The 2017 Nobel Prize raises the bonus to over $ 1 million

The Nobel Foundation said that the winners this year will receive a sum of money worth more than $ 1 million, an increase of about $ 120,000 more than in 2016.

'The Board of Directors of the Nobel Foundation decided at a meeting on September 14 that the prize money for each Nobel Prize in 2017 will be SEK 9 million (Switzerland's krona currency symbol, about 1.1 million USD ' , AFP cited the announcement of a private fund based in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 25.

Thus, the bonus value of this prestigious award will increase by 1 million SEK (about 120,000 USD) compared to the previous 5 years. In 2012, the fund decided to reduce the 20% bonus from SEK 10 million (applied from 2001) to 8 million SEK to balance the long-term budget.

'Although there is a need to continue activities to strengthen the fund's long-term financial resources, the situation is now considered stable,' said the Nobel Foundation.

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Writer, singer, songwriter Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

Nobel is an international award that has been awarded annually since 1901 to individuals who have achieved achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace.

This prestigious award was established according to the will of the scientific genius of the Swedishman Alfred Nobel (1833-1896). Alfred spent 94% of the property value, SEK 31 million (more than 3.8 million USD) and took interest annually to create 5 Nobel Prizes for 'those who, during the year the prize will be awarded, have brought benefits. Best for humans'.

The statement was made a week before the announcement of the Nobel Prize in 2017 officially began.

As usual, the Nobel Prize in Medicine will be the first prize to be awarded in the year, on October 2 - remembering Alfred Nobel's death. Next is the prize for Physics, Chemistry and Economics.

The Nobel Peace Prize will be revealed on October 6. There is still no date for the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

In 2016, the Nobel Prize categories were in turn:

  1. The Nobel Prize in Medicine belongs to 71-year-old Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi because he failed to break down the way cells degrade and regenerate;
  2. Nobel Physics awarded to British trio of scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for the application of topology theory in physics to explain the abnormal state of matter;
  3. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry also belongs to the other three scholars Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa on the design and synthesis of micro machines to molecular sizes;
  4. The Nobel Peace Prize named Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to bring peace to the country for decades;
  5. Nobel Economics was awarded to Oliver Hart (England) and Bengt Holmstrom (USA) for their research on Contract Theory;
  6. The surprising Nobel literature for writers, songwriter and songwriter Bob Dylan for his discoveries about poetry expression in the great American musical tradition.