print email comment close MacArthur Fellows Program Overview URL: http://www.macfound.org/programs/fel/fel_overview.htm Description: Commonly known as the "genius grants," this MacArthur Foundation program "awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction." Fellows have included "scientists, historians, poets and novelists, artists and composers, and people working in public service." Read biographies of current recipients of the grants, and browse lists of fellows back to 1981. Publisher: MacArthur Foundation Library of Congress Subject Headings: Awards MacArthur Fellows Program LII Database Information: Record 4170 created by Jennifer English on 09/28/2004 Last modification on 09/28/2009 Published: 09/28/2004   Republished: 10/01/2009 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4170