Carnegie Corporation of New York announced this year’s class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows today. Twenty-four scholars will each receive a $200,000 research stipend to explore the causes of political polarization and to identify possible solutions.
Daniel Martinez HoSang is professor of American studies and political science at Yale University, where he also holds appointments in the Yale School of Medicine’s Section of the History of Medicine and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. HoSang’s recent work has focused on the emergence and expansion of the multiracial right in the United States and beyond.
Since 2015, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program has supported high-caliber scholarship and research in the social sciences and humanities that address important and enduring issues confronting our society. The 2026 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows marks the third year of the program’s focus on building a body of research on political polarization in the United States. Carnegie committed up to $18 million to this effort over three years.
The class of 2026 marks the third cohort focused on developing a body of rigorous, evidence-based research about what can be done to strengthen the forces of cohesion in the United States, an overarching priority for the foundation’s grantmaking. Winning proposals look at topics such as the historical and religious roots of societal divisions in America, how digital communities shape the political identities of young men, and potential institutional reforms in campaign finance, the federal courts, and education, among other areas.