D
[解析] 细节题。根据题干关键词Fundamental Physics Prize定位到第一段。由本段中As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes. Many, like the Fundamental Physics Prize, are funded from the telephone-number-sized bank accounts of Internet entrepreneurs. 可知D项“研究者得到的可观回报”符合题意。A项“企业家财富的象征”并未涉及。B项“可能取代诺贝尔奖”未在文中谈及,属于过度推断。C项“是一个银行家投资的例子”是利用原文bank accounts设置的干扰。因此正确答案为D项。