List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2020
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2020: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." On April 8, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 175 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists. 2020 Fellows are drawn from 53 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, 78 different academic institutions, 31 states and the District of Columbia, and 2 Canadian provinces. Close to 60 Fellows have no full-time college or university affiliation. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation's ninety-sixth competition.
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Rheim Alkadhi | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Arturo Arias | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Lawrie Balfour | Humanities | American Literature |
| Blitz Bazawule | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Sanford Biggers | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| J Stoner Blackwell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Suzanne Hitt Bocanegra | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Edyta M. Bojanowska | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
| Pia Borg | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Jenny Boully | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Mark Philip Bradley | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Diane K. Brentari | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Alice Leora Briggs | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Taylor Brook | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Lisa Brooks | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Amy Nelson Burnett | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Sarah Buss | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Robert Campany | Humanities | Religion |
| James T. Campbell | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Suzanne Caporael | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Hector Carrillo | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Oscar Cásares | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Anne Cattaneo | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Shu Lea Cheang | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Liz Cohen | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Chico Colvard | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Dilip da Cunha | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design |
| Moyra Davey | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Guillermina De Ferrari | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
| Janet Delaney | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Martin DiCicco | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Michael Dickman | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jennifer Doudna | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Yaacob Dweck | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| David Dyzenhaus | Social Sciences | Law |
| Dyan Elliott | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
| Marti Epstein | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Kate Flint | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Michael Frank | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Ellen Fullman | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Elina Gertsman | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| David Gompper | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jeff Goodell | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Robert Gooding-Williams | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Alison Gopnik | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Eric Gottesman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Garth Greenwell | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| James Grier | Humanities | Music Research |
| Jonathan Gruber | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Anna Grzymala-Busse | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Tyrell Haberkorn | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
| Leor Halevi | Humanities | Religion |
| Janice N. Harrington | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| David Hertzberg | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Leslie Hewitt | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Sky Hopinka | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| José-Luis Hurtado | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Sabine Iatridou | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Patrick Jagoda | Humanities | Film and Video |
| Christopher Jarzynski | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Steffani Jemison | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lacy M. Johnson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Olivia Judson | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Susan Juster | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Benjamin Kahan | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Vera Keller | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Alex Ketley | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Osman Khan | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Stacy Kranitz | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Gabrielle Lamb | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Penny Lane | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Zun Lee | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Zoe Leonard | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ellen Lesperance | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Mark LeVine | Humanities | Music Research |
| Yiyun Li | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Ada Limón | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Ethan Lipton | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Steve Locke | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Valeria Luiselli | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alexandre Lunsqui | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Andrej Lupták | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Jian Ma | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Frank Magilligan | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Christian Marois | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Žibuoklė Martinaitytė | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jenny McPhee | Humanities | Translation |
| Rebecca Mead | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Raymond Meeks | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Philip Metres | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Bernadette Meyler | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Robert Millis | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Helen Mirra | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Gordon Ennis Moore | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Cyrilla Mozenter | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | |
| Joan R. Najita | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Angel Nevarez | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Aimee Nezhukumatathil | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Celeste Ng | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Sigrid Nunez | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Lisa Olstein | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Chris Otter | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Clifford Owens | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Josh Pacewicz | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Sarah Parcak | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Jennifer Pastor | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| H. Glenn Penny | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Nathaniel Persily | Social Sciences | Law |
| Helen Phillips | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Kim Phillips-Fein | Humanities | U.S. History |
| David A. Pietz | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Shamel Pitts | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Robert Léopold Polidori | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jana Prikryl | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Tahera Qutbuddin | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Kavita Ramanan | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Eric Rebillard | Humanities | Classics |
| Camille Robcis | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Linda Foard Roberts | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Alexander Rose | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Lawrence Rosenwald | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Tina Satter | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Rebecca Saxe | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Susanna Schellenberg | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Katy Schimert | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Erica Schoenberger | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Bryan Schutmaat | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Melissa Schwartzberg | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Jeffrey Sconce | Humanities | Film and Video |
| David Sepkoski | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Diane Seuss | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Yevgeniy Sharlat | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Mukul Sharma | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Pradeep Sharma | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Lesley A. Sharp | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Elaine McMillion Sheldon | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Anna Shternshis | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Danna Singer | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Daniel Jordan Smith | Humanities | African Studies |
| Rachel Louise Snyder | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Helen Solterer | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
| Cammie Staros | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Susan Steinberg | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| A.L. Steiner | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Douglas W. Stephan | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Andrew Strominger | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Lloyd Suh | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Catherine Sullivan | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Barbara Takenaga | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Brian Teare | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Valerie Tevere | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael J. Therien | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Larry Towell | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Tracy Droz Tragos | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Patricia Treib | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Victoria-Idongesit Udondian | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Rick Valelly | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Peter van Agtmael | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Chris E. Vargas | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Shannon Walsh | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Stephanie Wang-Breal | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Caroline Weber | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Martin H. Weissman | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Noah Whiteman | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Amy Wilentz | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Emily Wilson | Humanities | Translation |
| Pamela Wojcik | Humanities | Film and Video |
| Donald Reid Womack | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Maya Milenovic Workman | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Reggie Workman | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Ben Yagoda | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Muhammad Hamid Zaman | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |