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Nobel Foundation

Private institution managing the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes

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Oct 11, 2025
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How much money is awarded to Nobel Peace Prize winners?

The Nobel Peace Prize laureates receive a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award that the Nobel Foundation set at for recent awards, equivalent to about . Contemporary reporting and reference summ...

Jan 16, 2026
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Can Nobel Prize winners be stripped of their award for subsequent misconduct?

The Nobel institutions say bluntly that once a prize is awarded it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred — a finality grounded in the Nobel Foundation’s statutes and the practice of the prize comm...

Jan 19, 2026
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Has Trump been banned from winning any future Nobel prizes?

No — there is no credible, documented ban barring Donald Trump from winning any future Nobel prizes; claims that he has been "permanently disqualified" circulated on social media and have been contrad...

Jan 16, 2026

What metal is used to cast the Nobel prize?

The Nobel Prize medals awarded today are cast in 18‑carat "green gold" (an alloy of gold and silver) and since 1980 have been plated with 24‑carat gold; earlier medals were made of higher‑carat solid ...

Oct 11, 2025

Can the Nobel Committee revoke a prize after it has been awarded?

The Nobel Prizes, as administered by the Nobel Foundation and its committees, are ; historians and institution representatives state the committees have no mechanism to rescind a prize after the annou...

Nov 22, 2025

What are the official criteria for Nobel Peace Prize nominations?

The Nobel Peace Prize accepts nominations only from a defined list of “qualified nominators” (including parliamentarians, university professors in certain fields, past laureates, and senior judges) an...

Jan 16, 2026

How does the Nobel Peace Prize award amount compare to other prestigious awards?

The Nobel Peace Prize carries a headline cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor (SEK) per prize category as of 2023 — a sum the Nobel Foundation set after a 2020 increase and a further adjustment in ...

Oct 11, 2025

What is the current amount awarded to Nobel Peace Prize winners?

The Nobel Peace Prize award is presently ; this amount was set in 2023 and remains the most recent official figure through September 2025. USD equivalents reported by different outlets vary because of...

Oct 10, 2025

What are the official nomination deadlines for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025?

The official nomination deadline for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was , with nominations received up to that date and the Norwegian Nobel Committee permitted to add further names at its first meeting in...

Oct 10, 2025

Who are the members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee?

The analyses consistently state that the Norwegian Nobel Committee is a five-member body whose members are , and that its secretary, Kristian Berg Harpviken, guides proceedings but , underscoring the ...

Oct 10, 2025

Who are the main donors to the Nobel Peace Prize?

The core claim across the supplied analyses is consistent: , rather than by contemporary external “donors.” The pieces together describe Nobel’s fortune as the source, the Nobel Foundation as the fina...

Oct 23, 2025

How is the Nobel Peace Prize money allocated to winners?

The Nobel Peace Prize cash award is set annually by the Nobel Foundation and in recent years has been , though the exact figure has varied over time and can be split among up to three laureates in a g...

Jan 16, 2026

What controversies have arisen over the Nobel Peace Prize selections?

The Nobel Peace Prize has repeatedly provoked controversy for reasons that include perceived politicisation of selections, disputed judgments about whether recipients truly advanced peace, notable omi...

Jan 16, 2026

Can Trump get Machado's Nobel Peace Prize from her?

No — the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred to another person: the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Nobel Institute state unequivocally that once announced the prize “cannot be revoked, shared, ...

Dec 10, 2025

Have any Nobel Peace Prize winners declined the monetary prize and why?

Only two Nobel laureates are widely reported to have refused a Nobel Prize: Jean-Paul Sartre (declined the 1964 Literature Prize) and North Vietnamese negotiator Lê Đức Thọ (declined the 1973 Peace Pr...

Oct 20, 2025

How many Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded posthumously?

The provided documents do not state a definitive count of Nobel Peace Prizes awarded posthumously; the collection repeatedly notes that , with a limited number of exceptional cases noted for other Nob...

Oct 10, 2025

Have any Nobel Peace Prize winners been convicted of crimes after receiving the award?

No source in the provided dataset identifies a ; the materials instead document controversies, scandals adjacent to Nobel institutions, and moral criticisms of laureates without reporting post-award c...

Oct 10, 2025

What are the key dates in the Nobel Peace Prize nomination and selection process for 2025?

The key fixed dates for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize cycle are: , the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s early meeting on , the laureate announcement on (at 11:00 CEST), and the award ceremony on in Oslo. Thes...

Oct 10, 2025

Who is eligible to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025?

The pool of eligible nominators for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is limited to specified public figures and institutions under the Nobel Foundation statutes: national parliamentarians and cabinet minist...

Jan 17, 2026

What is the exact Nobel Prize monetary amount in Swedish krona (SEK) for the current year and how is it calculated?

The Nobel Foundation set the monetary award for a full Nobel Prize at 11.0 million Swedish kronor (SEK) in its public materials for the 2025 awards, a figure repeatedly presented on official Nobel sit...