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Applications Invited for 2023 VinFuture Prize
Organization: VinFuture Foundation
Event Duration: 30 Mar. 2023 - 15 May. 2023
Apply By: 15 May 2023
About the Organization
The VinFuture Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit foundation in Vietnam. The Foundation was established with a vision of creating meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people by honoring transformational technological innovations. The Foundation was set up with an initial endowment of VND 2,000 billion (approximately US$100 million) from Mr. Phạm Nhật Vượng, the founder and Chairman of Vingroup JSC, a technology, industry, and services company in Vietnam, and his wife Mrs. Phạm Thu Hương.
Our mission is to build a future where breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations empower people, positively enhance their lives, and create a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations.
About the Prize
VinFuture Foundation is now calling for nominations for the 2023 VinFuture Grand Prize and three Special Prizes.
The VinFuture Prize is set up to honor breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations that create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people. The Prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry.
The VinFuture Prize comprises:
- A Grand Prize of US$3 million, awarded annually for breakthrough research and technological innovations that positively improve the quality of human life, and create a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations. The Grand Prize would be open to all, regardless of the candidate’s nationality, age, gender, social status, or economic background.
- And three additional Special Prizes of US$500,000 each with a focus on promoting diversity, equity, and new fields of study will also be awarded annually to:
- Innovators from Developing Countries;
- Female Innovators; and
- Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields.
VinFuture Prizes will recognize breakthroughs across all fields of science, technology and engineering that have already delivered impact or show the potential to deliver impact for real-world problems that align with at least one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Key criteria -
- There should be clear evidence, or potential, for an end-product or service based on the solution, which has an everyday practical application;
- Solutions should have already benefited millions of people in the past 10 years for the Grand Prize, or have the potential to benefit millions of people in the next 10 years for the Special Prizes;
- Solutions should be aligned with one or more of the United Nation’s SDGs;
- Solutions must be scientifically proven (i.e., there should be clear evidence of passing relevant scientific trials, and in the case of research, it must be empirically proven or widely reviewed);
- Open to researchers or inventors who were involved in developing the underlying solutions, and not entrepreneurs or corporates who helped in commercialization/diffusion of the technology;
- End-products of the research should benefit people globally, including those from developing and less developed countries, as well as lower-income and disadvantaged communities;
- Open to individuals or teams of researchers/inventors;
- Preferences are considered for nominees in the active stages of their careers;
- Same individual/team can be nominated for one or more of the VinFuture Special Prizes if eligible;
- Research/Solution/Invention can be underpinned in any discipline of science, engineering, or technology, including potentially multi-disciplinary approaches.
How to Apply
The 2023 VinFuture Prize Nomination Portal will officially close at 2:00 pm on May 15th, 2023 Vietnam time (GMT +7). Nominations submitted after this point will be carried over to the 2024 VinFuture Prize season. Thank you for your valuable contributions!
Sign up In order to start the nomination submission, please sign up for an account.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: secretariat@vinfutureprize.org.
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