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Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Experiment)

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Prize
$5Kbudget
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Description

Annual $5,000 prize for experimental work advancing molecular manufacturing — the construction of atomically-precise products through molecular machine systems. Named after Richard Feynman's 1959 lecture 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom.'

Notes

Awarded since 1997 when the prize split into Theory and Experiment categories.

Grants Awarded

27Total: $135K
GrantRecipientAmountDateStatus
Feynman Prize 2021 — ExperimentAnne-Sophie Duwez$5KOct 2021
Feynman Prize 1998 — ExperimentM. Reza Ghadiri, Fotis Nifiatis$5KNov 1998
Feynman Prize 2008 — ExperimentJames M. Tour$5KDec 2008
Feynman Prize 1999 — ExperimentPhaedon Avouris, Anita Goel$5KOct 1999
Feynman Prize 2001 — ExperimentCharles M. Lieber, Jing Kong$5KNov 2001
Feynman Prize 1997 — ExperimentJames K. Gimzewski, Reto Schlittler, Christian Joachim, Phil Collins$5KNov 1997
Feynman Prize 2013 — ExperimentAlexander K. Zettl$5KOct 2013
Feynman Prize 2007 — ExperimentJ. Fraser Stoddart$5KOct 2007
Feynman Prize 2000 — ExperimentR. Stanley Williams, Philip Kuekes, James Heath, Christopher Love$5KNov 2000
Feynman Prize 2010 — ExperimentMasakazu Aono$5KDec 2010
Feynman Prize 2005 — ExperimentChristian Schafmeister, Christopher Levins$5KNov 2005
Feynman Prize 2009 — ExperimentYoshiaki Sugimoto, Masayuki Abe, Oscar Custance$5KOct 2009
Feynman Prize 2004 — ExperimentHomme Hellinga, Damian Allis$5KOct 2004
Feynman Prize 2015 — ExperimentMichelle Y. Simmons$5KNov 2015
Feynman Prize 2017 — ExperimentWilliam Shih$5KOct 2017
Feynman Prize 2020 — ExperimentHao Yan$5KDec 2020
Feynman Prize 2024 — ExperimentSaw Wai Hla$5KDec 2024
Feynman Prize 2023 — ExperimentJames J. Collins$5KDec 2023
Feynman Prize 2022 — ExperimentSergei V. Kalinin$5KOct 2022
Feynman Prize 2002 — ExperimentChad Mirkin, Yi Cui$5KOct 2002
Feynman Prize 2018 — ExperimentAndreas Heinrich, Christopher Lutz$5KMay 2018
Feynman Prize 2014 — ExperimentJoseph W. Lyding$5KNov 2014
Feynman Prize 2011 — ExperimentLeonhard Grill$5KOct 2011
Feynman Prize 2016 — ExperimentFranz J. Giessibl, Conrad Pfeiffer$5KOct 2016
Feynman Prize 2019 — ExperimentLulu Qian$5KOct 2019
Feynman Prize 2012 — ExperimentGerhard Meyer, Leo Gross, Jascha Repp$5KOct 2012
Feynman Prize 2003 — ExperimentCarlo Montemagno$5KOct 2003
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