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Notably, VinFuture has attracted prominent scientists and
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These positive results are attributed to
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Therefore, just four months after the
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In addition to the impressive number of
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Going forward, nominations will
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Laureates will then be selected
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The VinFuture Grand Prize will be
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The laureates of the 2021
HANOI, VIETNAM –\u00a0Media
OutReach – 10 June\u00a02021 – Vietnam’s
VinFuture Foundation announces that it has officially closed the nomination
portal for the 2021 VinFuture Prize, recording nearly 600 nominations from more
than 60 countries across six continents. The result has exceeded expectations,
particularly for a newly established sci-tech prize opened for nominations less
than four …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOutReach<\/a> – <\/i>10 June\u00a02021 – Vietnam’s
\nVinFuture Foundation announces that it has officially closed the nomination
\nportal for the 2021 VinFuture Prize<\/a>, recording nearly 600 nominations from more
\nthan 60 countries across six continents. The result has exceeded expectations,
\nparticularly for a newly established sci-tech prize opened for nominations less
\nthan four months ago, affirming the global scientific community’s favorable
\nresponse to VinFuture’s mission of serving humanity.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/155323\/Anh-VinFuture-Prize-Council.jpg#image-155323\")
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\nchange in the everyday lives of millions of people by promoting breakthrough
\nscientific research and technological innovations”<\/i>, the VinFuture Foundation
\nand the VinFuture Prize have drawn great enthusiasm from the global scientific
\nand technological community.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nthe world’s leading research and academic institutions as well as innovators from developing countries.
\nNearly 100 nominated projects belong to the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists, many of whom are laureates of
\nprestigious awards such as the Nobel Prize, the Breakthrough Prize, the Tang
\nPrize, the Japan Prize, among others. <\/p>\n
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\nmajority of candidates are from North America (31.6%), Asia (33.9%), and Europe
\n(21%), VinFuture has received significant nominations from scientists in
\nOceania, Latin America, and Africa. In particular, female scientists were
\nnominated in all four prize categories, accounting for 34.3% of the total
\nnominees.<\/p>\n
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\nthe same aspiration of doing science for humanity, offering highly applicable
\nand practical solutions to improve the quality of people’s lives.<\/p>\n
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\nthe strong support of prominent individuals and organizations, world-renowned
\nscientists, as well as distinguished
\nprofessors and experts from the Prize Council<\/a> <\/a>\u00a0and Pre-screening
\nCommittee<\/a>
\nwho have endorsed the VinFuture Prize among the global scientific community. <\/p>\n
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\ninitial call for nominations, the Prize has attracted nearly 1,200 nominators
\nfrom the world’s most reputable academic circles. These include Harvard
\nUniversity, where many prominent scientists converge; the\u00a0 University of
\nCambridge and the University of\u00a0 Oxford, home to many Nobel laureates and
\nwell-known for its natural\u00a0sciences and engineering programs;
\nthe\u00a0University of Tokyo, Japan’s leading higher education organization;
\nand other recognized organizations such as the National Institutes of Health
\n(NIH) – the leading U.S. government agency in public health, the Max Planck
\nSociety – the world’s leading research organization in science and technology,
\nand the Chinese Academy of Science, one of the world’s largest research
\norganizations, to name but a few.<\/p>\n
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\nthat the VinFuture Prize, while being the first of its kind from Vietnam, has
\nbeen received so warmly by the global scientific community. Particularly, many
\nprominent scientists have been nominated for the Prize. They have made truly
\nmeaningful contributions to the future of humanity by tackling global
\nchallenges from infectious diseases, environmental pollution, climate change to
\nshortage of natural resources. The nominations for female scientists,
\nscientists from developing countries, as well as pioneers in emerging fields
\nare also very impressive,” <\/i>said Professor\u00a0Thuc-Quyen Nguyen,
\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Co-Chair of the VinFuture Prize
\nPre-Screening Committee. <\/p>\n
\nnominations and the prestige of nominated scientists and researchers, the
\nVinFuture Prize has also seen an impressive diversity and depth of areas that
\naddress humanity’s common challenges after its inaugural call for nominations. A
\nsignificant number of nominated innovations focus on the prevention and
\ntreatment of infectious diseases on a global scale, sustainable poverty
\nelimination, smart agriculture, clean food supply, renewable energy, and
\napplications of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in education
\nand life.<\/p>\n
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\nbe reviewed by a twelve-member Pre-Screening Committee \u2013 prominent scientists
\nand experts from various disciplines and countries \u2013 who will present the
\nshortlisted candidates to the Prize Council in August 2021. <\/p>\n
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\nindependently by the Prize Council comprising eleven distinguished individuals
\nin academia, research, and industry with significant achievements and
\ncontributions to advancing human progress. <\/p>\n
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\nawarded to innovators whose work has been proven to create the largest impact
\non humanity. It is also one of the world’s largest prizes for science and
\ntechnology to date, valued at US$ 3 million (equivalent to 70 billion
\nVietnamese Dong). Additionally, three special prizes will be awarded to
\ninnovators from developing countries, female innovators, and innovators with
\noutstanding achievements in emerging fields, each worth US$500,000 (equivalent
\nto 11.5 billion Vietnamese Dong).<\/p>\n
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\nVinFuture Prize will be announced on December 20th<\/sup>, 2021 and the
\nofficial award ceremony will be held in Vietnam on January 20th<\/sup>,
\n2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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