Richard P. Feynman
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2017 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize
Submissions/nominations are due August 1, 2017
Awards will be made at an invitational workshop to be held in September or October of 2017 |
2017 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes for Theoretical and Experimental Molecular Nanotechnology
Two prizes in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded 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. Synonyms include "atomically precise manufacturing" (APM) and "productive nanosystems". Separate prizes will be awarded for theoretical work and for experimental work.
The winners of this year's prizes will be announced by October 2017 and invited to accept the prize at an invitational Foresight workshop titled "Atomic Precision for Healthspan & Longevity" to be held in September or October of 2017. For each Prize, a travel stipend of up to US$1500 will be provided for one winner (or one member of a winning team) to attend the Workshop and accept the Prize.
This prize is given in honor of Richard P. 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."
Relevant Research Areas
Research areas considered relevant to APM (e.g., atomically precise manufacturing, molecular manufacturing, productive nanosystems and molecular machine systems) include but are not limited to:
- artificial molecular machines
- atomically-precise construction
- biomolecular machinery
- computational chemistry and molecular modeling
- mechanosynthesis
- nanomechanical engineering
- nanomanipulation
- natural molecular machines
- scanning probes and nanometrology
- self-assembly
- self-replicating machines
- supramolecular chemistry
- ultra-precision machining
Special consideration will be given to submissions clearly leading toward the construction of productive nanosystems. Applicants wishing further information on the field of the prize are referred to the Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems and the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation (Wiley Interscience, 1992).
Selection Committee for the 2017 Prizes
A committee chaired by a previous Feynman Prize recipient will be asked to select this year's honorees.
Nominations and Submissions
Either submit your own work or nominate a colleague who deserves this prize.
Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes Submission or Nomination Instructions.
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