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...MacArthur Foundation hopes the Fellows will take their work to a “new level,” a prospect that Wilson said she finds intimidating...
...representative from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation then told her that she was one of this year’s recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship—the ‘genius grants’ that give recipients $500,000 over a five-year period with “no strings attached...
...It’s the individuals, their way of approaching problems, of ignoring everybody else, and of moving forward with whatever they’re doing that’s catching our attention,” said Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows program. “We’re looking for a person we feel is extraordinarily creative in all they do and has enormous potential...
...MacArthur Foundation hopes the Fellows will take their work to a “new level,” a prospect that Wilson said she finds intimidating...
...notes that some fellows (like physician Paul Farmer, 1993) have donated their winnings, while others have shared it with colleagues. History is littered with intellectual giants - think Nietzsche or Van Gogh - whose minds buckled under the weight of their thoughts. But Fanton says the vast majority of MacArthur Fellows are sunny and energetic, propelled by the belief that they can make the world a "better, more interesting, more beautiful" place...