Duke Mathematician Tarek Elgindi Awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship
Tarek Elgindi was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for Applied Mathematics. He joins 223 distinguished individuals across 55 disciplines in the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows.
Mathematics Professor Tarek Elgindi has been awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship. The new fellows are part of the 101st class of 223 awarded scholars, scientists and creative professionals from the U.S. and Canada chosen from a pool of more than 5,000 applicants based on both prior career achievement and exceptional promise.
“Our new class of Guggenheim Fellows is representative of the world’s best thinkers, innovators, and creators in art, science, and scholarship,” said Edward Hirsch, award-winning poet and President of the Guggenheim Foundation. As established in 1925 by founder Senator Simon Guggenheim, each Fellow receives a monetary stipend to pursue independent work at the highest level under “the freest possible conditions.”
