Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list
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A cartographer, a composer, an archaeologist, a neurobiologist and an astrophysicist are among this year's MacArthur Fellows, one of the most prestigious cash awards given to "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential," according to the MacArthur Foundation. Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.
So how do you get one of these so-called "genius grants"'? You need to be nominated and vetted. It's a selection process that takes "many months and sometimes years," said Marlies Carruth, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program.
MacArthur Fellows might work in vastly different fields but they share certain attributes like creativity, risk-taking, optimism and perseverance. They are "thinkers and doers and dreamers," said Carruth.
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The 2025 MacArthur Fellows are below; quotes about their work are from the MacArthur Foundation:
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is an atmospheric scientist whose research "sheds light on tropical atmospheric dynamics that influence global weather patterns and phenomena such as tr
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