MacArthur Fellowship

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award fellowship grant

The MacArthur Fellowship is a prestigious U.S. grant, often called the “genius grant,” awarded to exceptionally creative individuals in various fields to support their future work.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
MacArthur Fellowship canonical 126
MacArthur Fellows Program 3
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf award ⓘ
fellowship ⓘ
grant ⓘ
administeredBy MacArthur Fellowship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MacArthur Fellows Program
alsoKnownAs MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
surface form: MacArthur Genius Grant

genius grant ⓘ
awardedFor exceptional creativity ⓘ
potential for creative work ⓘ
promise for important future advances ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currency USD ⓘ
eligibility U.S. citizens or residents and some non-U.S. residents ⓘ
candidates must be nominated ⓘ
individuals only ⓘ
no application process ⓘ
field arts ⓘ
community-based work ⓘ
humanities ⓘ
public interest work ⓘ
sciences ⓘ
social sciences ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
grantDuration 5 years ⓘ
hasCategory American awards ⓘ
arts awards ⓘ
fellowships ⓘ
science and technology awards ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1981 ⓘ
isPrestigious true ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
monetaryValue 625000 US dollars ⓘ
namedAfter Catherine T. MacArthur ⓘ
John D. MacArthur ⓘ
notableFeature no reporting requirements on use of funds ⓘ
supports recipients’ creative freedom ⓘ
unrestricted grant ⓘ
paymentStructure paid in equal quarterly installments over five years ⓘ
purpose to enable recipients to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations ⓘ
selectionCriteria exceptional creativity ⓘ
potential for future achievements ⓘ
track record of significant accomplishment ⓘ
selectionProcess MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors approval ⓘ
anonymous nominators ⓘ
independent selection committee ⓘ
sponsor John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ⓘ
typicalNumberOfRecipientsPerYear 20 to 30 ⓘ
website https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows ⓘ

Referenced by (138)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McClintock → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
subject surface form: Barbara McClintock
James Randi → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Paul Farmer → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Paul R. Ehrlich → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
John Harbison → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Lin-Manuel Miranda → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Alison Bechdel → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Ta-Nehisi Coates → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation → knownFor → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur Fellows Program
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation → hasProgram → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur Fellows Program
MacArthur Fellowship → alsoKnownAs → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur Genius Grant
MacArthur Fellowship → administeredBy → MacArthur Fellowship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur Fellows Program
Chris Thile → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Max Roach → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Leda Cosmides → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Persi Diaconis → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Jason Moran → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Iowa Writers' Workshop → hasAlumniWhoWon → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Randall James Hamilton Zwinge → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Lene Vestergaard Hau → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Karen Uhlenbeck → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Lynn Nottage → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Bob Moses → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Terence Tao → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Eric A. Cornell → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Harold Bloom → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Daphne Koller → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Jessie Little Doe Baird → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Jessie Little Doe Baird → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur “Genius Grant”
Kara Walker → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
David Foster Wallace → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Ingrid Daubechies → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Jonathan Lethem → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Henry Louis Gates Jr. → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Jesmyn Ward → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Adrienne Rich → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Ishmael Reed → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Claudia Rankine → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Stuart L. Schreiber → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Phil S. Baran → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Daniel H. Janzen → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Lester R. Brown → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Hope Jahren → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Amory B. Lovins → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Angela Duckworth → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Angela Duckworth → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
this entity surface form: MacArthur Genius Grant
Richard Rorty → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Stephen Jay Gould → awardReceived → MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