MacArthur names 20 fellows, awards $800,000 each
The MacArthur Foundation named 20 artists, scientists and scholars to its 2026 fellowship class, each receiving $800,000 in unrestricted support over five years. The honorees include Black creatives and researchers, Illinois scientists Kaiyu Guan and Vincenzo Vitelli, cognitive scientist Felipe De Brigard and forensic anthropologist Kate Spradley, whose work spans the arts, climate and agriculture, memory, and migrant identification.
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About John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is an American private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 117 countries around the world. As of 2025, the MacArthur Foundation has an endowment of $9 billion and provides hundreds of millions of dollars annually in grants and impact investments. Based in Chicago, Illinois, it is one of the 20 largest private foundations in the United States. The foundation has awarded billions of dollars in grants since its first round of giving in 1978.
Everything about John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation →- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois
- Inception
- January 6, 1978, 1970
- Website
- https://www.macfound.org/