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==Prizes==
{{main|Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology}}
The [[Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology]] is an award given by the Foresight Institute for significant advances in [[nanotechnology]]. Between 1993 and 1997, one prize was given biennially. Since 1997, two prizes have been given each year, divided into the categories of theory and experimentation.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Marcovich|first1=Anne|last2=Shinn|first2=Terry|date=December 1, 2010|title=Socio/intellectual patterns in nanoscale research: Feynman Nanotechnology Prize laureates, 1993–2007|journal=Social Science Information|volume=49|issue=4|pages=615–638|doi=10.1177/0539018410377581|s2cid=145573876}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation|title=Feynman Prize: Dr Amanda Barnard|date=2015-04-30|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/feynman-prize3a-dr-amanda-barnard/6432694|publisher=ABC (Australia)|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/a-quantum-leap|title=Michelle Simmons: a quantum queen|last=Finkel|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-09-26|website=Cosmos Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121740/https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/a-quantum-leap|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Heinze|first1=Thomas|last2=Shapira|first2=Philip|last3=Senker|first3=Jacqueline|last4=Kuhlmann|first4=Stefan|date=2007-01-01|title=Identifying creative research accomplishments: Methodology and results for nanotechnology and human genetics|journal=Scientometrics|language=en|volume=70|issue=1|pages=125–152|doi=10.1007/s11192-007-0108-6|issn=0138-9130|hdl=10419/28525|s2cid=10150814|url=https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/28525/1/522399991.pdf|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The prize is named in honor of physicist [[Richard Feynman]], whose 1959 talk "[[There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom]]" is considered to have inspired and informed the start of the field of nanotechnology.<ref name=":3" />  Author Colin Milburn refers to the prize as an example of "fetishizing" its namesake Feynman, due to his "prestige as a scientist and his fame among the broader public."<ref name="milburn" />

The Foresight Institute also offers the Feynman Grand Prize, a $250,000 award to the first persons to create both a nanoscale robotic arm capable of precise positional control and a nanoscale 8-bit adder, with both conditions conforming to given specifications. The Feynman Grand Prize is intended to emulate historical prizes such as the [[Longitude prize]], [[Orteig Prize]], [[Kremer prize]], [[Ansari X Prize]], and [[There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom#Challenges|two prizes]] that were offered by Richard Feynman personally as challenges during his 1959 "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" talk.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://electroiq.com/blog/2004/10/diamandis-to-chair-feynman-grand-prize-committee/|title=Diamandis to chair Feynman Grand Prize committee {{!}} Solid State Technology|website=electroiq.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nicolau|first1=D.E.|last2=Phillimore|first2=J.|last3=Cross|first3=R.|last4=Nicolau|first4=D.V|date=July 2000|title=Nanotechnology at the crossroads: the hard or the soft way?|journal=Microelectronics Journal|volume=31|issue=7|pages=611–616|doi=10.1016/s0026-2692(00)00036-7|issn=0026-2692}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Davidian|first=Ken|date=2005|title=Prize Competitions and NASA's Centennial Challenges Program|url=http://sci.esa.int/Conferences/ILC2005/Manuscripts/DavidianK-01-DOC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312034617/http://sci.esa.int/Conferences/ILC2005/Manuscripts/DavidianK-01-DOC.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-12 |url-status=live|journal=International Lunar Conference|access-date=2018-05-18}}</ref> In 2004, [[X-Prize Foundation]] founder [[Peter Diamandis]] was selected to chair the Feynman Grand Prize committee.<ref name=":4" />