Editing Nobel Prize in Physics (section)

=== Award money ===
At the awards ceremony, the laureate is given a document indicating the award sum. The amount of the cash award may differ from year to year, based on the funding available from the [[Nobel Foundation]]. For example, in 2009 the total cash awarded was 10&nbsp;million [[Swedish Krona|Swedish Kronor]] (SEK) (US$1.4&nbsp;million),<ref name="nobelprize2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/ |title=The Nobel Prize Amounts |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720111123/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but in 2012 following the [[Great Recession]], the amount was 8&nbsp;million SEK, or US$1.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/world/europe/nobel-prize-cut/index.html|title=Nobel prize amounts to be cut 20% in 2012|publisher=CNN|date=11 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709002611/http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-11/world/world_europe_nobel-prize-cut_1_nobel-prize-nobel-foundation-alfred-nobel?_s=PM:EUROPE|archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> If there are two laureates in a particular category, the award grant is divided equally between the recipients, but if there are three, the awarding committee may opt to divide the grant equally, or award half to one recipient and a quarter to each of the two others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2009-award|title=Nobel prize for medicine shared by scientists for work on ageing and cancer &#124; Science &#124; guardian.co.uk|newspaper=Guardian|date=5 October 2009|access-date=15 January 2010|location=London|first=Ian|last=Sample|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113060257/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2009-award|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Sample |first=Ian |date=7 October 2008 |title=Three share Nobel prize for physics &#124; Science &#124; guardian.co.uk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/oct/07/physics.nobel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601140728/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/oct/07/physics.nobel |archive-date=1 June 2019 |access-date=10 February 2010 |newspaper=Guardian |location=London, England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Landes |first=David |title=Americans claim Nobel economics prize – The Local |url=http://www.thelocal.se/22604/20091012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120105624/http://www.thelocal.se/22604/20091012/ |archive-date=20 November 2012 |access-date=15 January 2010 |publisher=Thelocal.se}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/press.html |title=The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics – Press Release |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=10 February 2010 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119013135/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/press.html |url-status=live }}</ref>