APSA congratulates this year’s political science scholars elected to the 2026 Class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship program! The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for high-caliber scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses pressing societal challenges. Under the leadership of Carnegie Corporation of New York president Dame Louise Richardson, the 2025 class marks the second year of the program’s renewed emphasis on political polarization—an issue of growing national concern.
Over a three-year period, the Corporation will invest up to $18 million to support research that strengthens democracy and civic life. Each fellowship supports up to two years of work, with an anticipated outcome of a book or major study aimed at reaching broad audiences.
Meet the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellows
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Adam Bonica, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
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Daniel Martinez HoSang, Professor, American Studies and Political Science, Yale University
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Eunji Kim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
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Wayde Z. C. Marsh, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Melvin L. Rogers, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Brown University
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Stuart Soroka, Professor, Departments of Communication and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
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Michael Strawbridge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College
About the Fellowship
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program supports high-caliber scholarship and research in the social sciences and humanities that address important and enduring issues confronting our society. Established in 2015 as the most generous stipend of its kind, the Corporation has named more than 270 Andrew Carnegie Fellows, representing a philanthropic investment of more than $54 million.
To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent U.S. residency status. You must also be nominated by one of a designated group of individuals, who include leaders of universities, think tanks, and publishers. The criteria for their selection prioritized the originality and potential impact of the proposal, as well as the capacity to communicate the findings to a broad audience. The fellows were selected by a distinguished panel of jurors, chaired by John J. DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, and comprised of scholars and academic and intellectual leaders from some of the nation’s most prominent educational institutions, foundations, and scholarly societies.
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is a continuation of the mission of Carnegie Corporation of New York, as founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1911, to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Today the foundation works to reduce political polarization through philanthropic support for the issues that Carnegie considered most important: education, democracy, and peace.
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