Indian-origin scholars among 2026 Guggenheim fellows

Founded in 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation awards fellowships that provide financial support for independent work under what it calls “the freest possible conditions.”

The 2026 fellows include Amitav Ghosh in general nonfiction, Megha Majumdar in fiction, Vivek Narayanan in poetry, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan in computer science.

Credit: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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