NSF Statement on 2021 Nobel Laureates in Science

This past week, the Nobel Assembly and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2021 Nobel Prize recipients. Among the prize recipients in physiology or medicine, physics, and economic sciences are researchers who have been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

“We extend our congratulations to all the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes for their bold thinking and transformative discoveries,” said NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan. “For 70 years, NSF’s …