OUR IMPACT
100%: the odds that work by a Hertz Fellow has touched your life
If you’ve ever marveled at photos from the farthest reaches of the universe, asked AI for help, or made a secure transaction online, a Hertz Fellow helped make that happen. From space exploration to cancer treatment, national security to climate solutions, name a challenge and there’s a Hertz Fellow working on it today.
Discovering
The Hertz Foundation has supported groundbreaking research and bold thinkers for more than 60 years. From the moment a Hertz Fellowship is awarded, it changes the trajectory of a life—and often, the course of science itself. Freed from financial constraints and emboldened to take risks, Hertz Fellows pursue ideas that shape entire industries and define new fields of study.
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The influence of our community extends far beyond graduate studies. Hertz Fellows go on to lead at the highest levels—commanding military units, running national laboratories, and serving as university presidents. Others are reshaping the private sector, building everything from secure data systems to life-saving medical platforms.
Leadership stories
Partnering
Hertz Fellows’ work earns the world’s highest honors, drives discovery, and informs policy. This impact is further highlighted by the caliber of our partners—global foundations, research institutions, and pioneering companies—who recognize that Hertz Fellows don’t just solve problems; they redefine what’s possible.
Our partnersExplore the fields where Fellows are driving change.
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FEATURED IMPACT STORIES
See how Hertz Fellows and their partners are solving global challenges in science, medicine, energy, and beyond.
Advising two American Presidents
William Press
1969 Hertz Fellow
Applications of Black-Hole Perturbation Techniques
Helping high schoolers win the math Olympics, four times
Po-Shen Loh
2004 Hertz Fellow
Results in Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics
A Simple Test for Fake Drugs
Marya Lieberman
1989 Hertz Fellow
Artificial Three-Helix Bundle Proteins
Revolutionizing Imaging at the Nano-Scale
Christopher Own
2001 Hertz Fellow
System Design and Verification of the Precession Electron Diffraction Technique
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