About the award

• The McDermott Award The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT recognizes rising, innovative talents and offers its recipient an $80,000 cash prize...   Read more »
• The Council for the Arts at MIT The Council for the Arts is an international volunteer group of alumni and friends established to support the visual, literary, an...   Read more »
• Eugene McDermott The Award honors Eugene McDermott (1899-1973), cofounder of Texas Instruments and long-time friend and benefactor of MIT. The Euge...   Read more »
• The Arts at MIT The professional practice and teaching of art is particularly well suited to MIT’s educational and research culture. Arts at MIT...   Read more »