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| Spontaneous Magnetization Prize | |
|---|---|
| Name | Spontaneous Magnetization Prize |
| Awarded for | Contributions to magnetism and condensed matter physics |
| Country | International |
| Year | 2021 |
| Presenter | International Magnetism Consortium |
Spontaneous Magnetization Prize The Spontaneous Magnetization Prize is an international award recognizing breakthroughs in magnetism, condensed matter, and materials science, often intersecting with quantum mechanics and statistical physics. It highlights advances in experimental techniques, theoretical models, and materials discovery that explain or exploit spontaneous magnetization phenomena, and is associated with collaboration among institutes, societies, and laboratories.
The Prize is administered by the International Magnetism Consortium alongside endorsements by CERN, Max Planck Society, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Riken, and is frequently presented at meetings connected with American Physical Society, European Physical Society, Institute of Physics, Materials Research Society, and IEEE Magnetics Society. Laureates have included researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, University of Melbourne, McGill University, École Normale Supérieure, Weizmann Institute of Science, Imperial College London, University of Chicago, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of California, San Diego, Nanyang Technological University, Purdue University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Osaka University, Nagoya University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, National University of Singapore, Swinburne University of Technology, TU Delft, École Polytechnique, Politecnico di Milano, University of Barcelona, Sorbonne University, University of Copenhagen, and Stockholm University.
Conceived after workshops hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Prize originated from a 2018 symposium co-organized by Nobel Prize in Physics laureates and senior scientists from IBM Research, Bell Labs, Hitachi Global, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and Toyota Central R&D to honor work on spontaneous magnetization, domain engineering, and spintronics. Early advisory board members included scientists affiliated with Niels Bohr Institute, Cavendish Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and Perimeter Institute. Founding sponsors included Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Simons Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Knight Foundation, and corporate partners such as Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Sony Corporation.
Nominations are accepted from institutions such as National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Australian Research Council, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swiss National Science Foundation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Academia Sinica. The selection committee includes representatives from Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, Académie des sciences, Leopoldina, and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, alongside editorial board members from journals like Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters, Nature Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Physical Review B, Reviews of Modern Physics, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano. Evaluation criteria emphasize originality, reproducibility, technological relevance, and citation impact measured against benchmarks used by Clarivate Analytics and Scopus databases, with external peer reviews solicited from groups at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Fraunhofer Society, CEA Saclay, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.
Recipients have included experimentally focused teams at IBM Research, Hitachi, Samsung, HP Labs, and Microsoft Research, and theorists associated with Princeton University, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, ETH Zurich, and Harvard University. Awarded work spans contributions to spintronics devices developed at NEC Corporation and Nokia Bell Labs, skyrmion research promoted by collaborations involving Uppsala University and Tohoku University, topological magnetism linked to groups at University of California, Berkeley and University of Cambridge, and ultrafast magnetization studies at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and ELI Beamlines. Prize-winning advances influenced commercial products from Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Samsung Electronics, Toshiba, Sony, LG Electronics, Apple Inc., Google, Microsoft Corporation, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA Corporation, and Intel Corporation.
Critics from institutions including MIT, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University have raised concerns about perceived corporate influence from sponsors like Samsung Electronics, Hitachi, Intel Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Sony Corporation. Debates have involved editorial standards at journals such as Nature Physics, Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications, and PNAS and the role of impact metrics from Clarivate Analytics and Google Scholar in selection, with commentators from Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Oxford, Imperial College London, University of Toronto, McGill University, Weizmann Institute of Science, and Kavli Foundation participating in public forums.
The Prize promoted cross-disciplinary projects linking groups at CERN, DESY, European XFEL, Diamond Light Source, MAX IV Laboratory, Swiss Light Source, SOLEIL, Advanced Photon Source, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Paul Scherrer Institute, National Synchrotron Light Source II, J-PARC, KEK, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, boosting collaborations between experimentalists at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of California, Santa Barbara, Rice University, University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, University of Manchester, University of Leeds, University of Bristol, University of Glasgow, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Freiburg, TU München, and theoretical groups at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Perimeter Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Max Planck Institutes, and Indian Institute of Science. Outcomes influenced curricula at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and ETH Zurich and informed standards at IEEE Standards Association and International Organization for Standardization committees that intersect with magnetics and materials measurement.
Administration is managed from offices in coordination with International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, International Council for Science, International Science Council, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and regional partners such as European Science Foundation and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation science networks. Funding streams include endowments from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Simons Foundation, philanthropic gifts from families connected to Nobel Prize in Physics laureates, corporate sponsorships from Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Hitachi, Toyota Motor Corporation, Sony Corporation, and grant support from agencies like National Science Foundation, European Commission, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.