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FoundationThe 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.
1 History
Dr. John Corbally was the first president of the foundation, serving from 1980 till 1989.
2 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.
3 Current recipients
List of MacArthur Fellows organized by terms of their awards.
3.1 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
3.2 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 GolijovOsvaldo Golijov (born 1960) is an Argentinian composer. He has composed works for the Kronos Quartet. In 2000 Golijov, along with Sofia Gubaidulina, Tan Dun, and Wolfgang Rihm, was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to write a piece, 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
3.3 September 2002 through August 20072007 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Predicted Events January 1 Target date for the admission of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union. March 1 USS Baltimore to be deactivated. March 19 Partial solar eclipse June NASA's M
- Bonnie BasslerBonnie L. Bassler is a molecular biologist at Princeton University. She discovered a mechanism by which bacteria communicate by chemical signalling, known as quorum sensing. In 2002 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. External link Bassler, Bonnie.
- Ann Blair
- Katherine Boo
- Paul GinspargPaul Ginsparg is a physicist widely known for his development of the ArXiv. org e-print archive. Since 2001 he has been a professor at Cornell University. The pre-print archive was developed while he was a member of staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory
- David B. Goldstein
- Karen HesseKaren Hesse (born August 29, 1952) is an author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She has received many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, and the 1998 Newbery medal for her book Out of the Dust''. Hesse, Karen Hesse
- Janine Jagger
- Daniel Jurafsky
- Toba Khedoori
- Liz Lerman
- George LewisGeorge Lewis is the name of more than one person of note. Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), British statesman George Lewis (clarinetist) (1900 1968), New Orleans jazz musician George Lewis (trombonist) (born 1952) George W. Lewis (1882 1948), direct
- Liza Lou
- Edgar MeyerEdgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary bassist. His styles include bluegrass, newgrass, jazz, and classical. Meyer is noted for achieving virtuosity on an instrument usually neglected by exceptionally talented players. His skill has allowed him to perfor
- Jack Miles
- Erik Mueggler
- Sendhil Mullainathan
- Stanley Nelson
- Lee Ann Newsom
- Daniela Rus
- Charles Steidel
- Brian Tucker
- Camilo José Vergara
- Paul Wennberg
- Colson Whitehead
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