The Grawemeyer Awards () are five awards given annually by the

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. The prizes are presented to individuals in the fields of education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

. The religion award is presented jointly by the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Initially, the awards came with a bonus of

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150,000 each, making them among the most lucrative in their respective fields. This cash prize increased to $200,000 beginning in 2000 but the award amount dropped to $100,000 in 2011 after the fund for the prize lost money due to a drop in the stock market. In 2015 a special award, the Spirit Award, created for the award's thirtieth anniversary, was presented to former boxer

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. Some of the most notable winners include former Soviet President

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(world order); Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun (music composition); German theologian Jürgen Moltmann (religion);

Aaron Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

, considered the founder of cognitive therapy (psychology); and former Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University President

William G. Bowen William Gordon Bowen (; October 6, 1933October 20, 2016) was an American academic who served as the president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, serving as its president from 1988 to 2006. From 1972 until 1988, he was the president of ...

and former Harvard University President

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(education).

Recipients

Education

Improving world order

Music composition

Psychology

Religion

Spirit Award

References

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