Honors and Awards – NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Members of NCSA and the University of Illinois receive their HPCwire awards.

NCSA Receives Honors in 2025 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Posted on November 19, 2025November 21, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

NCSA was recognized by the HPCwire community for its outstanding work in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

Group photo of 2025 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship awardees.

NCSA Awards 38 Students Fiddler Innovation Fellowships

Posted on November 3, 2025November 4, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

Students in NCSA programs were recognized for their outstanding work and interdisciplinary contributions to various fields of research.

Designed for Better Scientific Software

Posted on August 26, 2025October 6, 2025 by Megan Meave Johnson

NCSA’s UI/UX team helps researchers create intuitive user experiences for even the most complex science applications.

Photograph of the Delta supercomputer at the National Petascale Computing Facility

NCSA Shapes Students’ Computing Dreams

Posted on May 21, 2025October 6, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

Former NCSA student researchers win the Cozad New Venture Challenge for their innovative software solution designed to help democratize artificial intelligence computing resources.

A picture of the award winner accepting an oversized check of the award amount.

NCSA Awards 2025 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship

Posted on May 5, 2025October 6, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

Carle Illinois College of Medicine student Mahima Goel won a $10,000 award for developing a scalp-cooling system to prevent hair loss in cancer patients.

Close-up photograph of Director Bill Gropp looking off frame to the right while speaking.

NCSA Director Bill Gropp Honored with Prestigious ACM Award

Posted on May 1, 2025October 6, 2025 by Andrew Helregel

The Association for Computing Machinery recognized Gropp for his work on MPICH, a high-performance and portable implementation of the Message Passing Interface.