section_path: Awards and honors
section_name: Awards and honors
paragraph_text: Awards and honors
  
  Einstein received numerous awards and honors, and in 1922, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". None of the nominations in 1921 met the criteria set by Alfred Nobel, so the 1921 prize was carried forward and awarded to Einstein in 1922.
  
  Einsteinium, a synthetic chemical element, was named in his honor in 1955, a few months after his death.