Season 2 VinFuture Awards start the preliminary round
True to the spirit of the 2022 theme, the nominations focus on important works and inventions that help solve the great challenge of humanity to revive after the pandemic such as health and food, environment and energy. sustainable quality as well as the application of technology in all aspects of life.
Leading the number of nominated partners of the VinFuture Awards season 2 are Asian scientists with 34.6%; followed by America 29.8%; Europe 16.2% and Oceania 7%. In particular, the percentage of nominated partners from Africa is up to 12.4% – an increase of more than 6 times compared to 2021.
In terms of quality, 584 of the 2618 nominating partners are authors from the top 2% of the world’s most cited researchers registered, more than doubling from 2021. 941 topic partners nominations from 500 leading universities and research institutes in the world such as: Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University (USA), University of Oxford (United Kingdom), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University (China), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa), Cairo University (Egypt), and many more veterans other.
The Preliminary Stage of the VinFuture Awards will follow a rigorous review process, based on the highest international standards, to ensure science, fairness and transparency. The Preliminary Panel will evaluate nominations according to core criteria, including the degree of advancement in science and technology, the positive impact on people’s lives, and the size and sustainability of the program. project sustainability.
Dr. Le Thai Ha – Executive Director of VinFuture Awards shared: “After more than two years of witnessing the great loss of humanity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, VinFuture realizes the importance of inventions to contribute and promote the global recovery after the pandemic, towards sustainable development. With the central theme of “Revival & Reconstruction”, the 2022 VinFuture Awards have gathered some of the world’s leading scientists, in order to add multi-dimensional perspectives to the nomination evaluation phase. Through the 2022 season, we hope to find scientific solutions to help solve urgent global problems, and at the same time inspire to spread more widely the good values that science and technology have. can bring in many new areas, to many new countries and territories, especially vulnerable areas.”
Along with the official start of the Preliminary Round, the 2022 VinFuture Prize also announced three more world-famous scientists who for the first time participated in the Scientific Councils of the Prize.
That’s GS. Dan Kammen from the University of California Berkeley, USA – former scientific envoy of the US State Department, one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of energy – officially joined the VinFuture Award Council from year 2022.
The two new professors who joined the VinFuture Award Preliminary Council season 2 next are Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim – L’Oréal-UNESCO Award Winner for Women in Science, one of the first season VinFuture Award winners, and Professor Ermias Kebreab – Director of the University of California’s World Food Center, Davis, USA.
Sharing his feelings when taking on a new role, Prof. Dan Kammen expressed: “I am especially impressed with the very practical message, as well as the mission of Science and Technology, which has been conveyed through the humanistic perspective of the VinFuture Award since the first year. I expect, not only the professional quality, but also the practical application potential of the nominations so that science can really come to life. For scientists who pursue the philosophy of “science for the sake of humanity”, being able to directly process the nomination dossiers and select scientific inventions and inventions to find the prize owner, is a great thing. meaning and happiness”.
The 2022 VinFuture Awards Preliminary Round will take place from May 18 to the end of September 2022 to help the Council carefully review and select the most impressive and deserving works for inclusion in the Final Round.
VinFuture launched on December 20, 2020, on the occasion of the International Day of Human Solidarity – is an independent and non-profit fund co-founded by billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong and his wife Pham Thu Huong.
The Foundation’s vision and mission is to create positive change in the daily lives of millions of people around the world. The Foundation’s core activity is to award the VinFuture Prize annually for breakthrough scientific and technological inventions that have been, are or have the potential to create meaningful changes in people’s lives.
The VinFuture Prize system includes the VinFuture Grand Prize worth 3 million USD – one of the biggest annual awards ever in the world; and 3 VinFuture Special Prizes, each worth 500,000 USD, for female scientists, scientists from developing countries and scientists in various fields. new.
In addition, the Foundation also conducts many activities to realize its mission, such as funding research, collaborating in academic development, and promoting STEM education.
VinFuture Award Council in 2022: – GS. Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS – University of Cambridge, UK, Millennium Technology Prize in Physics 2010. – GS. Gérard Albert Mourou – École Polytechnique Palaiseau, France, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. – GS. Sir Konstantin (Kostya) S. Novoselov, FRS – University of Manchester, UK and National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. – GS. Michael Eugene Porter – Harvard University, USA, Father of the Theory of “Competitive Advantage of Nations”. – GS. Leslie Gabriel Valiant, FRS – Harvard University, USA, AM Turing Prize 2010. – Dr. Padmanabhan Anandan – AI Matters Advisors LLC, USA. – GS. Jennifer Tour Chayes – University of California, Berkeley, USA. – GS. Pascale Cossart – Pasteur Institute Paris, France. – GS. Dang Van Chi – Ludwig Cancer Research Institute, USA. – Dr. Xuedong David Huang – Microsoft, USA. – GS. Daniel Merson Kammen – University of California, Berkeley, USA. – GS. Vu Ha Van – Yale University, USA. VinFuture Preliminary Council: – GS. Nguyen Thuc Quyen – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. – GS. Albert P. Pisano – University of California, San Diego, USA. – GS. Monica Alonso Cotta – University of Campinas, Brazil. – GS. Do Ngoc Minh – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA and VinUni University, Vietnam. – Mr. Akihisa Kakimoto – Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan. – GS. Quarraisha Abdool Karim – South African AIDS Research Center CAPRISA, South Africa. – GS. Ermias Kebreab – University of California, Davis, USA. – GS. Nguyen Duc Thu – Rutgers University, USA. – GS. Alta Schutte – University of New South Wales, Australia. – GS. Molly Shoichet – University of Toronto, Canada. – GS. Vivian Yam – University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. |
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