The Office of the Provost is proud to celebrate the exemplary contributions of our faculty to teaching and research.

Washington University’s faculty earn national and international distinction for their achievements as leaders in their fields.  They are Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Poet Laureates of the United States, National Book Awardees, National Medal of Science medalists, and MacArthur Prize Fellowship winners.  You can find a full list of awards and learned society memberships earned by Washington University faculty here. The following represent both news coverage and major honors WashU faculty continue to receive recognizing their contributions to their fields of study.

WashU Awards


Faculty Grants

Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant

Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an eight-year $8.8 million grant to study cells’ ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles.

Africa Initiative awards new round of pilot grants

Africa Initiative awards new round of pilot grants

The university’s Africa Initiative recently received more than two-dozen proposals from faculty as part of its call for proposals to fund research projects on the continent.