Way Klingler Fellowship Awards

The Way Klingler Fellowship is given to full-time regular faculty at the associate or full professor rank with significant scholarship and a high potential for a successful research project. Faculty will be nominated by academic deans or self-nominated with dean endorsement. Based upon a recommendation from the selection committee, Way Klingler Fellowships will be awarded in two categories, labeled "science" or "humanities/social sciences." Science applicants are those with a track record of strong research funding whose research requires higher-expense items, such as, equipment, supplies and research staff. Typically, those from the natural sciences, engineering and biomedical science would address this category. Humanities/social science applicants are those with a national recognition for scholarship whose critical research requirements may be time, access to information and travel. Typically, those from the humanities, communication, business administration, education and many areas designated as social sciences would address this category. In some social science areas and disciplines such as nursing, it may be possible to address either category depending on the specific research focus. The selection of category is thus not one set by discipline but, rather, determined by the applicant.

  • 2026 Way Klingler Fellowships
    • Dr. Mark Berlin, associate professor of political science
    • Dr. Jason Farr, associate professor of English
    • Dr. Young Kim, associate professor of strategic communication
    • Dr. Patrick McNamara, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering
    • Dr. Enaya Othman, professor of Arabic, Middle Eastern, and cultural studies
    • Dr. Sarah Wadsworth, professor of English
  • Past recipients of Way Klingler Fellowships