MacArthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. It is most widely known for its significant support of the Public Broadcasting System and for the MacArthur Fellowship Program, also known as the "genius awards". It was founded by John D. MacArthur.

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History

Dr. John Corbally was the first president of the foundation, serving from 1980 till 1989.

MacArthur Fellowship

Main category: MacArthur Fellows

The MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award issued by the MacArthur Foundation each year, to typically 20 to 40 citizens or residents of the USA, of any age and working in any field, who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work". As of 2002, the monetary award consists of an unrestricted grant of $100,000 per year, issued quarterly for five years.

Current recipients

List of MacArthur Fellows organized by terms of their awards.

October 2004 through September 2009

  • Angela Belcher
  • Gretchen Berland
  • James Carpenter
  • Joseph DeRisi
  • Katherine Gottlieb
  • David Green
  • Aleksandar Hemon
  • Heather Hurst
  • Edward P. Jones
  • John Kamm
  • Daphne Koller
  • Naomi Leonard
  • Tommie Lindsey
  • Rueben Martinez
  • Maria Mavroudi
  • Vamsi Mootha
  • Judy Pfaff
  • Aminah Robinson
  • Reginald Robinson
  • Cheryl Rogowski
  • Amy Smith
  • Julie Theriot
  • C. D. Wright

October 2003 through September 2008

  • Guillermo Algaze, archaeologist
  • James J. Collins, biomedical engineer
  • Lydia Davis, writer
  • Erik Demaine, theoretical computer scientist
  • Corinne Dufka, human rights researcher
  • Peter Gleick, conservation analyst
  • Osvaldo Golijov, composer
  • Deborah Jin, physicist
  • Angela Johnson, writer
  • Tom Joyce, blacksmith
  • Sarah H. Kagan, nurse
  • Ned Kahn, graphic artist
  • Jim Yong Kim, physician
  • Nawal Nour, physician
  • Loren Rieseberg, botanist
  • Amy Rosenzweig, biochemist
  • Pedro A. Sanchez, agronomist
  • Lateefah Simon, women's advocate
  • Peter Sis, illustrator
  • Sarah Sze, sculptor
  • Eve Troutt Powell, historian
  • Anders Winroth, historian
  • Daisy Youngblood, ceramic artist
  • Xiaowei Zhuang, biophysicist

September 2002 through August 2007

October 2001 through September 2006

  • Danielle Allen
  • Andrea Barrett
  • Christopher Chyba
  • Michael Dickinson, biologist/bioengineer
  • Rosanne Haggerty
  • Lene Hau
  • Dave Hickey
  • Stephen Hough
  • Kay Redfield Jamison
  • Sandra Lanham
  • Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
  • Cynthia Moss
  • Dirk Obbink
  • Norman Pace
  • Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Brooks Pate
  • Xiao Qiang
  • Geraldine Seydoux
  • Bright Sheng
  • David Spergel
  • Jean Strouse
  • Julie Su
  • David Wilson (US)

July 2000 through June 2005

  • Susan E. Alcock
  • K. Christopher Beard
  • Lucy Blake
  • Anne Carson
  • Peter Hayes
  • David Isay
  • Alfredo Jaar
  • Ben Katchor
  • Hideo Mabuchi
  • Susan Marshall
  • Samuel Mockbee
  • Cecilia Muñoz
  • Margaret Murnane
  • Laura Otis
  • Lucia Perillo
  • Matthew Rabin
  • Carl Safina
  • Daniel Schrag
  • Susan Sygall
  • Gina Turrigiano
  • Gary Urton
  • Patricia J. Williams
  • Deborah Willis
  • Erik Winfree
  • Horng-Tzer Yau

Past Recipients

1999

1998

1997

  • Luis Alfaro
  • Lee Breur
  • Vija Celmins
  • Eric Charnov
  • Elouise Cobell
  • Peter Galison
  • Mark Harrington
  • Eva Harris
  • Michael Kremer
  • Russel Lande
  • Kerry Marshall
  • Nancy Moran
  • Han Ong
  • Kathleen Ross
  • Pamela Samuelson
  • Susan Stewart
  • Elizabeth Streb
  • Trimpin
  • Louic Wacquant
  • Kara Walker
  • David Foster Wallace
  • Andrew Wiles
  • Brackette Williams

1996

  • James Angel
  • Joaquin Avila
  • Allan Berube
  • Barbara Block
  • Joan Connely
  • Thomas Daniel
  • Martin Eakes
  • Rebecca Goldstein
  • Robert Greenstein
  • Richard Howard
  • John Jesurun
  • Richard Lenski
  • Louis Massiah
  • Vonnie McLoyd
  • Thylias Moss
  • Eiko Otake & Koma Otake
  • Nathan Sieberge
  • Anna D. Smith
  • Dorothy Stoneman
  • William E. Strickland

1995

1994

1993

  • Nancy D. Cartwright
  • Demetrios Christodoulo
  • Maria Crawford
  • Stanley Crouch
  • Nora England
  • Paul Farmer
  • Victoria Foe
  • Ernest Gaines
  • Pedro Greer
  • Thom Gunn
  • Ann Hamilton
  • Sokoni Karanja
  • Ann Lauterbach
  • Stephen Lee
  • Carol Levine
  • Amor Lovins
  • Jane Lubchenco
  • Ruth Lubic
  • Jim Powell
  • Margie Profet
  • Thomas Scanlon
  • Aaron Shirley
  • William Siemering
  • Ellen Silbergeld
  • Leonard van der Kuijp
  • Frank von Hippel
  • John Wideman
  • Heather Williams
  • Marion Williams
  • Robert H. Williams
  • Henry T. Wright

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

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