MacArthur Fellowship

This national fellowship, often referred to as a “genius grant,” was established in 1981 and is given annually to those who “show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work.”

• 2020 Monika Schleier-Smith, Physics
• 2020 Forrest Stuart, Sociology
• 2017 Emmanuel Candès, Statistics
• 2014 Jennifer Eberhardt, Psychology
• 2006 Lisa Curran, Anthropology
• 2005 Todd J. Martinez, Chemistry, Photon Science, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
• 2002 Dan Jurafsky, Linguistics
• 1999 Eva Silverstein, Physics, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
• 1999 Carolyn Bertozzi, Chemistry
• 1998 Avner Greif, Economics
• 1996 Anna Deavere Smith, Drama
• 1996 Barbara Block, Biological Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station
• 1995 Richard White, History
• 1994 Adrienne Rich, English
• 1992 Sharon Long, Biological Sciences
• 1991 David Donoho, Statistics
• 1991 Arnold Rampersad, English
• 1990 Paul Ehrlich, Biological Sciences
• 1987 Robert Sapolsky, Biological Sciences
• 1987 Stephen Shenker, Physics
• 1984 Sidney Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
• 1984 Shirley Brice Heath,* English and Linguistics
• 1983 William Durham,* Anthropology
• 1983 Bradley Efron, Statistics
• 1983 Richard Schoen,* Mathematics
• 1982 Persi Diaconis, Statistics and Mathematics
• 1981 Douglas Osheroff,* Physics

*Emeritus