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The Atoms for Peace Award was established in 1955 through a grant of $1000000 by the Ford Motor Company Fund. An independent nonprofit corporation was set up to administer the award for the development or application of peaceful nuclear technology. It was created in response to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace speech to the United Nations. The 22 recipients were:1957 – Niels Bohr1958 – George C. de Hevesy1959 – Leó Szilárd and Eugene Paul Wigner1960 – Alvin M.