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MacArthur Foundation Names 22 Fellows for 2025, Awards $800,000 Each

The cohort reflects cross-disciplinary work with a marked emphasis on empathy-driven, community-engaged practice, selected through a confidential nomination process.

Fiction writer and MacArthur Fellow Tommy Orange sits for a portrait.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ángel F. Adames Corraliza works on calculations in his office at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Madison, Wis., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
A view of the Marquette Building, which houses the MacArthur Foundation headquarters.
Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson and local resident Justine Stephens, right, stand for portrait in the 6500-block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Overview

  • The 2025 list spans artists, scientists, writers, cartographers, and more, with honorees including Tommy Orange, Matt Black, Garrett Bradley, and Tonika Lewis Johnson.
  • Each fellow receives a no-strings $800,000 fellowship disbursed over five years to support future work.
  • Program director Marlies Carruth noted empathy and deep engagement with communities as a prominent through-line in this year’s selections.
  • Chicago photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson was cited for participatory projects exposing segregation’s impacts in Englewood and plans immediate investments in new equipment.
  • Fellows are anonymously nominated by external peers and vetted by independent committees; recipients do not apply for the award.