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The most prestigious scientific awards in the world are the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.

All three of these Nobel Prizes have been presented since 1901, with the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet. (The Nobel Prize web site is accessible at http://nobelprize.org.)

Going back to the earliest days of the Manhattan Project, the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies have blended cutting-edge research and innovative problem-solving to keep the United States in the forefront of scientific discovery for decades.

As testimony to the high quality and impact of the research DOE underwrites, the Department of Energy has sponsored 48 Nobel Laureates since DOE's inception in 1977 - and a total of 88 Nobel Laureates since 1934 (associated with DOE and its predecessor agencies). (These Nobel Prize-winning scientists were recognized for work conducted while they were employed by DOE or predecessor agencies; for work conducted using DOE laboratory facilities; or because a national laboratory or a DOE program office provided long-standing and significant support for their other research efforts.)

The complete roster of 88 DOE Nobel Prize winners, their biographies and photos is available at
http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/nobel.html.

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A list of the 48 DOE-supported and/or -affiliated Nobel Prize winners since 1977 is provided below.

Year

Field

Name

University

Industry

DOE-SC

DOE Other

2008 Chemistry Tsien, Roger Y. University of California, San Diego
   Brookhaven Nat. Lab; Biological and Environmental Research program  
2008 Physics Nambu, Yoichiro Enrico Fermi Institute,
University of Chicago
     Atomic Energy Commission
2007 Physics Grünberg,
Peter		 Forschungsze-
ntrum Jülich		   Argonne National Laboratory  
2006 Chemistry Kornberg, Roger D. Stanford University   Stanford
Linear
Accelerator
Center
2006 Physics Smoot,
George F.		 U. of California, Berekeley   Lawrence Berkeley
Nat. Lab;
High Energy
Physics program 		1994 E.O. Lawrence Award
2005 Chemistry Grubbs, Robert H. California Institute of Technology   Basic Energy Sciences program
 		 
2005 Chemistry Schrock, Richard R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Basic Energy Sciences program
 		 
2004 Physics Politzer, H. David California
Institute of Technology		   High Energy
Physics program
 		 
2004 Physics Wilczek, Frank Massachusetts Institute of Technology   High Energy
Physics program
 		 
2003 Chemistry MacKinnon, Roderick Rockefeller University   Brookhaven Nat. Lab  
2003 Physiology or Medicine Sir Mansfield, Peter U. of Nottingham   Basic Energy Sciences program  
2003 Physics Abrikosov, Alexei A. Institute for Physical Problems   Argonne Nat. Lab  
2002 Physics Davis, Raymond Jr U. of Pennsylvania   Brookhaven Nat. Lab
1999 Physics Veltman, Mar tinus U. of Utrecht, Netherlands/U. of Michigan   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1999 Chemistry Zewail, Ahmed H. California Institute of Technology
 		    1998 E.O. Lawrence Award
1998 Physics Laughlin, Robert Stanford University Bell Laboratories Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab  
1997 Chemistry Boyer, Paul U. of California-Los Angeles   Basic Energy Science and Biological and Environmental Research programs  
1997 Physics Chu, Steven Stanford University Bell Laboratories Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  
1996 Physics Osheroff, Douglas D. Cornell University Stanford University   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1996 Physics Lee, David Cornell University   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1996 Chemistry Smalley, Richard E. Rice University   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1996 Chemistry Curl, Robert F. Rice University   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1995 Chemistry Rowland, F. Sherwood U. of California, Irvine   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1995 Chemistry Molina, Mario Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1995 Physics Perl, Martin L. Stanford University   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1995 Physics Reines, Frederick U. of California, Irvine     Hanford Site Los Alamos National Laboratory
1994 Physics Shull, Clifford G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Basic Energy Sciences program Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1993 Physics Hulse, Russell A. Princeton University U. of Massachusetts   Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory  
1992 Chemistry Marcus, Rudolph California Institute of Technology      
1990 Physics Friedman, Jerome Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1990 Physics Kendall, Henry Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1990 Physics Taylor, Richard Stanford University   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1989 Physics Ramsey, Norman Harvard University   Brookhaven National Laboratory Atomic Energy Commission
1988 Physics Lederman, Leon Columbia University   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1988 Physics Schwartz, Melvin Columbia University   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1988 Physics Steinberger, Jack Columbia University   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1987 Chemistry Cram, Donald U. of California, Los Angeles   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1986 Chemistry Lee, Yuan T. U. of California, Berkeley   Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  
1986 Chemistry Herschbach, Dudley Harvard University   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1983 Chemistry Taube, Henry U. of California, Berkeley Stanford University   Basic Energy Sciences program  
1983 Medicine McClintock, Barbara   Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1983 Physics Fowler, William A California Institute of Technology      
1982 Physics Wilson, Kenneth G. Cornell University   Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1980 Physics Fitch, Val L. Princeton University   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1980 Physics Cronin, James U. of Chicago   Brookhaven National Laboratory  
1979 Physics Weinberg, Steven Massachusetts Institute of Technology   High Energy and Nuclear Physics program  
1979 Physics Glashow, Sheldon L. Harvard University Lyman Laboratory Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  
1979 Medicine Cormack, Allan Tufts University      

 
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