According to statistics from VinFuture, this year, the number of nominating partners increased more than 4 times compared to the first season, especially 1/5 of nominating partners are authors in the top 2% of the most cited researchers in the world.
This year's nominations come from scientists and prestigious organizations from more than 90 countries and territories across 6 continents. The largest number of scientists are from the Americas - 30.3%; followed by Asia (28.6%); Africa (9.5%) and Oceania (6.8%). Notably, the proportion of nominating partners from Europe has increased to 24.8% - 1.5 times higher than in 2022.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (center) presents the main VinFutute 2022 prize worth 3 million USD to scientists.
Nominating partners come from many of the world's leading universities and research institutes such as: Harvard University, Stanford University, Pennsylvania, the University of California system, Johns Hopkins University, Max Planck Institute (Germany), Cambridge University, Oxford University, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Tokyo University (Japan), Yonsei University (Korea), Monash University (Australia)...
This season’s awards are more diverse than the first two seasons. The nominations cover many essential fields such as medicine and health care, energy, environment, agriculture, climate change and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in many industries… All projects promise great potential for development and help the daily lives of millions of people.
Dr. Le Thai Ha, Executive Director of VinFuture Prize, shared: “The third season of VinFuture Prize has received widespread acclaim and support from the international scientific community. The number of nominating partners has increased more than four times - from nearly 1,200 partners in the first season to more than 5,264 partners this year. This affirms the growing prestige of the prize in the global scientific community, emphasizing the role of the prize as a driving force for scientific development.”
With the mission of “science serving humanity”, VinFuture season 3 nominations all meet the criteria of clearly demonstrating the positive impact they have brought or clearly demonstrating the potential to bring positive changes to the lives of millions of people. In addition, many nominations belong to pioneering new fields such as: inventions supporting groups of people with disabilities, neurological diseases - cancer, models for controlling material properties, quantum computing, new energy sources, cost-optimized high-tech materials and devices, etc.
The 2023 VinFuture Prize Preliminary Round takes place from June 1 to September 16, with the aim of carefully reviewing and selecting the most impressive and worthy works to advance to the final round of awards.
The 12-member Preliminary Jury will evaluate the nominations based on a rigorous review process and the highest international standards, ensuring scientific rigor, fairness and transparency. Core evaluation criteria include the level of progress in science and technology, the positive impact on human life, as well as the scale and sustainability of the project.
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