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

Jha’s NIH grant to support cancer research

Jha’s NIH grant to support cancer research

Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality among all cancers in the United States. About 85% of newly diagnosed lung-cancer cases are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), of which up to half are stage 3 at time of diagnosis. Long-term outcomes are poor at this stage, with only 5%-10% of the patients with stage 3B surviving five years after diagnosis.

NIH awards 4 medical school scientists prestigious ‘high-risk, high-reward’ grants

NIH awards 4 medical school scientists prestigious ‘high-risk, high-reward’ grants

Richards, Laidlaw, Orvedahl, Shmuylovich chosen for their innovative research projects.