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The Grawemeyer Awards, presented each year by the University of Louisville in the state of Kentucky...

The Grawemeyer Awards, presented each year by the University of Louisville in the state of Kentucky, United States, are among the world's most prestigious prizes presented to individuals in the fields of education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and psychology. The religion award is presented jointly by the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The initial awards were for $150,000 each, making them among the most lucrative in their respective fields. The Grawemeyer Awards increased to $200,000 each beginning in the year 2000. Since 1985, more than $14 million has been awarded. The first award, Music Composition, was presented in 1985. The award for Ideas Improving World Order was added in 1988 and Education in 1989. In 1990, a fourth award, Religion, was added as a joint prize with the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Psychology was added in 2000; the first award was given in 2001. Notable winners include former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (world order); Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun (music composition); German theologian Jürgen Moltmann (religion); Aaron Beck, considered the founder of