The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts (see the Guggenheim Foundation website for details and history about this fellowship).
The following 84 current and former University of Minnesota faculty have received Guggenheim Fellowships while serving at the University. This list is based on information available on the Guggenheim Foundation Web site; Guggenheim Fellows are responsible for updating their own profiles, so affiliations and titles may not be current in some cases. We are continuing to update this list as further information is available.
| Fellow | Discipline | Year of Award |
| Douglas N. Arnold | Mathematics | 2008 |
| Kathryn Sikkink | Political Science | 2008 |
| Robin Stryker | Sociology | 2008 |
Daphne Berdahl |
Anthropology & Global Studies | 2007 |
| Hisham M. Bizri | Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature | 2007 |
| Peter H. McMurry | Mechanical Engineering | 2007 |
| David Treuer | English | 2007 |
Fernando Arenas |
Spanish & Portuguese Studies |
2005 |
Ruth G. Shaw |
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior |
2002 |
Christopher J. Cramer |
Chemistry, Chemical Physics, & Scientific Computation |
2000 |
Chris Aiken |
Theatre Arts & Dance |
1999 |
Allen F. Isaacman |
History |
1997 |
James R. Chelikowsky |
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science |
1995 |
Luke Tierney |
Statistics |
1992 |
Craig Packer |
Ecology & Behavioral Biology |
1990 |
Anne Elizabeth Pusey |
Ecology & Behavioral Biology |
1990 |
Patricia Hampl |
English |
1988 |
Jack Zipes |
German, Scandinavian & Dutch |
1988 |
Carla Rahn Phillips |
History |
1987 |
W. John Archer |
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature |
1986 |
Stanford Lehmberg |
History |
1985 |
Alan E. Shapiro |
History of Science & Technology |
1985 |
G. David Tilman |
Ecology & Behavioral Biology |
1984 |
John Fraser Hart |
Geography |
1982 |
Bruce Lincoln |
Comparative Studies in Discourse & Society |
1982 |
Larry L. Miller |
Chemistry |
1982 |
Patrice A. Morrow |
Ecology & Behavioral Biology |
1982 |
Gabriel Paul Weisberg |
Art History |
1982 |
George T. Wright |
English |
1981 |
John S. Chipman |
Economics |
1980 |
Jasper Hopkins, Jr. |
Philosophy |
1980 |
Anatoly Liberman |
German, Scandinavian & Dutch |
1980 |
Frederick A. Cooper |
Art History |
1979 |
John H. Kareken |
Banking & Finance |
1979 |
David Kopf |
History |
1979 |
Samuel Krislov |
Political Science & Law |
1979 |
Richard D. Leppert |
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature |
1979 |
Thomas Clayton |
English & Classical Studies |
1978 |
Martin Dworkin |
Microbiology |
1978 |
Harry P. C. Hogenkamp |
Biochemistry |
1974 |
Edward C. Prescott |
Economics |
1974 |
Eva C. Keuls |
Classics |
1973 |
Bryce L. Crawford |
Chemistry |
1972 |
| Irving I. Gottesman | Psychology, Psychiatry, Genetics & Cell Biology | 1972 |
James D. Tracy |
History |
1972 |
John Martin Wood |
Biochemistry & Ecology |
1972 |
Rutherford Aris |
Chemical Engineering |
1971 |
John R. Howe, Jr. |
History & American Studies |
1971 |
Howard Ted Davis |
Chemical Engineering |
1969 |
Daniel D. Joseph |
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics |
1969 |
L. E. Scriven |
Chemical Engineering |
1969 |
Frank J. Sorauf |
Political Science |
1969 |
Benjamin Y. H. Liu |
Mechanical Engineering |
1968 |
Avner Friedman |
Mathematics |
1966 |
Alfred F. Michael |
Pediatrics |
1966 |
Stephen Prager |
Physical Chemistry |
1966 |
Robert Francis Spencer |
Anthropology |
1965 |
John Randolph Winckler |
Physics |
1965 |
Josef Lewis Altholz |
History |
1964 |
Dominick Argento |
Music |
1964 |
Norton Mark Hintz |
Physics |
1964 |
Wilmer Glenn Miller |
Chemistry |
1964 |
Lawrence Markus |
Mathematics |
1963 |
Marvin Leonard Stein |
Mathematics & Computer and Information Sciences |
1963 |
Paul J Kellogg |
Physics |
1962 |
Lee Wolff Wattenberg |
Pathology |
1962 |
Robert James Gorlin |
Oral Pathology, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
1961 |
Thor Kommedahl |
Plant Pathology |
1961 |
Paul Walden Bamford |
History |
1960 |
Paul Fetler |
Music |
1960 |
Edgar Reich |
Mathematics |
1960 |
Robert Lawrence Vernier |
Pediatrics & Pathology |
1960 |
Irvin E. Liener |
Biochemistry |
1957 |
Huai Chang Chiang |
Entomology, Fisheries, & Wildlife |
1956 |
Richard Burroughs Mather |
Chinese |
1956 |
R. John Rath |
History |
1956 |
Herbert Edgar Wright, Jr. |
Geology, Ecology & Botany |
1954 |
James E. Gerald, Jr. |
Journalism & Mass Communication |
1953 |
Gerald Bruce Ownbey |
Botany |
1953 |
Leonard Howard Unger |
English |
1953 |
Malcolm Haynie Myers |
Studio Art |
1950 |
Lemen Jonathan Wells |
Anatomy |
1946 |
Leonid Hurwicz |
Economics |
1945 |
| Jonas Jergen Christensen | Plant Pathology | 1929 |
(updated July 6, 2007)