The Bassi Foundation was founded in 2018 to support research at the margins of established fields. The Press is its publishing imprint.
Laura Bassi, 1711–1778.
The Foundation's Work
The Bassi Foundation was established in 2018 to support innovative and overlooked research, meaning work that falls between established fields, sits outside current funding priorities, or is hard to place with conventional funders for reasons that have more to do with disciplinary boundaries than with the quality of the work.
The Foundation made its first awards in 2019. Across twenty-two rounds to date, most recently Spring 2026, it has supported 271 projects at more than 180 institutions on five continents. Its scholars have ranged from master’s and doctoral candidates to postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty, and their projects have spanned the humanities, the social sciences, law, education, medicine and the sciences. The programme continues; the record below is the whole of it.
Bassi Foundation Scholars
Every Bassi Foundation Scholar since the first round, listed by cohort. The most recent round is Spring 2026; the record is updated as new awards are announced.
Spring 202614 awards
Mustafa Alhayali, Senior Lecturer of Internal Medicine, Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mohamed Ali, PhD Candidate in Architecture, Texas A&M University
Nasrin Ghasemi Barghi, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Juan Antonio Cebrián, PhD Candidate in French Literature, Universitat de València
Jamie N. Davidson, PhD in Performance Studies, University of California, Davis
Sina Davoudi, PhD Candidate in Accounting, University of Colorado Boulder
Lauren Duggan, PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Azusa Pacific University
Jiayao Gu, PhD Candidate in Computer Science, McGill University
David J. Herrera, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University
Louise Lawrence Rose, PhD Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, La Sierra University
Avary Taylor, Postdoctoral Scholar in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
Claudia Moreira Calzadilla and Nina Witteman, Master's Students in History, Leiden University
Dana Fatal Yabroudi, Internal Medicine Resident in Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine
Rachel Young, PhD Candidate in School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago
Summer 202513 awards
Ángel A. Escamilla García, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Francisco Javier Bran García, Lecturer in Latin, University Complutense of Madrid
Federico Broggini, PhD in Landscape Architecture, Roma Tre University
Rik J. Janssen, PhD Candidate in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh
Yoo Sun Jung, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
Sarina Kuersteiner, Assistant Professor of History, Union College
Annie K. Lamar, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Raffaele Marrone, PhD Candidate in History of Art, Scuola Normale Superiore
Kodai Noguchi, PhD Candidate in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Kent State University
Shriya Patnaik, Postdoctoral Researcher in International History and Politics, Geneva Graduate Institute
Ilenia Pittui, Researcher (PhD) in Islamic Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Khodani Sengwane, Lecturer in Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria
Claudia Marion Stemberger, PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Delaware
Spring 20259 awards
Sami Abualsoud, PhD Candidate in Economics and Business, Complutense de Madrid
Shima Asadi, PhD Candidate in Translation Studies, Kent State University
Denise Georgette Burgher, PhD Candidate in English, University of Delaware
Emma Lowery, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Global Sciences, University of South Florida
Eleni Manola, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly
Val Muzik, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of British Columbia
Dr. Nadine Riegler, Lecturer in Ancient History, Papyrology and Epigraphy, University of Vienna
Sarah Sharpe, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Leadership, and Counseling, Columbus State University
Woldegiorgis G Teklay, PhD Candidate in Media Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Winter 202512 awards
Alica-Nana Citron, Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History (IAKH), University of Oslo
Boris Čučković, Professor of Art History and Digital Image Cultures, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Deren Ertas, Doctoral Candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Laura Fitzgerald, Master's Candidate in Linguistics, San Diego State University
Eveliina Halkomäki, Master's Candidate in History and Cultural Heritage, University of Helsinki
Sherry Lee, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Yukun Li, Doctoral Candidate in Communication Studies, University of Tokyo
Pasindu Perera, Doctoral Candidate in Material Science and Engineering, Monash University
Claudia Maria Rodenbach, Doctoral Candidate in Legal, Governance, and Compliance, Monash University
Filippos Roussos, Doctoral Candidate in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford (Merton College)
Maryam Shoaeinaeini, Doctoral Candidate in Computer Science, University of Kentucky
Zakhele Shongwe, Doctoral Candidate in African Studies, University of Cape Town
Summer 20249 awards
Francesca G. Beretta, PhD Candidate in Classics and Comparative Literature, Yale University
Irina Luneva, Assistant Professor of Accounting, New York University
Mahlodi Mothapo, Senior Lecturer of Criminal and Procedural Law, University of South Africa
Sofia Nupponen, MA in Music, Art and Culture Research, University of Jyväskylä
Elizabeth A. Pesar, Graduate Research Assistant in Geological Sciences, University of Florida
Ipsita Pradhan, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, SRM University
Nada Sharkawy, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Cairo University
