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A photojournalist and an investigative reporter are among the 24 MacArthur Fellows awarded $500,000 in "no strings attached" funding over the next five years.
Earlier today, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2009 fellows -- a list that includes photographer Lynsey Addario and Jerry Mitchell, a reporter at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.
Addario, a photojournalist based in Istanbul, was chosen by the...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 28, 2009) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Ted Zoli, HNTB Corporation vice president and technical director, bridges, has been named one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009.
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- 2009 MacArthur Grant Recipients Announced (gothamist.com)
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has handed out its yearly Genius Awards to 24 American geniuses. The 24 individuals are being rewarded for creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future. Only U.S. citizens and residents...read more
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A papermaker, an investigative reporter and a health services innovator are among 24 recipients of MacArthur Foundation genius grants, which give $500,000, "no strings attached," over the next five years to help foster creativity and potential to make important contributions.
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MacArthur Foundation released this year's grant recipients today. I don't know any of them but apparently they are famous because half of them have Wikipedia entries. (In case if you are wondering, no, I do not have one, because I'm not "worthy of notice". Don't even get me...read more
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- News Briefing: MacArthur Foundation Awards 24 'Genius Grants' (feedburner.com)
CHICAGO — John A. Rogers, a University of Illinois professor in material sciences and an world leader in developing "flexible electronics," is among 24 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants."
The 42-year-old Flory-Founder Chair and his team of researchers at the UI have in recent years been working on ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes, electronic eye cameras and stretchable integrated circuits. Their work may...
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24 New MacArthur Fellows Announced
Source: MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2009. The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors. They include an infectious disease physician, an ornithologist, a painter, a photojournalist, a bridge engineer, a climate scientist, an economist, a papermaker, [...]
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- Photos: 24 New MacArthur Fellows Announced (earthtimes.org)
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant-making foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$3 billion since its inception in 1978. It is now one of the ten largest private philanthropies in the U.S. with an endowment of more than $6 billion. The foundation awards approximately $225 million annually in grants and low-interest loans.
Its four major program areas are Global Security and Sustainability, Human and Community Development, General grant-making, and the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as "genius grants." Topics of interest to the Foundation include international peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, population control, reproductive health, human rights, community development, affordable housing, and educational, juvenile justice, and mental health reform, public interest media, including public radio and independent documentary film. The Foundation also gives grants to arts and cultural institutions in the Chicago area.
The MacArthur Fellows Program awards five-year, unrestricted fellowships, "to individuals across all ages and fields (but ONLY to US citizens) who show exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work." The amount of the award is currently $500,000, which is paid over five years, with no strings attached.
The Foundation's President is Jonathan F. Fanton, formerly President of the New School for Social Research. There are also overseas offices in Mexico, India, Nigeria, and Russia.
The Foundation's founder, John D. MacArthur (1897-1978), founded and owned Bankers Life and Casualty and other businesses, as well as considerable property in Florida and New York. His wife Catherine T. MacArthur (1909-1981) held positions in many of these companies and served as a director of the Foundation.
Over its history the Foundation has been in close collaboration with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation; one case in point being the joint establishment in 2000 of The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, to assist higher education institutions in 6 African countries. Another connection is that President Jonathan F. Fanton serves as an Advisory Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant-making foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$3 billion since its inception in 1978. It is now one of the ten largest private philanthropies in the U.S. with an endowment of more than $6 billion. The foundation awards approximately $225 million annually in grants and low-interest loans.
Its four major program areas are Global Security and Sustainability, Human and Community Development, General grant-making, and the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as "genius grants." Topics of interest to the Foundation include international peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, population control, reproductive health, human rights, community development, affordable housing, and educational, juvenile justice, and mental health reform, public interest media, including public radio and independent documentary film. The Foundation also gives grants to arts and cultural institutions in the Chicago area.
The MacArthur Fellows Program awards five-year, unrestricted fellowships, "to individuals across all ages and fields (but ONLY to US citizens) who show exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work." The amount of the award is currently $500,000, which is paid over five years, with no strings attached.
The Foundation's President is Jonathan F. Fanton, formerly President of the New School for Social Research. There are also overseas offices in Mexico, India, Nigeria, and Russia.
The Foundation's founder, John D. MacArthur (1897-1978), founded and owned Bankers Life and Casualty and other businesses, as well as considerable property in Florida and New York. His wife Catherine T. MacArthur (1909-1981) held positions in many of these companies and served as a director of the Foundation.
Over its history the Foundation has been in close collaboration with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation; one case in point being the joint establishment in 2000 of The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, to assist higher education institutions in 6 African countries. Another connection is that President Jonathan F. Fanton serves as an Advisory Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
