Four New Yorkers Receive $500,000 Grants

winners are notified with a single phone call and the funds come with no strings attached, and are distributed over the course of five years.
Four New Yorkers Receive $500,000 Grants
Dafnis Prieto, 37, a jazz percussionist and composer from New York City, was told that he received the MacArthur Foundation 'genius' grant in a phone call on Sept. 16. Prieto is looking forward to producing a new record and finishing a book on drumming. Courtesy of MacArthur Foundation
Ivan Pentchoukov
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/ABUMRAD1.JPG" alt="Jad Abumrad, 38, a radio host and producer living in New York City, received the prestigious, MacArthur Foundation award of $500,000 on Sept. 20. Abumrad plans to use the funds to take his show, Radiolab, to a new level. (Courtesy of MacArthur Foundation)" title="Jad Abumrad, 38, a radio host and producer living in New York City, received the prestigious, MacArthur Foundation award of $500,000 on Sept. 20. Abumrad plans to use the funds to take his show, Radiolab, to a new level. (Courtesy of MacArthur Foundation)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1797489"/></a>
Jad Abumrad, 38, a radio host and producer living in New York City, received the prestigious, MacArthur Foundation award of $500,000 on Sept. 20. Abumrad plans to use the funds to take his show, Radiolab, to a new level. (Courtesy of MacArthur Foundation)
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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