Matt Grossmann, director of Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and professor in the Department of Political Science, is one of 26 researchers named to the 2025 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. 

The fellowship comes with a stipend of $200,000 to continue research seeking to understand how and why our society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy.

“I am honored to be included alongside such a great group of scholars as a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow,” said Grossmann. “This fellowship will support my research on enabling policymaking in an age of party polarization and parity.”

Grossmann’s project, a book tentatively titled “Policymaking for Realists: Bipartisan Progress in a Polarized Age,” will argue that the way through our intense polarization is recognizing that our institutions require bipartisanship — not just occasional working coalitions but a broader acknowledgment that both sides are here to stay and have something to offer.

“This award is wonderful recognition of the contribution Professor Grossmann has made — and continues to make — to our understanding of some of the most important questions in the study of U.S. politics today,” said Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz, chair of the Department of Political Science at the College of Social Science.