“However, humankind faces big challenges in many other areas, including natural resource consumption, the move to zero carbon to avoid damaging climate change, and others,” he sais.
“This year we want to reach as widely as we can, across disciplines and across continents, to broaden the scope and impact of the VinFuture Prizes in reviving the post-pandemic world.”
To be eligible for participating in the VinFuture Prize 2022, the applications are required to meet the nomination criteria and be nominated by reputable organizations/individuals in the field of science and technology around the world.
Nominations will be evaluated in the pre-screening and selection stages by the Pre-screening Committee and the VinFuture Prize Council respectively.
Members of the Prize Council and Pre-screening Committee are top global scientists, inventors and laureates of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Millenium Technology Prize, and other global awards.
Sharing about the expectations for the call for nominations of the second VinFuture Prize season, Prof. Văn-Chí Đặng, Scientific Director of Ludwig Cancer Research Institute (USA) and a member of the VinFuture Prize Council, said that science and technology is the answer to the challenges and urgent global problems that people are facing.
“In order to have more inventions that help change people’s lives regardless of origin, skin color, or ethnicity, for this year’s Prize, we expect to receive more exceptional scientific solutions, in more diverse fields, across more geographical areas, and from scientists regardless of age, gender, or nationality,… with the potential for application on a larger scale.”
