LIVE: The world's largest science and technology award ceremony VinFuture 2024

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Prediction of the honored work

Professor Gurdev Singh Khush, co-winner of the VinFuture 2023 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries, highlighted three important research areas that are likely to receive attention this year.

One is climate change and environmental degradation - issues that have far-reaching impacts on food and water security. He assessed: "Any research aimed at minimizing the effects of climate change, developing sustainable agriculture, and ensuring people have access to clean water will certainly be of high value."

Sharing the same view, Professor Martin Andrew Green, the main prize winner of VinFuture 2023, said that the solar energy industry is booming and this is one of the best opportunities to combat climate change.

From the perspective of someone who has spent decades researching to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells, Professor Green believes that the technology still has a lot of potential to develop. “Solar energy is now providing electricity at very low cost in many countries, and this is considered the third energy revolution - after the agricultural and industrial revolutions,” he said.

Energy security is another key area. With the world’s population growing and energy demand increasing, the search for sustainable and reliable energy solutions is more urgent than ever. Innovations in renewable energy technology, energy storage and energy efficiency will play a key role in meeting this challenge.

Finally, global health is also a top concern. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of preparing for and responding quickly to infectious diseases.

In this field, Professor Jens Juul Holst, winner of the VinFuture 2023 special prize for scientists researching new fields, commented that research on microRNA has great potential in solving global health challenges.

According to him, microRNA is opening up new directions in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and many other diseases. The development of microRNA-based therapies promises to create a revolution in medicine, bringing hope to millions of patients worldwide.

As a member of the VinFuture Prize Council this year, Professor Green revealed that the number of nominations for the Prize was impressive. He also revealed that this year's nominations were divided into major groups, such as materials science, agriculture, climate, health and care, environment, mathematics, artificial intelligence, communications, and computer science.

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Information about the VinFuture Prize

VinFuture Foundation was founded by Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup Corporation and his wife, with the vision of creating meaningful change in the daily lives of millions of people around the world.

VinFuture, launched on December 20, 2020, is an independent, non-profit fund operating in Vietnam. The fund's core activity is to award the annual VinFuture Prize to breakthrough scientific and technological inventions that have, are, or have the potential to create meaningful changes in people's lives.

Following the success of the previous three seasons, VinFuture 2024 attracted a record number of nearly 1,500 research projects nominated by more than 9,000 partners from more than 80 countries and territories around the world. The number of international scientists becoming nominating partners increased nearly 8 times, the number of nominations increased 2.5 times compared to the first season.

The award ceremony will gather hundreds of outstanding global "brains" in key fields such as: material science, artificial intelligence, medicine, environmental research. Among them, many researchers are the owners of prestigious international awards such as Nobel, Millennium Technology, Turing and VinFuture in previous seasons.

With the message "Resilient Breakthrough", VinFuture 2024 will honor breakthrough research and inventions with far-reaching impacts, helping humanity to overcome difficulties and reach new heights.

This year, the fund will award four prizes: the main prize (VinFuture Grand Prize) worth 3 million USD - one of the largest annual prizes ever globally.

VinFuture also awarded three special prizes, each worth $500,000, to female scientists, scientists from developing countries, and scientists researching new fields.

Ha Cuong

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