MacArthur Foundation Announces Winners of “Genius” Grants

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced the winners of the 2013 “Genius” grants.  The 24 winners will each receive a five-year, $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend, giving each recipient what the San Jose Mercury News calls “unfettered freedom to pursue creativity.”

According to the Mercury News,

This year’s MacArthur recipients are a mix of the little known and world renowned, representing a broad cross section of the arts, economics and science. They range in age from 32 to 60 and work in settings as different as rural Alaska and inner-city Manhattan.

The 24 award recipients are:

• Kyle Abraham, Choreographer and Dancer, New York, NY
• Donald Atrim, Writer, New York, NY
• Phil Baran, Organic Chemist, La Jolla, CA
• C. Kevin Boyce, Paleobotanist, Stanford, CA
• Jeffrey Brenner, Primary Care Physician, Camden, NJ
• Colin Camerer, Behavioral Economist, Pasadena, CA
• Jeremy Denk, Pianist and Writer, New York, NY
• Angela Duckworth, Research Psychologist, Philadelphia, PA
• Craig Fennie, Materials Scientist, Ithaca, NY
• Robin Fleming, Medieval Historian, Chestnut Hill, MA
• Carl Haber, Audio Preservationist, Berkeley, CA
• Vijay Iyer, Jazz Pianist and Composer, New York, NY
• Dina Katabi, Computer Scientist, Cambridge, MA
• Julie Livingston, Public Health Historian and Anthropologist, New Brunswick, NJ
• David Lobell, Agricultural Ecologist, Stanford, CA
• Tarell McCraney, Playwright, Chicago, IL
• Susan Murphy, Statistician, Ann Arbor, MI
• Sheila Nirenberg, Neuroscientist, New York, NY
• Alexei Ratmansky, Choreographer,  New York, NY
• Ana Maria Rey, Atomic Physicist, Boulder, CO
• Karen Russell, Fiction Writer, New York, NY
• Sara Seager, Astrophysicist, Cambridge, MA
• Margaret Stock, Immigration Lawyer, Anchorage, AK, and
• Carrie Mae Weems, Photgrapher and Video Artist, Syracuse, NY.

Congratulations to the award winners.

VEJ