How do Nobel laureates use bonuses

What the Nobel laureates will do with the $ 1.25 million prize money is always a matter of concern for the media and international opinion.

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When British scientist Paul Nurse won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2001, he decided to extract some bonuses to upgrade his motorbike, according to AFP on October 7.

And scientist Richard Roberts, who with Mr. Nurse won the 2011 Nobel Prize for medicine, spent money making a croquet on the front of his house.

Serge Haroche, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics - (Photo: AFP)

The Australian writer, Elfriede Jelinek, won the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature, saying the prize money helped her 'financial autonomy'.

This year's Nobel season begins on October 7, with the first and last Nobel Prize in Medicine being the Nobel Prize in Economics.

The Nobel Prize winners in 2013 will also have to decide how to spend money, each Nobel prize worth $ 1.25 million.

Mr. Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of Nobel Organization (Sweden), said Nobel laureates do not tend to use shopping bonuses.

'I think spending money depends on many factors such as what country they are from, their personal financial situation .' , said Heikensten.

Get the Nobel prize for real estate investment

However, according to AFP, the majority of Nobel laureates use real estate bonuses, and there are also some who openly announce their bonuses.

The prize of $ 1.25 million sounds a lot but the bonus will be divided equally if more than one person wins a prize.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Wolfgang Ketterle, along with two other colleagues who won the Nobel Prize in 2011, took the investment bonus to buy a house and pay tuition for his children.

'Nearly half of my bonuses have been taxed in the US, so there's not much, " Mr. Ketterle said.

Phillip Sharp, another American scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1993, used his bonus to buy an old 100-year-old house.

'The bonus is not a problem . the important thing that the award brings is recognition' , according to Mr. Sharp.

For new Nobel laureates, they do not have time to think about what bonuses are used, because they are busy with a series of meetings and seminars . in the first year after receiving solution.

'I didn't have time to think about bonuses. I have to attend too many events , 'said Serge Haroche, a scientist who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Muhammad Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics - (Photo: AFP)

Haroche also told the AFP that he intended to use the investment in real estate bonuses, but there was no official decision.

Get bonuses for charity, help the poor

Economist Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics, used the prize money to establish a free eye hospital for the poor and a low-cost food production company for the poor.

Mr. Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, an extremely low-interest bank that helps poor people escape poverty in Bangladesh. This is the idea that helped him win the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics.

The majority of Nobel Peace Prize winners, often politicians, activists, use charity as charity.

For example, US President Barack Obama, won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and the European Union received the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, donated all the bonuses to charities.