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MacArthur Fellow Program The awards – commonly known as “genius” grants – award winners $800,000, paid over five years by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Unconditional grants are awarded to creative people in various fields.
According to the foundation, scholars are selected for the following purposes:
- Extraordinary creativity.
- Promising significant advances in the future, building on a history of significant achievements.
- The scholarship’s potential to facilitate subsequent creative work.
[ This year’s MacArthur Foundation fellowships, those so-called ‘genius grants,’ are announced ]
Source: MacArthur Foundation