Prize Value

The one-time Origin-of-Life Prize will be paid to the winner(s) as a twenty-year annuity in hopes of discouraging theorists’ immediate retirement from productive careers. The Origin-of-Life Prize annuity consists of $50,000.00 (U.S.) per year for twenty consecutive years, totalling One Million Dollars in payments. The payments are made directly to the winner(s), not to or through their institutions.

The ability of the Foundation to underwrite these payments and to administer the Project is monitored by the well-known accounting firm of Young, Brophy & Duncan, P.C., Certified Public Accountants, Columbia, MD.