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<H6 ALIGN=CENTER> Last updated March, 2008</H6>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><i>Description and Purpose of the Prize</i></H1>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://lifeorigin.info"><B>lifeorigin.info</B></A></H1>
<P>"The Origin-of-Life Prize" ® (hereafter called "the Prize") will be awarded
for proposing a highly plausible <i>mechanism</i> for the spontaneous rise of
<i>genetic instructions</i> in nature sufficient to give rise to life. To win,
the explanation must be consistent with empirical biochemical, kinetic, and
thermodynamic concepts as further delineated herein, and be published in a
well-respected, peer-reviewed science journal(s).
<P>The one-time Prize will be paid to the winner(s) as a twenty-year annuity in
hopes of discouraging theorists' immediate retirement from productive
careers. The annuity consists of $50,000.00 (U.S.) per year for twenty
consecutive years, totalling one million dollars in payments.
<P>Formal application by submitters is required to win. Submitters must
expressly consent to abide by all terms and conditions of the Prize before
judging of their paper(s) can begin.
<P>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, PC, Certified Public Accountants.
<H5 ALIGN=CENTER> <B>Topic relates to: Rules for The Origin of Life Prize; The
Gene Emergence Project; The Origin of Genetic Instructions Prize; Chemical
Evolution; Prebiotic Evolution; Abiogenesis; Self-replication;
Self-organization; Auto-catalysis; Mutual Catalysis; Abiotic Synthesis;
Protobiont; Protocell; Protometabolism; Primordial Milieu; Astrobiology;
Exobiology; RNA World; Protein World; Coevolution; Biopoesis; Biogenesis;
Lipid world; Homochirality; Bilipid; Self-ordering; Complexity Theory;
Artificial Life; Alife; Minimalist Genomes; Minimal Genomes; Code Origin;
Genetic Code Theory; Protogene Theory; Minigene; Mini Gene; Clay Matrix;
Mineral Adsorption; Bioinformation Theory; Semiotics; Biomessage Theory;
Message Theory; SETI; Emergent Properties; Initial Gene Emergence; Biological
Information Theory; Aperiodic Specified Complexity; Specified Aperiodicity;
Molecular evolution; Messenger Molecules; Information Theory; Chaos Theory;
Function Theory; Biofunction Theory; Instruction Theory; Linguistic Theory;
Irreducible Complexity; Biopolymers; Thermophiles; GARD; Extremophiles;
Hyperthermophiles; Archaea; Prokaryotes; Neural Nets; Decision Theory;
Artificial Intelligence; AI; Polarized light from neutron stars.</B> </H5>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>The Origin-of-Life Prize ®</H1>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>The Gene Emergence Project ®</H1>
<H3 ALIGN=CENTER>of The Origin-of-Life Foundation, Inc. ®</H3>
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