The $800,000 no-strings-attached grants are awarded to “extraordinarily” creative people to fund their work over five years.

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Alfred Nobel excluded mathematics from his prizes, likely due to his focus on tangible benefits to mankind, viewing math as ...

Although he dropped out of high school, Ono called on a connection with Stanley to help him get into the University of ...