Ieva Stončikaitė, Postdoctoral Researcher in Humanities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Wanqiang Zhang, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University
Spring 202416 awards
Mariah Batool, PhD Candidate in Materials Science, University of Connecticut
Thodoris Betsas, PhD Candidate in Laboratory of Photogrammetry, National Technical University of Athens
Lauren Burmester, Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Yi-Chia Chang, Master's of Science in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh
Han Choi, PhD Candidate in Demography and Social Policy, Princeton University
Eleonora Guadagno, Lecturer in Geography, University of Naples "L'Orientale"
Masayuki Kubota, PhD Candidate in Medicine, University of Tokyo
Zhi-Feng Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, Zhejiang University
Amber Moore, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Kathleen (Kaye) Hare | Assistant Professor of Teaching University Canada West
Jessica Jane Nocella, Junior Assistant Professor of Languages and Cultures, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
César Saldaña Puerto, Adjunct Professor of Architecture Studies in Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Joshua Reason, PhD in Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Jay Ritchie, PhD Candidate in English, McGill University
Emma Nic Shuibhne, PhD in Law, University of Groningen
Maggie Ka-ying Tsang, PhD Candidate in Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Taiye Winful, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Vanderbilt Univeristy
Winter 202418 awards
Anne Corkery, PhD Candidate and Assistant Professor of Education Studies, Trent University
Shivangee Dubey, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, University of Lucknow
Elizabeth Emelue, PhD Candidate in Education Studies, University of Bath
Aimee Ghanem, PhD Candidate in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Hubert Gromny, PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Erum Hadi, Adjunct Professor of History, St John's University
Adane Hailu Herut, Lecturer of Education Studies, Dilla University
Stefan Ivanovski, PhD Candidate in Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Christian Kragh Jespersen, PhD Candidate in Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Vasiliki Koukoulioti, Lecturer in Tax Law, Queen Mary University of London
Chen Li, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
Simone Lombardo, Postdoctoral Researcher in History, Harvard University
Alesya Moshchenskaya, Master’s Student in Industrial Design, Carleton University
Edgar Paysant, Master's Student in Political Science, Sciences Po-UBC
Miriam Poley Gil, PhD Candidate in Computational Biology, Life Sciences, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Naznin Sultana, PhD Candidate in Communication Studies, University of Hyderabad
Ellie Wan, PhD Candidate in International Studies, Macquarie University
Andy Yu, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario
Summer 202313 awards
Ella Sophie Beaucamp, PhD Candidate in Art History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Eamonn Bellin, MA in History, Georgetown University
Sofia Di Sarno-García, PhD Candidate in Applied Linguistics, Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)
Anahita Fouladzadeh, PhD Candidate in Cancer Biology, University of South Australia
Sandro Paul Heidelbach, PhD Candidate in Germanic Literatures and Languages, Yale University
Jayde Hirniak, PhD Candidate in SHESC, Arizona State University
Dana Francisco Miranda, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Eleonora Moratto, PhD Candidate in Life Sciences, Imperial College London
Jhani Randhawa, Master's Candidate in Postcolonial Studies, SOAS, University of London
Izabela Romańczuk, Assistant Professor and Chair of African Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
Angelina Tallaj, Assistant Professor of Music, Fordham University
Glen Thielmann, PhD Candidate in Education, UNBC
Anna Travagliati, PhD in Interpretation and Translation, University of Bologna
Spring 202314 awards
Alexandria Albers, PhD Candidate in Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana
Ashley Bruno, Master's Candidate in Animal Behavior and Conservation, CUNY Hunter College
Findley Dunn, Master's Candidate in Environmental Studies, University of Victoria
Beatrice Gavazza, PhD Candidate in Classics, University of Freiburg
Mlamuli Hlatshwayo, Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
Maria Kyriazi, DPhil (PhD) Candidate in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Nadia Lana, PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science of Language, McMaster University
Fatima Lukmani, PhD Candidate in Molecular Science, Toronto Metropolitan University
Libby Myers, PhD Candidate in Creative Arts Research Institute, Griffith University
Filippo Nicolini, PhD Candidate in Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna
Sophie Nunnelley, SJD (PhD Candidate in Law), University of Toronto
Míša Stekl, PhD Candidate in Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University
Janice Taylor, PhD Candidate in Counselling, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Rose Tehrani, MFA Candidate in Literary Translation, Boston University
Winter 202316 awards
Agnik Bhattacharya, PhD Candidate in Art History, Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine
Sanchita Dasgupta, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Brandeis University
Melissa Fowler, Master's Candidate in Education Policy Studies, Stellenbosch University
Hamees Gabr, Master's Candidate in Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University
Julie Gorecki, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, UC Berkeley
Jonathan Haddad, Assistant Professor of French, University of Georgia
Saddam Hossain, Master's Candidate in Civil Engineering, Texas State University
Monica Jung, PhD Candidate in Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
