The VinFuture Prize is a core activity of the VinFuture Foundation, a non-profit organisation co-founded by Vietnam’s billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong and his spouse Pham Thu Huong. (Photo: vinfutureprize.org) The nominations cover a diverse range of critical fields,including health care (36.3%), sustainable energy (24.6%), environment andclimate change (15.2%), artificial intelligence (AI) applications acrossmultiple industries (13.8%), and agriculture (10.1%).
The number of international scientists becoming officialnomination partners this year amounted to 9,101, up more than 70% and nearly 8-fold compared to the previous and inaugural seasons, respectively. Most of thepartner scientists come from the Americas (31.4%), followed by Europe (28.3%),Asia (26.0%), Africa (7.3%), and Oceania (7%).
Notably, 14.8% of the nominating partners are among the top2% of the most cited researchers globally.
The preliminary round of the prize is scheduled to run fromJune 1 to August 31.
The award is the core activity of the VinFuture Foundation,a non-profit organisation co-founded by Vietnam’s billionaire Pham Nhat Vuongand his spouse Pham Thu Huong. Its third edition, themed "BoundlessUnity", received 1,389 nominations, tripling that of the first one./.
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