President's Frontier Awards 2022

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Hopkins at Home and the Office of Alumni Relations, Lifelong Learning

Register below to attend the event in person OR virtually on December 16th at 3PM ET.

The 2022 awardees, Dr. Alexis Battle and Dr. Sarah Hörst, will present their research and how they will use the award to enhance their research endeavors. Join us for this fantastic event honoring the brilliant work of our award recipients, opened by Provost Sunil Kumar with introductions from Christopher Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Larry Nagahara, Vice Dean for Research, Whiting School of Engineering. There will be an opportunity for Q&A after the talk. Denis Wirtz, Vice Provost for Research, will provide closing remarks.

The President's Frontier Award was established with a $2.5 million donation from trustee Louis J. Forster to support exceptional scholars among the Johns Hopkins faculty transforming their fields. Award recipients receive $250,000 to further fund their work. 

Limited in-person spaces available. To watch in person or online, please select either "in-person" or "livestream" option as part of the registration process. A reception with light refreshments will follow the presentations from 4:30PM - 5PM in Garland Hall for those attending the event in person. In person attendees are asked to wear masks.

Real time closed captioning will be available. If you require other accessibility accommodations, please email us at hopkinsathome@jhu.edu.