Hamish Brown receives prestigious Macarthur ‘Genius’ Grant
2024-12-25
Hamish Brown is the latest recipient of the the MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious ‘genius’ grant.
Hamish plans to use this to further his ambitions of global domination.
At the heart of the MacArthur Fellows Program is its aim to identify extraordinarily creative individuals with a track record of excellence in a field of scholarship or area of practice, who demonstrate the ability to impact society in significant and beneficial ways through their pioneering work or the rigor of their contributions.
In keeping with this purpose, the Foundation awards fellowships directly to individuals rather than through institutions. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or individuals in other fields, with or without institutional affiliations.
Previous recipients have included Donald Knuth, David Foster Wallace, and Merce Cunningham.