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Nobel Prize in Physics

yearly physics award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel FoundationEst. 1901AnnualAwarded every year
Official WebsiteWikipedia
297
Total Awards
296
Laureates
25
Countries
$1.0M
Prize Amount

Awards by Decade

Top Countries

Top Institutions

1
Independent
25 awards
2
University of Cambridge
18 awards
3
Princeton University
13 awards
4
California Institute o...
12 awards
5
Stanford University
11 awards
6
Harvard University
11 awards
7
Bell Labs
10 awards
8
University of Californ...
9 awards

Recent Laureates

296 laureates · Data complete since 1901
JC
John Clarke
2025
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit
MH
Michel H. Devoret
2025
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit
JM
John M. Martinis
2025
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
2024
JJ
John J. Hopfield
2024
FK
Ferenc Krausz
2023
AL
Anne L'Huillier
2023
PA
Pierre Agostini
2023
AL
Anne L’Huillier
2023
for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter
AZ
Anton Zeilinger
2022

Key Facts

Founded1901
FrequencyAnnual
Prize Amount$1,000,000
FieldPhysics
First Awarded1901
Most Recent2025

External Resources

Official Website
nobelprize.org
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia article
Wikidata
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