Nobel Foundation
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The '''Nobel Foundation''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Nobelstiftelsen'') is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the [[Nobel Prizes]].<ref>
{{cite web
| first = Birgitta
| last = Lemmel
| title = The Nobel Foundation: A Century of Growth and Change
| publisher = Nobel Foundation
| date = [[2007-06-29]]
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/history/lemmel/index.html
| accessdate = 2007-10-30
}}</ref> The Foundation is based on the last will of [[Alfred Nobel]], the inventor of [[dynamite]].<ref name=NF>
{{cite web
| title = The Nobel Foundation
| publisher = Nobel Foundation
| date = [[2007-09-24]]
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/index.html
| accessdate = 2007-10-28
| quote = The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel. The Foundation manages the assets made available through the will for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace. It represents the Nobel Institutions externally and administers informational activities and arrangements surrounding the presentation of the Nobel Prize.
}}</ref> It also holds Nobel Symposia on important breakthroughs in science and topics of cultural or social significance.
== Nobel Symposia ==
In 1965, the Foundation initiated the Nobel Symposia, a program that holds symposia "devoted to areas of science where breakthroughs are occurring or deal with other topics of primary cultural or social significance."<ref name="nobelSymposia">
{{cite web
| title = Nobel Symposia
| publisher = Nobel Foundation
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/index.html
| accessdate = 2007-10-28
}}</ref> The symposia has covered topics such as [[prostaglandin]]s, [[chemical kinetics]], [[diabetes mellitus]], [[string theory]], [[cosmology]], and the [[Cold War]] in the 1980s.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Complete List of Nobel Symposia from 1965 - present
| publisher = Nobel Foundation
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/complete-list.html
| accessdate = 2007-10-30
}}</ref> The Nobel Symposium Committee consists of members from the Nobel Committees in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine; the Prize Committee for Economics; the [[Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation]]; and the [[Wallenberg Foundation]].<ref name="nobelSymposia" />
== Michael Nobel Energy Award ==
In 2007 Dr. [[Michael Nobel]], a great grand nephew of [[Alfred Nobel]], attempted to start a prize called the ''Michael Nobel Energy Award'' that would award innovations in alternative energy technology.<ref>{{cite news | first = Philip| last = Nobel| title = Michael Nobel Energy Award| publisher = [http://www.prbuzz.com PRBuzz.com]| date = [[2007-10-09]]| url = http://www.prbuzz.com/michael-nobel-energy-award-9423.html| accessdate = 2007-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Philip| last = Nobel| title = Statement from the Nobel Charitable Trust Foundation regarding the Michael Nobel Energy Award| publisher = [http://www.i-newswire.com I-Newswire.com]| date = [[2007-10-09]]| url = http://www.i-newswire.com/pr125464.html| accessdate = 2007-10-18}}</ref> The plan was announced at [[nanoTX]] 07. The Nobel Foundation quickly reacted by threatening legal action for infringement of their trademark.The Director of the Nobel Foundation and the elected Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Family Society disapproved to the institution of the so called 'Dr. Michael Nobel Award' as well as the Nobel Charitable Trust and Nobel Family Benevolent society. <ref>[http://www.metro.se/se/article/2007/09/27/17/2836-42/index.xml Metro: Nobel var en bedragare]</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = nanoPRwire| title = Michael Nobel Relieved of nanoTX'07 Activities After Protest from Nobel Foundation and Family Society| publisher = [[Nano Science and Technology Institute]]| date = [[2007-09-24]]| url = http://www.nsti.org/press/PRshow.html?id=2335| accessdate = 2007-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first = Barnaby J.| last = Feder| title = The Nobel Prize That Wasn’t| publisher = [[The New York Times]]| date = [[2007-10-18]]| url = http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/the-nobel-prize-that-wasnt/| accessdate = 2007-10-18}}</ref>
Michael Nobel was born as Michael Oleinikoff. Michael's father Sven Oleinikoff changed to his mother's maiden name Nobel, and subsequently, so did Michael.
Michael has not (as of June 2008) abided to the advice of the Nobel foundation and the Nobel family head, but continues his efforts to establish a new prize in his own (taken) name. <ref>http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20080630/1416/tnl-new-set-of-noble-prizes-for-energy-i.html</ref>
==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[Lars Ernster]] (1920-1998) – a professor of biochemistry and a former member of the Board of the Nobel Foundation
*[[List of wealthiest foundations]]
*[[Nobel Conference]]
==External links==
*[http://www.gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/ "2007 Nobel Conference"] – Official site of the "2007 Nobel Conference" at [[Gustavus Adolphus College]], [[Saint Peter, Minnesota]]. Accessed [[October 28]], [[2007]].
*''[http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/index.html The Nobel Foundation]''– Official site of the Nobel Foundation.
*[http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/ "Nobel Symposia"] – Official webpage of the Nobel Foundation.
*[http://nobelprize.org/nobel/alfred-nobel/biographical/will/index.html "The Will of Alfred Nobel"] – Official webpage of the Nobel Foundation; quotes a pertinent excerpt.
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