VinFuture Prize 2025 received 1,705 global nominations, increasing sharply in quality and quantity

The VinFuture Prize 2025 not only has a strong breakthrough in the number of nominations but also has increasingly deep participation from the prestigious international scientific community. Compared to 2024, the number of nominating partners has increased by more than 60%. Of which, scientists from the Americas account for 31%, Europe 28.6%, Asia 26.8%, Africa 7.1% and Oceania 6.5%.

Notably, nearly 50% (7,240) of the 14,772 nominating partners are experts from leading universities and research institutes such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University (USA), Cambridge University, Oxford University (UK), University of Melbourne (Australia), University of Toronto (Canada), National University of Singapore (Singapore)... Notably, 1,395 nominating scientists (equivalent to 9.4%) are in the top 2% of the world's most cited researchers according to Stanford University's rankings.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the VinFuture Prize 2024

This year's nominations span across essential areas of global life and sustainable development, including: medicine and health care (36.7%), energy, transport and construction (17.8%), environment and the earth (17.8%), agriculture and food (11.3%).

Dr. Le Thai Ha, Executive Director of VinFuture Foundation, shared that the 5-year journey with the mission of “Science serving humanity” has made VinFuture a convergence point of global intelligence. The remarkable growth in the number of nominating partners and the increasingly high quality of nominated works each year not only demonstrates the increasingly strong belief of the international scientific community in the award; but also reflects the urgent need for breakthrough scientific and technological solutions to build a world where humans develop in harmony with a sustainable environment.

The VinFuture Prize 2025 Preliminary Round will take place from late May to late August, with the participation of a 10-member Preliminary Council that will evaluate nominations based on a rigorous review process and the highest international standards, to ensure scientific, fair and transparent standards. Core evaluation criteria include the level of scientific and technological progress, positive impact on human life, as well as the scale and sustainability of the project.

After 5 years of operation, the VinFuture Prize has affirmed its stature and prestige in the international arena, when many award winners were consecutively honored by prestigious global awards. Typical scientists include:

- Dr. Katalin Karikó, Professor Drew Weissman (VinFuture Main Prize 2021, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023);

- Dr. Demis Hassabis, Dr. John Jumper (VinFuture Special Prize 2022, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024);

- Professor Geoffrey Hinton (VinFuture Main Prize 2024, Nobel Prize in Physics 2024);

- Professor Yoshua Bengio, Professor Yann LeCun, Professor Geoffrey Hinton, Mr. Jensen Huang and Professor Fei-Fei Li (VinFuture Main Prize 2024, Queen Elizabeth Prize 2025);

- Professor Daniel Joshua Drucker, Professor Joel Francis Habener, Professor Jens Juul Holst, Associate Professor Svetlana Mojsov (VinFuture Special Prize 2023, Breakthrough Prize 2025).

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