Award Description
The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and based on the fortune of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor and entrepreneur. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a cash award. A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called a Nobel Prize laureate.
Award Category
Highly Prestigious
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Award Recipients
1996: Richard E. Smalley and Robert F. Curl Jr. '54, Chemistry