List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2021:[1] [2]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rez Abbasi | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Amy Adler | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Ufuk Akcigit | Social Sciences | Economics | |
| Sama Alshaibi | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Priyanga Amarasekare | Natural Sciences | Biology | |
| R. Lanier Anderson | Humanities | Philosophy | |
| Ali Anooshahr | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies | |
| Ephraim Asili | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Brandon Ballengée | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Vincent Barletta | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History | |
| Ellen Bass | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Marisa Anne Bass | Humanities | Early Modern Studies | |
| Lisa Beck | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Ashkan Behzadi | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Joshua Bennett | Humanities | American Literature | |
| William Bialek | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Dara Birnbaum | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Alexandre Blais | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Suzanne Bloom | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| L. M. Bogad | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies | |
| Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe | Natural Sciences | Biology | |
| A.K. Burns | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Keith L. Camacho | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Crystal Z. Campbell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Enrique Chagoya | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Christopher J. Chang | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Alexander Chee | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Don Mee Choi | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Peter H. Christensen | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design | |
| Kamari Clarke | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Andrea Cohen | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Jessica Cohen | Humanities | Translation | |
| William Cordova | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Raúl Coronado | Humanities | American Literature | |
| Robyn Creswell | Humanities | Literary Criticism | |
| Keren Cytter | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Julie Nelson Davis | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Elizabeth Mary DeLoughrey | Humanities | Literary Criticism | |
| Donnacha Dennehy | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Mesmin Destin | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Arjun Dey | Natural Sciences | Astronomy Astrophysics | |
| Zosha Di Castri | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Suhas Diggavi | Natural Sciences | Engineering | |
| Simon Doubleday | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History | |
| Luba Drozd | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Tarek El-Ariss | Humanities | Literary Criticism | |
| Tommie-Waheed Evans | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Lenore Fahrig | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies | |
| Oscar E. Fernandez | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics | |
| Emil Ferris | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Maureen Fleming | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Eve Fowler | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Ian Frazier | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Richard Allen Frishman | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Lilian Garcia-Roig | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| John S. Garrison | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Edward Gauvin | Humanities | Translation | |
| William Giraldi | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| David Goldstein | Humanities | Linguistics | |
| Michelle Grabner | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Emily Greble | Humanities | European and Latin American History | |
| Kaitlyn Greenidge | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Farah Jasmine Griffin | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Michael Gubser | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History | |
| Diana Guerrero-Maciá | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Cindy Hahamovitch | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Josephine Halvorson | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Sidney R. Hemming | Natural Sciences | Earth Science | |
| Ed Hill | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Guanglei Hong | Social Sciences | Education | |
| Steven P. Hopkins | Humanities | Religion | |
| Christopher L. Huggins | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Faren Humes | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Mitchell S. Jackson | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Zig Jackson | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Lochlann Jain | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics | |
| Michael Jang | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Victoria Johnson | Creative Arts | Biography | |
| Reece Jones | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies | |
| Tayari Jones | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Joan Judge | Humanities | East Asian Studies | |
| Vicky Kalogera | Natural Sciences | Astronomy Astrophysics | |
| Amalia D. Kessler | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies | |
| Sung Hwan Kim | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Paul J. Kosmin | Humanities | Classics | |
| Seth Koven | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History | |
| Richard Kraft | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Jesse Krimes | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Eugenia Kumacheva | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Stephen Kuusisto | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Jennifer Lackey | Humanities | Philosophy | |
| Mike Lew | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art | |
| Ken Light | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Sandra Lim | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Karen Lofgren | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Irene E. Lusztig | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Sky Macklay | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Jill Magid | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Elizabeth Malaska | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Stephen Marc | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Isabela Mares | Social Sciences | Political Science | |
| Miya Masaoka | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Daniel Mason | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Alison McAlpine | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Atif Mian | Social Sciences | Economics | |
| Amira Mittermaier | Humanities | Religion | |
| Helen Molesworth | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Alexandre Moratto | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Tracie Morris | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Kevin J. Mumford | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Susan Murray | Creative Arts | Film, Video, & New Media Studies | |
| José Ome Navarrete Mazatl | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Jason Nieh | Natural Sciences | Computer Science | |
| Chon Noriega | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Kevin Lewis O'Neill | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Nkeiru Okoye | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Pepón Osorio | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Laura Otis | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Imani Perry | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History | |
| Steven Phelps | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Seth D. Pollak | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Lisa Pon | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Bianca Premo | Humanities | European and Latin American History | |
| George Prochnik | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Laurence Ralph | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Kameelah Janan Rasheed | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Tamara Reynolds | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Ronit Ricci | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies | |
| Jonathan A. Rodden | Social Sciences | Political Science | |
| John A. Rogers | Natural Sciences | Engineering | |
| Jono Rotman | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Julia Rudolph | Social Sciences | Law | |
| Victoria Sambunaris | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Eric W. Sanderson | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies | |
| Igor Santos | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Debarati Sanyal | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature | |
| Kaneza Schaal | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art | |
| Rebecca Schneider | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies | |
| Dread Scott | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Todd Shepard | Humanities | European and Latin American History | |
| James Siena | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Annie Silverstein | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Helen Simoneau | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Cauleen Smith | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Jane South | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Annie Sprinkle | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Wendell Steavenson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Beth Stephens | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Bill Sullivan | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Robert Sullivan | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Sarah Cameron Sunde | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art | |
| Helen Sung | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Ron Tarver | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Michelle Tea | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Craig Morgan Teicher | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Roberto José Tejada | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| F. Akif Tezcan | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Jorge Thielen Armand | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Heather Ann Thompson | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Melissa Thorne | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Michael Tonry | Social Sciences | Law | |
| Tourmaline | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Ming Tsao | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| James Tweedie | Humanities | Film, Video, & New Media Studies | |
| Rodrigo Valenzuela | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Laura van den Berg | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Chris Verene | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Elio Villafranca | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Connie Voisine | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Roslyn Weiss | Humanities | Philosophy | |
| Tisa Wenger | Humanities | Religion | |
| Paige West | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Christopher Williams | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Peter B. Williams | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Patrick C. M. Wong | Humanities | Linguistics | |
| Mark Wunderlich | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| Paul Yoon | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Katherine Young | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Nina C. Young | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Jake Yuzna | Creative Arts | Film-Video | |
| Tara Zahra | Humanities | European and Latin American History | |
| Kate Zambreno | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction | |
| Geneviève Zubrzycki | Social Sciences | Sociology |