#  Professor Kosuke Imai Receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellow Award 

 





April 16, 2024

 

 

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that[ Professor Kosuke Imai ](/people/kosuke-imai)was selected to be a [2024 Guggenheim Fellow](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gf.org_announcements_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ja-uJz6cXHuTu0eP7LkyBR-9dB17WxBpHTZKK0ZMBA4&m=XiC1y5pyISg43tAyloakJ2stcTq4547jFgbvodpPZGc6DhCKzVHW9p9Qww6zZWsg&s=CrjLY5WG6fATM0sMg0kHC3g1Su1kAs3IMKUsydWlCaI&e=) based on his "prior career achievement and exceptional promise" (source: "[Announcing the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gf.org_news_fellows-2Dnews_announcing-2Dthe-2D2024-2Dguggenheim-2Dfellows_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ja-uJz6cXHuTu0eP7LkyBR-9dB17WxBpHTZKK0ZMBA4&m=XiC1y5pyISg43tAyloakJ2stcTq4547jFgbvodpPZGc6DhCKzVHW9p9Qww6zZWsg&s=Y33LgwxXBuo30WmFT64f9ipL0gw1DlG_rWrvH27hegk&e=)"). The fellowship was given in part for Prof. Imai's project proposal entitled "Improving Statistical Methodology for Evaluating and Reducing Racial Disparities." The 2024 cohort contains a diverse group of 188 fellows from across the arts, sciences, and humanities, who were chosen out of a pool of approximately 3,000 applicants. Established in 1925 by Senator Simon Guggenheim, the program has awarded 19,000 fellowships since its founding. Congratulations to Prof. Imai!