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Gaming the Future: The Book!

Foresight Feynman Prizes

The 2016 shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Sir J. Fraser Stoddart for the design and synthesis of molecular machines. This was only 9 years after he received our Feynman Prize in the Experimental category for Nanotechnology and illustrates why we grant the prize: To award early pioneering work which most advances the goal for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems. This prize is given in honor of Richard Feynman who, in 1959, gave a visionary talk at Caltech in which he said “The problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developed — a development which I think cannot be avoided.”

To advance research in Nanotechnology, Foresight Institute sponsors a variety of Prizes, including: 

The Foresight Institute Feynman Grand Prize

The Foresight Institute Feynman Grand Prize For Major Advances In Molecular Nanotechnology was announced in 1996 (see Feynman Grand Prize announcement and article in Update 24). The Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology recognizes recent achievements that contribute to the development of nanotechnology; the Grand Prize will be awarded to recognize a crucial milestone on the road to mature molecular manufacturing technology. Please contact [email protected] for further information or if you think you have met the criteria for the Grand Prize.

 

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory 

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory is awarded for excellence in theory to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the achievement of Feynman’s goal for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems. The prize entails $5000, an invitation to the award ceremony and technical workshop, and public acknowledgment and support.

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Experiment 

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Experiment is awarded for excellence in experimentation to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the achievement of Feynman’s goal for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems. The prize entails $5000, an invitation to the award ceremony and technical workshop, and public acknowledgment and support.

The Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award

The Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award recognizes the College graduate or undergraduate student whose work is considered most notable in advancing the development and understanding of nanotechnology. The prize entails $1000, an invitation to the award ceremony and technical workshop, and public acknowledgment and support.

Nominations: Foresight Feynman Prize & Distinguished Student Award Form

Foresight Prizes Hall of Fame

 

2022 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: James R. Chelikowsky (University of Texas)
  • Experimental: Sergei V. Kalinin (University of Tennessee nanotechnology)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Dr. Emanuele Penocchio

 

2021 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Kendall N. Houk (UCLA)
  • Experimental: Anne-Sophie Duwez (University of Liège)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Yuanning Feng (Northwestern University)

 

2020 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Prof. Massimiliano Di Ventra (University of California)
  • Experimental: Prof. Hao Yan (Arizona State University)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Dr. Liang Feng (Northwestern University)

 

2019 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Prof. Giulia Galli (Argonne National Laboratory, Galli Group in the Pritzker Schoo of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, IL)
  • Experimental: Prof. Lulu Qian, (Qian Lab, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, CA)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Yuxing Yao (Caltech and Harvard)

 

2018 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Prof. Anatole von Lilienfeld (Lilienfeld QM-RCD Lab, University of Basel, Switzerland)
  • Experimental: Andreas Heinrich (IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience), Christopher Lutz (IBM Research)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Qi Li (Carnegie Mellon University, PA)

 

2017 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Giovanni Zoccchi (Zocchi Lab for Molecular Biophysics, UCLA)
  • Experimental: William Shih (Shih Laboratory Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group, Harvard)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Hai Qian (Dartmouth College, NH)

 

2016 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Bartosz A. Grzybowski (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
  • Experimental: Franz J. Giessibl (University of Regensburg, Germany)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Conrad Pfeiffer

 

2015 Foresight Prizes

  • Theoretical: Markus J. Buehler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Experimental: Michelle Y. Simmons FAA (Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow & Director, The University of New South Wales
  • Distinguished Student Award: Chuyang Cheng

 

2014 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Amanda S. Barnard (Australia’s Office of the Chief Executive (OCE), The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO))
  • Feynman Experimental: Joseph W. Lyding (University of Illinois and Beckman Institute)

 

2013 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: Alexander K. Zettl (U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
  • Feynman Theoretical: David N. Beratan (Duke University)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Jonathan C. Barnes

 

2012 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: is the team of Gerhard Meyer, Leo Gross, and Jascha Repp (IBM Research in Zurich; Dr. Repp is now at Regensburg University)
  • Feynman Theoretical: David Soloveichik (University of California, San Francisco)
  • Distinguished Student Award: David Walker

 

2011 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: Leonhard Grill (Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Research School, Germany)
  • Feynman Theoretical: Raymond Astumian (University of Maine, USA)

 

2010 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: Masakazu Aono (MANA Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
  • Feynman Theoretical: Gustavo E. Scuseria (Rice University)

 

2009 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Masayuki Abe (Osaka University), and Oscar Custance (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
  • Feynman Theoretical: Robert A. Freitas Jr. (Institute for Molecular Manufacturing)

 

2008 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: James M. Tour (Rice University)
  • Feynman Theoretical: George C. Schatz (Northwestern University)

 

2007 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: David A. Leigh (University of Edinburgh)
  • Feynman Experimental: J. Fraser Stoddart (University of California – Los Angeles)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Fung Suong Ou
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Robert A. Freitas Jr.

 

2006 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Erik Winfree and Paul W.K. Rothemund (California Institute of Technology)
  • Feynman Experimental: Erik Winfree and Paul W.K. Rothemund (California Institute of Technology)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Berhane Temelso
  • Foresight Communication Prize: John Storrs Hall

 

2005 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Christian Joachim (Center Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
  • Feynman Experimental: Christian Schafmeister (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Christopher Levins
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Rocky Rawstern
  • Foresight Government Prize: Congressman Mike Honda

 

2004 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: David Baker (University of Washington) and Brian Kuhlman (University of North Carolina)
  • Feynman Experimental: Homme Hellinga (Duke University)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Damian Allis
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Howard Lovy

 

2003 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Marvin L. Cohen and Steven G. Louie (University of California at Berkeley)
  • Feynman Experimental: Carlo Montemagno (University of California at Los Angeles)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Ahmet Yildiz
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Tim Harper and Paul Holister

 

2002 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Don Brenner (North Carolina State University)
  • Feynman Experimental: Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Yi Cui
  • Foresight Communication Prize: David Pescovitz

 

2001 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Theoretical: Mark A. Ratner (Northwestern University)
  • FeynmanExperimental: Charles M. Lieber (Harvard University)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Jing Kong
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Ivan Amato

 

2000 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: R. Stanley Williams (HP Labs), Philip Kuekes (HP Labs) and James Heath (UCLA)
  • Feynman Theoretical: Uzi Landman (Georgia Tech)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Christopher Love
  • Foresight Communication Prize: Ron Dagani

 

1999 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: Phaedon Avouris (IBM)
  • Feynman Theoretical: William A. Goddard III, Dr. Tahir Cagin, and Ms. Yue Qi, (Caltech)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Anita Goel

 

1998 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: M. Reza Ghadiri (Scripps Research Institute)
  • Feynman Theoretical: Ralph C. Merkle (Zyvex, LLC), Stephen Walch (ELORET NASA Ames)
  • Distinguished Student Award: Fotis Nifiatis

 

1997 Foresight Prizes

  • Feynman Experimental: James K. Gimzewski (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory), Reto Schlittler (IBM), Christian Joachim (CEMES-CNRS)
  • Feynman Theoretical: NASA Ames, MRJ Team—Charles Bauschlicher, Stephen Barnard, Creon Levit, Glenn Deardorff, Al Globus, Jie Han, Richard Jaffe, Alessandra Ricca, Marzio Rosi, Deepak Srivastava, H. Thuemmel
  • Distinguished Student Award: Phil Collins

1995 Foresight Feynman Prize: Nadrian C. Seeman (New York University)

1993 Foresight Feynman Prize: Charles Musgrave (Caltech)

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