences Mitchell Nathan, Educational Psychology Nicole Nelson, Medical History and Bioethics Dominic Parker, Agricultural and Applied Economics Aaron Rock-Singer, History Lauren Schmitz, La Follette School of Public Affairs Michelle Schwarze, Political Science Raunak Sinha, Neuroscience Mariya Soskova, Mathematics Michael Swift, Computer Sciences Amy Trentham-Dietz, Population Health Sciences Mark Vareschi, English Maxim Vavilov, Physics Jade Wang, Bacteriology Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional research committees on the basis of a detailed proposal. Winners receive up to two-ninths of research salary support (including the associated fringe costs) for the summers of 2022 and 2023, as well as a $12,500 flexible research fund in each of the two fiscal years. Faculty paid on an annual basis are not eligible for the summer salary support but are eligible for the flexible fund portion of this award. This press release was produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The views expressed here are the author's own.