Chicago (AP)-a Chicago skyscrapers, the architect of a new New York city children's choir founder and a north Carolina who scientists to study how to prevent and sports related the latest concussion of 22, string, no additional MacArthur foundation "genius subsidy recipients between."
Announced on Tuesday that the headquarters is located in Chicago, the John d. and Catherine t. MacArthur foundation scholarship to $2011 in 500000. The recipient in the very great degree don't know in the annual awards for them, and often visit each other, they learn and the winners out of the blue, notice they will call in the next five years to receive money.
"I was scared, I was crying," said Francis j. nunes, 46 years old, and New York city youth choir founder. Nunes finish what he calls "very difficult" on the meetings of the board of directors, and when he got a phone call number, he didn't recognize that call.
Nunes said: "I got a call from a gentleman". "He tell me tell me to leave and enter a private room. The next thing I know I want to sit on my desk, I began to quiver."
The recipient can spend money, but they like, but many like nunes said, the honor of scholarship, that they concentrate on them in their field, if only to complete their means. And now, they do. His research team of many of the choir program, there are more than 1000 young singer.
"I think I have a chance here and challenges, find out the real great things," he said. Foundation for his lead "shaping the future of children's chorus."
Even if they are called "genius grants," MacArthur foundation President Robert Georgetown university said, the more attractive quality is creativity.
"We hope we give these people a chance, they were not, to pursue their own area or interest, and let this spirit, driving them to finish in the future, Georgetown university said." "We look to the future."
As with previous years, represents a wide range of areas, including the art and science of the recipient list. This year's list includes former U.S. poet laureate, old human rights lawyer, evolutionary genetics, playing jazz percussion, home living cellist and developmental biology home.
The foundation grants for the name on the hundreds of anonymous nomination. Only accept the nomination from anonymous nominations. The recipient often say they don't know who nominated them. Names, then to ten anonymous members of the selection committee. They held the meeting regularly to review the nomination, narrow the list, then make the final advice of the foundation of the board of directors MacArthur.
The recipient of the MacArthur foundation of this year since 1981 850 issued by the genius subsidies.
Jenny just, 47 years old, the architect of the Chicago 82 layer aquatic animals tower and her company, studio, just the green building and sustainable design of a key. MacArthur lead just challenging design "art forms of aesthetic and the possibility of technology." Li gang said, she will put together a subsidy funds plan, in an orderly way to follow it.
"I always try to keep very experimental side and our practice research," has just said. "(group) will feedback to our research, we prototype, our creativity."
The university of north Carolina at chapel hill Kevin Guskiewicz has been made in the research of the relevant to the movement of concussion diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of progress. Guskiewicz says, 45 years old, he hopes to use part of the subsidy funds, formulate plans for athletes and rehabilitation, soldiers suffered a concussion. The fund said Guskiewicz laboratory combination of field survey, in order to further his study.
"He said," it's a bit like piece together a mystery. "We still have a few pieces of the puzzle put in place."
Some of the money can go to MacArthur southeastern Michigan girl to ecological projects. Tiya wanli, 41 years old, started the project, she is from her as a in Ann arbor, Michigan, United States, a professor of history at the university of Michigan work a vacation. The environment "camp business partners guide" plan of the university students and connection city girl, she said.
Miers said: "we've got some small grants, but I don't know how I will fund the project,".
Wan lixing "scholarship focused on slavery in the United States and in the early days of the United States of Africa and the Cherokee in the relationship between history and traditions. The foundation said, miles to" define and reinterpreted we different national history. "Mike myers said, grants, let her the luxury of time to think and reflect on her future.
"I have a lot of plan, I can imagine," she said.




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