Ho Chi Minh City National University grants billions of dong in funding to young scientists under the VNU350 project

Young scientist Can Tran Thanh Trung joins Ho Chi Minh City National University under the VNU350 project

News from Ho Chi Minh City National University said that this unit has just decided to provide billions of VND in funding for young scientists within the framework of the program to attract, retain and develop excellent young scientists and leading scientists working at Ho Chi Minh City National University from 2024 to 2030 (VNU350 Program).

In the two recruitment rounds in 2024, a total of 21 topics of young scientists and leading scientists were approved by VNU-HCM for funding in 2024 and 2025. The total funding for the topics is nearly 6.5 billion VND, focusing on the fields of mathematics, biochemistry, biotechnology and many other advanced scientific fields.

Among the outstanding candidates receiving funding, two notable young scientists are Can Tran Thanh Trung and Vu Gia Phong, both of whom graduated from prestigious universities around the world.

Dr. Can Tran Thanh Trung - a gold medalist in the International Math Olympiad and valedictorian of Duke University's mathematics major - has just graduated with a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology (USA). He is currently working at the Faculty of Information Technology - University of Natural Sciences under the VNU350 Program.

Dr. Trung's research topic at Ho Chi Minh City National University is "Theoretical Mathematics and Applications in Cryptography and Artificial Intelligence", lasting 24 months with a total budget of up to 800 million VND.

Dr. Vu Gia Phong graduated with a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley (USA), and was one of four outstanding students to receive the outstanding doctoral thesis award from the Office of the President of the University of California.

With over 20 years of studying and teaching in the US, Dr. Phong has had the opportunity to research with Nobel Prize-winning professors and has published many valuable scientific research works. With funding from the VNU350 Program, Dr. Phong will continue to research and develop infection detection methods using CRISPR-Cas technology with a total budget of nearly 1 billion VND.

The VNU350 program not only provides abundant financial resources for young scientists but also helps them establish research groups and develop modern laboratories with funding of up to tens of billions of VND.

This is considered a strong step of VNU-HCM in improving the quality of teaching and research, contributing to the development of science and technology human resources for Vietnam in the future.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/dhqg-tp-hcm-cap-nhieu-ti-dong-kinh-phi-cho-nha-khoa-hoc-tre-theo-de-an-vnu350-19624101817382884.htm