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Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Theory)

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$5Kbudget
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Description

Annual $5,000 prize for theoretical 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.' Two Feynman Prize recipients later won Nobel Prizes: David Baker (2004 Feynman → 2024 Chemistry Nobel) and J. Fraser Stoddart (2007 Feynman → 2016 Chemistry Nobel).

Notes

Awarded since 1993. Originally a single biennial prize; split into Theory and Experiment categories in 1997.

Grants Awarded

29Total: $145K
GrantRecipientAmountDateStatus
Feynman Prize 2018 — TheoryAnatole von Lilienfeld$5KMay 2018
Feynman Prize 2007 — TheoryDavid A. Leigh$5KOct 2007
Feynman Prize 2023 — TheoryAlexandre Tkatchenko$5KDec 2023
Feynman Prize 2000 — TheoryUzi Landman$5KNov 2000
Feynman Prize 2017 — TheoryGiovanni Zocchi$5KOct 2017
Feynman Prize 2011 — TheoryRaymond Astumian$5KOct 2011
Feynman Prize 2002 — TheoryDon Brenner$5KOct 2002
Feynman Prize 2021 — TheoryKendall N. Houk$5KOct 2021
Feynman Prize 2022 — TheoryJames R. Chelikowsky$5KOct 2022
Feynman Prize 2020 — TheoryMassimiliano Di Ventra$5KDec 2020
Feynman Prize 2019 — TheoryGiulia Galli$5KOct 2019
Feynman Prize 1998 — TheoryRalph C. Merkle, Stephen Walch$5KNov 1998
Feynman Prize 1997 — TheoryCharles Bauschlicher, Stephen Barnard, Creon Levit, Glenn Deardorff, Al Globus, Jie Han, Richard Jaffe, Alessandra Ricca, Marzio Rosi, Deepak Srivastava, H. Thuemmel$5KNov 1997
Feynman Prize 2016 — TheoryBartosz A. Grzybowski$5KOct 2016
Feynman Prize 1999 — TheoryWilliam A. Goddard III, Tahir Cagin, Yue Qi$5KOct 1999
Feynman Prize 2004 — TheoryDavid Baker, Brian Kuhlman$5KOct 2004
Feynman Prize 2014 — TheoryAmanda S. Barnard$5KNov 2014
Feynman Prize 2006 — TheoryErik Winfree, Paul W.K. Rothemund$5KOct 2006
Feynman Prize 2008 — TheoryGeorge C. Schatz$5KDec 2008
Feynman Prize 2003 — TheoryMarvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie$5KOct 2003
Feynman Prize 2009 — TheoryRobert A. Freitas Jr.$5KOct 2009
Feynman Prize 2024 — TheoryKlaus-Robert Muller$5KDec 2024
Feynman Prize 2010 — TheoryGustavo E. Scuseria$5KDec 2010
Feynman Prize 2005 — TheoryChristian Joachim$5KNov 2005
Feynman Prize 2015 — TheoryMarkus J. Buehler$5KNov 2015
Feynman Prize 2012 — TheoryDavid Soloveichik$5KOct 2012
Feynman Prize 1993 — TheoryCharles Musgrave$5KNov 1993
Feynman Prize 2013 — TheoryDavid N. Beratan$5KOct 2013
Feynman Prize 2001 — TheoryMark A. Ratner$5KNov 2001
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