MacArthur Fellows Program

For the award in the fields of ecology, see Robert H. MacArthur Award.

The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant" is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.[1]

According to the Foundation's website, "the fellowship is not a reward for past accomplishment, but rather an investment in a person's originality, insight, and potential." The current prize is $625,000 paid over five years in quarterly installments. This figure was increased from $500,000 in 2013 with the release of a review of the MacArthur Fellows Program. As of 2007, the Program has awarded more than $350 million to 756 recipients as young as 18 and as old as 82.[2] The award has been called "one of the most significant awards that is truly 'no strings attached.'"[3]

The Program allows no applications. An anonymous group nominates potential Fellows and recommends them to an anonymous selection committee of about a dozen people. The committee reviews all nominees and recommends recipients to the President and board of directors. Most new Fellows first learn of their nomination upon receiving a congratulatory phone call. MacArthur Fellow Jim Collins described this experience in an editorial column of The New York Times.[4]

Recipients

1981

Robert Penn Warren

1982

William Gaddis

1983

John Sayles

1984

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1985

Marian Wright Edelman

1986

Jack Horner

1987

Robert Sapolsky

1988

Max Roach

1989

Errol Morris

1990

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Paul Ehrlich

1991

Taylor Branch

1992

Stephen Schneider

1993

Amory Lovins

1994

Ornette Coleman

1995

Octavia Butler

1996

Anna Deavere Smith

1997

David Foster Wallace

1998

Tim Berners-Lee

1999

Alison Des Forges

2000

Cecilia Muñoz

2001

Lene Hau

2002

Colson Whitehead

2003

Jim Yong Kim

2004

C. D. Wright

2005

Jonathan Lethem

2006

Regina Carter

2007

Shen Wei

2008

Regina Benjamin

2009

Esther Duflo

2010

David Cromer

2011

Shwetak Patel

2012

Junot Díaz

2013

Karen Russell

2014

Alison Bechdel

2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates

See also

Guggenheim Fellowship

Notes

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  2. Diane Coutu, "Picking Winners", Harvard Business Review, May, 2007
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  4. Jim Collins (September 19, 2005). "It Isn't Easy Being a Genius". The New York Times.
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