Aifang Ma, Lecturer at the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University
Lorna Pairman, PhD Candidate in Medicine, University of Otago
Elina Tuulikki Pajakoski, PhD Candidate in Nursing Science, University of Turku
Javier Iáñez Picazo, Predoctoral Fellow at the Department of Art History, Complutense University of Madrid
Elena Emma Sottilotta, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
Katharina Strika, PhD Candidate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Lucas Williams, PhD Candidate in Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford University
Qinyuan Zheng, PhD Candidate in Physics, Yale University
Summer 202213 awards
Rita Alves, PhD Candidate in Laboratory Medicine, Lund University
Chelsea Birks, Master's Candidate in Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan (Formerly "Ryerson") University
Amanda Byer, Postdoctoral Researcher in Law, University College Dublin
Mary Lucia Thao Darst, DPhil Candidate in Music, University of Oxford
Zachary LaBrot, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi
Marco Letta, Assistant Professor of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Sara Llopis Mestre, PhD Candidate in English, University of Valencia
Emma Nuding, PhD Candidate in Medieval Studies, University of York
Godfred Otchere, Master’s Candidate in Global Urban Health Studies, The University of Freiburg
Jacqueline Ristola, PhD Candidate in Cinema Studies, Concordia University
Emily Schraudenbach, PhD Candidate in Political Science, George Washington University
Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Research Scientist in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Armanc Yildiz, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Harvard University
Spring 202213 awards
Antonio Ambrosone, PhD Candidate in Physics, University of Naples Federico II
Pantea Armanfar, PhD Candidate in Music, City, University of London
Matthew Cleary, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Edinburgh
Ileana Fenwick, PhD Candidate in Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adriana Green, PhD Candidate in African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Jochen Hartmann, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Elspbeth Hodgins, Master's Candidate in Architecture, Flinders University
Jenny Kwon, PhD Candidate in Social Gerontology, Miami University
Helen Tooze, PhD Candidate in Law, University of British Columbia
Lorenzo Bartolucci, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Stanford University
Nebojsa Todorovic, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Yale University
Chelsea Mathieson, MRM Candidate in Resource and Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University
Ke Wang, PhD Candidate in Music, University of Sydney
Winter 202213 awards
Sean Paul Ashley, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University
Godwin Dzah, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Alberta
Alexander Chaverri-Carvajal, PhD Candidate in Social Sciences, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Sophia Jaworski, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Toronto
Alexander S. Moore, Ph.D. Student in Mathematics Education, Virginia Tech
Andrea Morales Loucil, PhD Candidate in Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge
Jamal Nabulsi, PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland
Mirkka Ollila, Master's Candidate in Contemporary Societies Program, Sociology, University of Helsinki
Sinuhe Perea-Puente, PhD Candidate in Physics, King's College London
Hannah Stamler, PhD Candidate in History, Princeton University
Lahoma Thomas, Assistant Professor of Criminology, University of Toronto
Fengrui Tian, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Boston College
Maryam Yabo, PhD Candidate in Law, Trinity College Dublin
Summer 202112 awards
Jinan Ashraf, PhD Candidate in Literature, Dublin City University
Kristina Axenova, Master's Candidate, Western University
Richard Bunworth, PhD Candidate in Law, University College Dublin
Lamin O Ceesay, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, University of Erfurt
Leah Downey, PhD Candidate in Government (Political Theory), Harvard University
Evan Drake, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Lund University
Pamella Gysman, Master's Candidate in Politics, University of the Western Cape
Amir Kari, PhD Candidate in Wood Science, University of British Columbia
Cléa Massiani Laurent, PhD Candidate in Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland
Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi, PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies, University of Warsaw
Nathan Anthony Tilton, Master's Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Laura Volpi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of Milan
Spring 202112 awards
Clara Momoko Geber, PhD Candidate in Japanese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Cedomir Ignjatovic, PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of Melbourne
Jallicia Jolly, Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Studies, Brown University
Holly Korn, Master's Candidate in International and Comparative Law, Trinity College Dublin
Rochisha Narayan, Assistant Professor of History, University of Central Florida
Devan Nisson, PhD Candidate in Geosciences, Princeton University
Laura Rivas Ortega, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Pablo de Olavide University
Wojciech Rykała, PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice
Marie-Angélique Sene, PhD Candidate in Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University
Ignatius G.D Suglo, PhD Candidate in China Studies, University of Hong Kong
Nebojša Todorović, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Yale University
Becca Voelcker, Harvard University
Winter 202113 awards
Melisa Argañaraz, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Maryland
Arnab Dutta, PhD Candidate in History, University of Groningen
