Lifestyle | innovation Scientists, Artists Dominate MacArthur 'Genius' Grants 25 innovators receive this year's $500 prizes By Matt Cantor Posted Sep 23, 2008 2:29 PM CDT Copied A relief print created by rubber bands, top, by New York artist Tara Donovan is seen on display in the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Wednesday, June 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) Of the 25 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius award," 13 are scientists and eight are artists, the New York Times reports. This year, they are “people working on the very edge of discovery and people at the edge of a new synthesis,” says the foundation’s president. Among the winners: Tara Donovan, sculptor of drinking straws and paper clips Alex Ross, New Yorker music critic Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian novelist Andrea Ghez, telescope designer Mary A. Jackson, grass sculptor Regina M. Benjamin, family doctor in rural Alabama Wafaa El-Sadr, AIDS researcher Jennifer Tipton, lighting designer For the full list, click the link below. Read These Next Republican Van Epps wins special House election in Tennessee. Putin is in a fighting mood ahead of peace talks. San Francisco isn't messing around on ultra-processed foods. Another Netflix change has left users torqued. Report an error