The VinFuture Season 2 Award has officially entered the preliminary round

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the main award of the first season of VinFuture to Professor Katalin Kariko and 2 colleagues – who laid the foundation for mRNA technology in the fight against COVID-19 – Photo: D.H.

With the theme “Revival and reconstruction”, the organizers said that the total number of nominations participating in the evaluation process of the VinFuture Award season 2 is 970, coming from scientists and prestigious organizations from more than 70 countries on 6 continents; focus on important works and inventions that help solve humanity’s great challenges to post-pandemic revival such as health and food, environment and sustainable energy, as well as the application of technology in all aspects of life.

Accordingly, leading the number of partners nominated for 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.

Distribution of nominee partners by continent of the VinFuture Award 2022 – Photo: D.H.

In terms of quality, 6 continents reported that 584 of the 2,618 nominating partners were authors from the top 2% of the world’s most cited researchers registered, more than doubling from 2021. .

941 nomination partners come from 500 leading universities and research institutes in the world such as: Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University (USA), Oxford University (United Kingdom), Karolinska Institutet (United Kingdom). Switzerland)…

The preliminary stage of the award will follow a rigorous review process, based on the highest international standards, to ensure science, fairness and transparency.

The shortlist will evaluate the nominations according to core criteria, including the level of progress in science and technology, the positive impact on people’s lives, and the scale and sustainability of the competition. project sustainability.

According to Dr. Le Thai Ha, executive director of the VinFuture Prize, this year’s prize has gathered some of the world’s leading scientists, in order to add multi-dimensional perspectives to the nomination evaluation phase.

“We hope to find scientific solutions to help solve pressing global problems, and at the same time inspire to spread more widely the good values ​​that science and technology can bring in many years. new fields, to many new countries and territories, especially vulnerable areas”, said Dr. Ha.

Three new members first appeared in the scientific councils of the 2022 VinFuture Prize – Photo: D.H.

The organizers also announced three more world-famous scientists participating in the scientific councils of the prize, including:

– Professor Dan Kammen from the University of California Berkeley, USA – former scientific envoy of the US Department of State,

– Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim – owner of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, one of the first season VinFuture Award winners.

– Professor Ermias Kebreab – director of the World Food Center at the University of California, Davis, USA.