MacArthur Fellows Program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/MacArthur_Fellows_Program

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:foundation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Genius_Grant gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:award	$800,000 unrestricted grant
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:John_D._and_Catherine_T._MacArthur_Foundation
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria	exceptional creativity promise for important future advances potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work
gptkbp:duration	5 years
gptkbp:eligibility	U.S. residents or citizens no application; candidates are nominated
gptkbp:field	gptkb:architecture gptkb:film gptkb:law gptkb:literature gptkb:medicine gptkb:music gptkb:theatre arts education engineering humanities journalism public service sciences social sciences visual arts community activism
gptkbp:frequency	annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	MacArthur Fellows Program
gptkbp:inception	1981
gptkbp:noObligation	recipients are not required to report or account for use of funds
gptkbp:notableRecipient	gptkb:Ai-jen_Poo gptkb:Alison_Bechdel gptkb:Claudia_Rankine gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace gptkb:Ed_Yong gptkb:Jesmyn_Ward gptkb:John_Ashbery gptkb:Kip_Thorne gptkb:Lin-Manuel_Miranda gptkb:Lydia_Davis gptkb:Maggie_Nelson gptkb:Ta-Nehisi_Coates gptkb:Bill_T._Jones gptkb:Majora_Carter gptkb:Paul_Farmer gptkb:Regina_Carter gptkb:Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo gptkb:Deborah_Estrin gptkb:Sarah_Deer
gptkbp:purpose	to support creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world
gptkbp:recipient	20-30 per year
gptkbp:selectionProcess	anonymous nominations and selection committee
gptkbp:website	https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_MacArthur_Foundation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6