Online Nominations for 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize

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NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2013 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    Three winners of the Physics Frontiers Prize will be announced this

November and become nominees for the 2014 $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize

    The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces today the opening of

online nomination website for its 2014 prizes. The rules and nomination form

are available to the public at http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org. Anyone

can nominate a candidate online and all submissions must be completed by a

third party.

    Nominations will be accepted through October 15, 2013.

    The Foundation's Selection Committee, which is composed of prior recipients

of the Fundamental Physics Prize, will choose three winners of the Physics

Frontiers Prize from among the nominees, and up to three winners of the New

Horizons in Physics Prize. Those winners will be announced in November 2013.

    The following scientists comprise the Selection Committee for the 2014

prizes:

    - Nima Arkani-Hamed

    - Lyn Evans

    - Fabiola Gianotti

    - Alan Guth

    - Stephen Hawking

    - Joseph Incandela

    - Alexei Kitaev

    - Maxim Kontsevich

    - Andrei Linde

    - Juan Maldacena

    - Alexander Polyakov

    - Nathan Seiberg

    - Ashoke Sen

    - Edward Witten

    The ultimate winner of the 2014 $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize will

be chosen from the three Physics Frontiers Prize laureates. The remaining

Physics Frontiers Prize laureates will receive a prize of $300,000 and will

automatically be re-nominated for the Fundamental Physics Prize each year for

the next 5 years.

    All prizes will be awarded for achievements in the field of fundamental

physics, with special attention to recent developments. The Fundamental Physics

Prize and the Physics Frontiers Prize recognize transformative advances in the

field, while the New Horizons in Physics Prize is targeted at promising junior

researchers and is worth $100,000.

    About the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation

    The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation

established by the Milner Foundation and dedicated to advancing our knowledge

of the Universe at the deepest level by awarding annual prizes for scientific

breakthroughs, as well as communicating the excitement of fundamental physics

to the public. According to the Foundation's rules, laureates of all prizes are

chosen by a Selection Committee, which is comprised of prior recipients of the

Fundamental Physics Prize.

    Information on the Fundamental Physics Prize is available at:

http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org

    For additional inquiries, contact:

    Leonid Solovyev

    - Media@fundamentalphysicsprize.org

    - +44-7590-976-334

    SOURCE: Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation