160 billion VND to fund 24 scientific research projects and preserve historical and cultural values; 300 master's scholarships, 90 doctoral scholarships, 6 cooperation projects to train masters in data science and artificial intelligence; 60 seminars, conferences, and public lectures are the numbers that VINIF announced to sponsor completely non-profit on the afternoon of January 16.
For 5 consecutive years, VINIF has remained persistent, creative and steadfast in its mission of raising the level of Science, Technology and Education in Vietnam.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Hong Thai speaks at the announcement ceremony of VINIF 2023
Persistent with the mission of creating positive and sustainable development for science and technology
This is the first time VINIF has organized the announcement ceremony of all sponsorship programs in the same event.
2023 is the 5th consecutive year that VINIF has persisted with its mission of supporting science and training for the country, based on the principle of being completely non-profit, through the implementation of 7 major funding programs, including science and technology projects, master's and doctoral scholarships, post-doctoral scholarships, master's training cooperation projects in data science, seminars, conferences, public lectures, guest professors and preserving cultural and historical values.
Speaking at the announcement ceremony, Professor Vu Ha Van, Scientific Director of VINIF, said: "After 5 consecutive years of implementing and expanding many funding programs for science and technology, education and training, VINIF has achieved many proud results; not only in terms of funding achievements or results from scientists' research projects, but also in the change in scientific research thinking.
The formation of strong research groups across the country, the combination of businesses with schools and institutes to transfer technology and commercialize research products; the dedication, integrity, and high responsibility to the country of a generation of young researchers are supported.
These achievements are the driving force for VINIF to continue to innovate and create, joining hands with managers, universities, and research institutes to create even greater turning points for Vietnamese science."
VINIF's fund mechanism is a truly breakthrough socialization direction.
One of the programs that has developed strongly and attracted the attention of many historical and cultural researchers, artists, etc. in recent years is the program to preserve historical and cultural values.
This year, VINIF announced funding for 8 projects, selected from 36 applications, in many fields such as archaeology, music, cinema, anthropology, tangible and intangible culture, and interdisciplinary projects. There is a historical and cultural project promoting the history and culture of Vietnam to the world when registering with UNESCO to be recognized as a world cultural heritage; there is a project to restore and preserve precious values, with profound aesthetic and humanistic significance left by our ancestors.
Associate Professor Phan Thi Ha Duong, Executive Director of VINIF, presented the results of VINIF's funding programs in 2023 and summarized the fund's achievements after 5 years.
In addition, VINIF also received applications from dozens of other cultural, artistic, and historical events, and sponsored 17 events that had a positive impact on society. In addition, 40 applications from cooperation programs, event and conference sponsorship, public lectures, and visiting professors were also selected for funding this time.
Sharing about the importance of preserving and maintaining the cultural and historical values of the nation, Architect Hoang Viet Trung, Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center, said: "As a unit managing a diverse system of many types of heritage, we encounter many difficulties in preserving and restoring heritages of high value to the nation, including heritages that are assessed by UNESCO as common assets of humanity and need to be strictly preserved.
The true appreciation of the level and importance of the VINIF expert council for the projects receiving funding this year in general, and for our project in particular, has demonstrated VINIF's vision towards a sustainable society, where science and technology are in harmony with culture and history."
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Hong Thai shared at the announcement ceremony: "The impressive results that VINIF has achieved are very consistent with the orientation of Vietnam's science and technology development. We strongly support and believe that perhaps VINIF's fund mechanism is a truly breakthrough socialization direction, overcoming the barriers that some public units are facing. VINIF's products have entered life, bringing great value."
VINIF Alumni is a club for young scientists who have received scholarships from VINIF; to date, it has 1,500 members, regularly organizing academic, cultural and social exchange activities, contributing to building a community of future capable scientists for Vietnam.
VINIF has organized many programs and events in 2023 to develop the club: public lectures on various topics such as sustainable development, open science, pioneering technology development trends, culture, society, history, art. These events attracted thousands of direct participants and spread to tens of thousands of people in society, contributing to conveying the message and core values of VINIF such as fairness, integrity, civilization, cooperation, creativity, connection.
Believing that VINIF has fulfilled its mission, the leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology proposed that VINIF consider funding priority research directions and national products approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 569/QD-TTg on the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation Development in Vietnam to 2030; so that ministries and branches can focus resources on new and high technologies, thereby forming new industries and new products with high added value, especially in areas where Vietnam has strengths such as agriculture, manufacturing and processing industry, services, etc. or pioneering in Industry 4.0 technologies.
Ministry leaders, representatives of school and institute leaders, project managers, scientists, experts and VINIF leaders at the announcement ceremony
Acknowledging the proposals of Deputy Minister Tran Hong Thai, Associate Professor Phan Thi Ha Duong, Executive Director of VINIF, reiterated the cooperation between the fund and the Ministry of Science and Technology in the past time, emphasizing that next year VINIF will research to have practical directions for a number of the fund's funding programs.
"5 years with VINIF is a continuous pursuit of its goals and also a process with breakthroughs in expanding programs: attracting talented people to the country through the postdoc program, cooperating to promote the preservation of historical and cultural values, proposing scientific and substantive regulations in selecting and accepting scientific works, organizing a series of public lectures to spread knowledge and awareness about building and developing science and culture", Associate Professor Phan Thi Ha Duong said.
In 5 years, VINIF has funded 117 science and technology projects, 6 cooperation projects for master's training in data science and artificial intelligence, 1,500 postgraduate scholarships, 16 projects and 50 cultural and historical events, 170 science and technology seminars, public lectures, supporting 3,000 scientists and researchers.
In fact, 16 science and technology projects receiving funding in 2023 focus on areas serving digital transformation, green transformation, and sustainable development of society, such as medicine, new energy development, life sciences, environmental resources, interdisciplinary sciences, etc., in line with the development strategy approved by the Prime Minister for science.
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