The proportion of European candidates increased by one and a half times

Today, May 22nd, the VinFuture Foundation announced that the VinFuture Global Science and Technology Award 2023 has officially closed its nomination portal with 1,389 applications received.

Compared to last year's number of nominations, this year's number of nominations increased by 43%. Notably, the proportion of nominating partners from Europe increased 1.5 times compared to last year.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (center) presents the main prize of the VinFuture Award 2022 to the scientists.

The 2023 nominations came from scientists and prestigious organizations from over 90 countries and territories across 6 continents. The highest percentage of nominations for the 3rd VinFuture Award came from scientists in the Americas with 30.3%; followed by Asia with 28.6%; and Europe with 24.8% (a 1.5-fold increase compared to 2022). The remainder came from Africa (9.5%) and Oceania (6.8%).

Nominated partners come from leading universities and research institutions worldwide , such as: Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California system, Johns Hopkins University (all universities and research institutions in the US); Max Planck Institute (Germany); University of Cambridge and University of Oxford (UK); Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); University of Tokyo (Japan); Yonsei University (Korea); Monash University (Australia)...

The nominations continue to cover many essential areas such as: health and healthcare, energy, environment, agriculture, climate change, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) across multiple sectors…

Overall, the VinFuture nominations for 2023 all meet the criteria of clearly demonstrating a positive impact or the potential to bring about positive changes in the lives of millions of people.

In addition, there are many nominations in pioneering new fields such as inventions that assist people with disabilities, neurological diseases, cancer, material property control models, quantum computing, new energy sources, and cost-effective high-tech materials and devices…

It is known that the preliminary round of the VinFuture Awards 2023 will take place from June 1st to September 16th to select impressive and deserving projects to advance to the final judging round.

The core evaluation criteria include the level of progress in science and technology, the positive impact on people's lives, as well as the scale and sustainability of the project.

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