A scientist who won a prize is using his money to support young Scots at university.
The professor from North Lanarkshire said he had set up a foundation for his parents.
Benjamin List and the chemist from the University of Princeton were awarded the chemistry prize.
He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a chemistry degree.
He moved to the US for postgraduate studies.
His work with Prof List won him an international award and a half share of the 10 million krona prize.
Their chemical toolkit has been used to find new drugs and to make molecules that can capture light in solar cells.
Prof MacMillan said he was giving all the money from his prize to charity, including money for talks he was giving in the year after.
He said they were giving the money to charity.
We are giving it to underprivileged kids in Scotland who are trying to get to uni.
He set up a charity to honor his parents support of his education.
He said he was very proud of his working class upbringing.
The Rangers fan, who now lives in Hawaii with his wife and three children, was in Glasgow to attend the Old Firm match at Ibrox Stadium as a guest of honour on Sunday.
He took his gold medal to the studio for his second appearance on the irreverent football programme.
Prof MacMillan said that the prize was his path to Off The Ball, which he listens to online from the US every week, and that being interviewed on the show in October was an absolute dream come true.
He admitted that he stole the idea from a German boy.
He said that he didn't believe him when he told him he had won because they couldn't get hold of him.
I bet him $1,000 and then I went to sleep.
I haven't given him the money yet, but he reminded me that I owe him $1,000.
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