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MacArthur Fellows Program

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The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "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]

MacArthur Fellows Program
Sponsored byJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Date1981; 42 years ago (1981)
Websitemacfound.org/programs/fellows

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," but it also says such potential is "based on a track record of significant accomplishments." The current prize is $800,000 paid over five years in quarterly installments. Previously it was $625,000. This figure was increased from $500,000 in 2013 with the release of a review[2] of the MacArthur Fellows Program. Since 1981, 1,111 people have been named MacArthur Fellows,[3] ranging in age from 18 to 82.[4] The award has been called "one of the most significant awards that is truly 'no strings attached'".[5]

The program does not accept applications. Anonymous and confidential nominations are invited by the foundation and reviewed by an anonymous and confidential 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 and award upon receiving a congratulatory phone call. MacArthur Fellow Jim Collins described this experience in an editorial column of The New York Times.[6]

Cecilia Conrad is the managing director leading the MacArthur Fellows Program.[7]

RecipientsEdit

Since the inaugural class of 1981, the program has awarded 1,111 fellowships. Alumni of Harvard University account for 175 fellowships, followed by the alumni of Yale University (93), University of California, Berkeley (75), Princeton University (68), and Columbia University (54). The following ten universities have the most alumni fellows.[3]

Institution Fellows (1981-2022)[3]
Harvard 175
Yale 93
Berkeley 75
Princeton 68
Columbia 54
MIT 48
Stanford 40
Chicago 39
Cornell 37
Oxford (UK) 35

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Robert Penn Warren

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Frank Wilczek

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John Sayles

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Michael H. Freedman

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Jack Horner

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Robert Sapolsky

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Max Roach

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Errol Morris

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Paul Ehrlich

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Taylor Branch

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Stephen Schneider

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Amory Lovins

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Ornette Coleman

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Octavia Butler

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Anna Deavere Smith

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David Foster Wallace

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Tim Berners-Lee

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Alison Des Forges

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Cecilia Muñoz

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Lene Hau

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Colson Whitehead

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Jim Yong Kim

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C. D. Wright

2005Edit

 
Jonathan Lethem

2006Edit

 
Regina Carter

2007Edit

 
Shen Wei

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Regina Benjamin

2009Edit

 
Esther Duflo

2010Edit

 
Annette Gordon Reed

2011Edit

 
Shwetak Patel

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Junot Díaz

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Tarell McCraney

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Alison Bechdel

2015Edit

 
Ta-Nehisi Coates

2016Edit

 
Claudia Rankine

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Jesmyn Ward

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Doris Tsao

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Lynda Barry

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Jacqueline Woodson

2021Edit

 
Daniel Alarcón

2022Edit

 
Moriba Jah


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