This is a Legacy Program that awarded grants in 1999.
The James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowships were awarded to two scientist-scholars in each of five categories:
The intent of the awards was to mark the transition of these pursuits into the 21st century by supporting and encouraging young scientists and scholars whose work will contribute substantially to the development of knowledge and its responsible application in the century to come.
Total number of grants awarded: 10
Total amount funding: $10,000,000 USD
Years active: 1997-1999
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Leonid Kruglyak, Ph.D. HUMAN GENETICS Human Genetics in the Twenty-First Century https://doi.org/10.37717/99-11 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |
| INSERM (Paris, France) Stanislas Dehaene, Ph.D. HUMAN COGNITION The Cognitive Neuroscience of Numeracy: Exploring the cerebral substrate, the development, and the pathologies of number sens https://doi.org/10.37717/99-12 | 1999 $1,000,000 France |
| MRC Human Genetics Unit (Western General Hospital) Wendy A. Bickmore, Ph.D. Putting the Genome on the Map https://doi.org/10.37717/99-10 | 1999 $1,000,000 United Kingdom |
| Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Stefan Rahmstorf, Ph.D. GLOBAL & COMPLEX SYSTEMS Currents of Change https://doi.org/10.37717/99-5 | 1999 $1,000,000 Germany |
| Simon Fraser University Kathleen Akins, Ph.D. HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE More than Mere Colouring: A dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience on the nature of spectral vision https://doi.org/10.37717/99-21 | 1999 $1,000,000 Canada |
| University of Chicago John E. Carlstrom, Ph.D. Taking a Snapshot of the Early Universe https://doi.org/10.37717/99-34 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette Daniel J. Povinelli, Ph.D. HUMAN COGNITION The Minds of Humans and Apes: Alternative Outcomes on an Evolutionary Experiment https://doi.org/10.37717/99-9 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |
| University of Maryland Institute Center for Marine Biotechnology Mercedes Pascual, Ph.D. GLOBAL & COMPLEX SYSTEMS Scales That Matter: Untangling Complexity in Ecological Systems https://doi.org/10.37717/99-8 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keith Wailoo, Ph.D. HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE The Body in Parts: Disease and the biomedical sciences in the 20th century https://doi.org/10.37717/99-7 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |
| University of Washington Christopher W. Stubbs, Ph.D. Looking for Dark Matter through a Gravitational Lens: A Next Generation Microlensing Survey https://doi.org/10.37717/99-22 | 1999 $1,000,000 USA |