Luisa Castaneda-Quintana, PhD Candidate in Law, McGill University
Nicholas DePorzio, PhD Candidate in Physics, Harvard University
Michaela Dobson, PhD Candidate in Geology, The University of Auckland
Briar Essex, Master's Candidate in Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Chulwoo Park, Assistant Professor of Public Health, San José State University
Tim Parker-Langston, PhD Candidate in Music, Goldsmiths, University of London
Larissa Santos, Master's Candidate in Geography, University of British Columbia
Simone Tosi, Assistant Professor of Agricultural, Forest, and Food Sciences, University of Turin
Mengqi Wang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Duke Kunshan University
Niovi Zampouka, Postdoctoral Research in Slavic and Hungarian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin
Laura Mendez, PhD Candidate in International Development, Kent State University
Summer 202013 awards
Roberta Carluccio, PhD Candidate in Computational Geodynamics and Geophysics, University of Melbourne
Suzanne Chiodo, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario
Cong Fan, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
Jesica S. Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, Santa Clara University
Joshua Glick, Assistant Professor of English, Film, Media Studies (Hendrix) and Fellow (MIT), Hendrix College and Open Documentary Lab, MIT
Hazem Jamjoum, PhD Candidate in History / Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University
Mary Kouyoumdjian, PhD Candidate in Music Composition, Columbia University
Megan Ma, PhD Candidate in Law, Sciences Po
Eduardo Marino, PhD Candidate in Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine
Saori Mita, PhD Candidate in Film Studies, University of Edinburgh
Gayatri Sahgal, DPhil Candidate in Area Studies (Africa), University of Oxford
Melissa Teixeira, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Abigail Wiese, PhD Candidate in English, University of the Western Cape
Spring 202012 awards
Doyle Calhoun, PhD Candidate in French, Yale University
Colleen Campbell, PhD Candidate in Sociology & African American Studies, Princeton University
Jinsoon Cho, PhD Candidate in Economics, University of Connecticut
Anneke Eichstedt, PhD Candidate in Public Law, University of Cape Town
Sandhya Fuchs, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Lara-Stephanie Krause, Assistant Professor of African Studies, University of Leipzig
Eugenio Luciano, PhD Candidate in History of Science, Rachel Carson Center (LMU Munich) / Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Saskia C. Quené, PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Basel
Noëlle Rohde, DPhil Candidate in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford
Mayumi Sato, MPhil Candidate in Sociology, University of Cambridge
Zsuzsi Soboslay, PhD Candidate in Theatre Performance, Monash University
Frankie Young, Assistant Professor of Law, Western University
Winter 202012 awards
Sandrine Brachotte, PhD Candidate in Law, Sciences Po
Casey Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Clemson University
Jeanne Jégousso, Assistant Professor of French, Hollins University
Gerard J. Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Manitoba
Brittany Lee Lewis, PhD Candidate in History, ArCasia D. James-Gallaway | Assistant Professor of History Joint Award George Washington University and Texas A&M University
Minkateko Ndlovu, MSc Med in Neuroscience, University of Cape Town
Stefania Pia Perrino, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Milan
Gayatri Sahgal, DPhil Candidate in African Studies, University of Oxford
Oana-M. Ștefănescu, DCL Candidate, McGill University
Elena van Stee, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Arlan Vriens, PhD Candidate in Musical Arts (Violin Performance), University of Toronto
Angela Wilton, PhD Candidate in Development Studies/Public Policy, University of Auckland
Summer 20198 awards
Rachel Holmes, Teaching Fellow in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University College London
Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity College Dublin
Sarah Liva, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Trinity Western University
Masoud Moeini, Master’s Candidate in Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
Ndumiso Ngidi, PhD Candidate in Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Maliga Och, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages, Idaho State University
Hari Ramesh, College Fellow in Social Studies, Harvard University
Michael Wilson, PhD Candidate in Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
Spring 20198 awards
Derrais Carter, Assistant Professor of Black Studies, Portland State University
Spencier Ciaralli, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Case Western Reserve University
Amber G. Johnson, PhD Candidate in History and Sociology of Technology and Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thembela Ndesi, Master’s Candidate in Music, Witwatersrand University
Jillian R. Scheer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University
Nanase Shirota, PhD Candidate in Japanese Studies, University of Cambridge
Abibah Sumana, Master’s Candidate in African Studies, University of Oxford
Jennifer Tamas, Assistant Professor of French, Rutgers University
Winter 20198 awards
Kwan Yiu Daphne Choi, PhD Candidate in Criminology, Monash University
Erica Saldívar García, Clinical Assistant Professor of TESOL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Education, New York University
Wilfrid Greaves, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Victoria
Ina Hollerer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Danielle Sophie Jacobson, PhD Candidate in Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Erica Moretti, Assistant Professor of Italian, State University of New York
Dianah Msipa, LLD Candidate, University of Pretoria
Busola Oronti, PhD Candidate in Applied Biomedical Signal Processing, University of Warwick
