Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ; Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Awarded for	Accomplishments in fundamental physics broadly defined
Presented by	Breakthrough Prize Board
Reward(s)	USD$3 million
First award	2012
Website	Official Website

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics is one of the Breakthrough Prizes, awarded by the Breakthrough Prize Board. Initially named Fundamental Physics Prize,^[1] it was founded in July 2012 by Russia-born Israeli entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist Yuri Milner. The prize is awarded to physicists from theoretical, mathematical, or experimental physics that have made transformative contributions to fundamental physics,^[2] and specifically for recent advances.^[3]

Worth USD$3 million, the prize is the most lucrative physics prize in the world^[4]^[5] and is more than twice the amount given to the Nobel Prize awardees.^[6]

Unlike the annual Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Special Breakthrough Prize may be awarded at any time for outstanding achievements, while the prize money is still USD$3 million.^[7]

Physics Frontiers Prize has only been awarded for two years. Laureates are automatically nominated for next year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. If they are not awarded the prize the next year, they will each receive USD$300,000 and be automatically nominated for the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in the next five years.^[8]

^ "New annual US$3 million Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field" (Press release). Breakthrough Prize. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "Fundamental Physics". Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Sample, Ian (July 31, 2012). "Biggest science prize takes web tycoon from social networks to string theory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
^ "9 Scientists Receive a New Physics Prize". The New York Times. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
^ Ghosh, Pallab (September 6, 2018). "Bell Burnell: Physics star gives away £2.3m prize". BBC. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "9 Scientists Receive a New Physics Prize". The New York Times. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
^ "Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics Awarded For Detection Of Gravitational Waves 100 Years After Albert Einstein Predicted Their Existence" (Press release). Breakthrough Prize. May 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
^ "Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces Physics Frontiers and New Horizons in Physics prizes along with two special prizes" (Press release). CERN. December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

[1] "New annual US$3 million Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field" (Press release). Breakthrough Prize. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[2] "Fundamental Physics". Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

[3] Sample, Ian (July 31, 2012). "Biggest science prize takes web tycoon from social networks to string theory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[4] "9 Scientists Receive a New Physics Prize". The New York Times. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.

[5] Ghosh, Pallab (September 6, 2018). "Bell Burnell: Physics star gives away £2.3m prize". BBC. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[6] "9 Scientists Receive a New Physics Prize". The New York Times. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.

[7] "Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics Awarded For Detection Of Gravitational Waves 100 Years After Albert Einstein Predicted Their Existence" (Press release). Breakthrough Prize. May 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

[8] "Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces Physics Frontiers and New Horizons in Physics prizes along with two special prizes" (Press release). CERN. December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

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