VinFuture Foundation opens calls for nominations for 2024 season
(VOVWORLD) - The VinFuture Prize on Tuesday announced the official call for nominations for the 2024 award season.
 President Vo Van Thuong (first from left) awards 2023 VinFuture Prize winners. |
With the aim of promoting diversity and benefiting humanity by making positive changes in the lives of billions worldwide, VinFuture has organized three seasons, solidifying its standing in the global scientific community.
Over the course of three years, the Prize has witnessed a three-fold surge in nominations, totaling nearly 1,400 innovations last year.
To participate in the 2023 VinFuture Prize, scientific and technological innovations and solutions must fully meet the Prize’s nomination criteria* and be nominated by prestigious organizations or individuals in the field of science and technology worldwide.
Nominated applications will be screened, shortlisted, and selected by the VinFuture Prize’s Pre-Screening Committee and Prize Council, composed of leading scientists and experts who have won prestigious awards, such as Nobel, Turing, and Millennium Technology prizes.
The deadline for nomination submissions for the 2024 VinFuture Prize is 2:00 PM, April 17, 2024 (Hanoi time). Nominations received after this deadline will be considered for the following year.
To provide comprehensive information on the submission process for prospective nominating partners, the VinFuture Foundation will organize two “Call for Nominations” webinars in the first quarter of 2024.
* 10 criteria for nomination to the VinFuture Prize:
- 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 Sustainable Development Goals (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 the 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.