Killam Prizes

These national awards, funded by the Killam Trusts, celebrate Canada’s most distinguished researchers in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering.

Learn about Carleton University’s latest awarded researchers and past recipients:

2025 Recipients

Carleton University is proud that two of our researchers are among the eight recipients of the 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowships:

Laura Horak, Film Studies (Photo: Left)
Jennifer Bruin, Biology (Photo: Right)

Jennifer Bruin, an associate professor in the Department of Biology received her Fellowship for her work in examining how chronic exposure to environmental pollutants contributes to rising global diabetes rates.

Film Studies professor Laura Horak has been recognized for her research in building a trans-inclusive media culture in Canada.

Learn more in our official announcement.

: 2014: D. R. Fraser Taylor, Killam Prize in the Social Sciences and Manuella Vincter, Killam Research Fellowship

2010: Marie-Odile Junker, Killam Research Fellowship

1993: Kenneth Storey, Killam Prize for Biology

1985: J. A. Koningstein, Killam Fellowship for Chemistry

1978: Miklos Csorgo, Killam Fellowship for Mathematics

1977: Donald Dawson, Killam Fellowship for Mathematics

1977: Kenneth McRae, Killam Fellowship for Political Science