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2024 VinFuture Prize records 1,469 nominations

The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, an annual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovations for humankind, has officially closed its nomination portal with a record of 1,469 submissions.
2024 VinFuture Prize records 1,469 nominations ảnh 1The 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)
Hanoi (VNA) - The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, anannual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs andpromotes innovations for humankind, has officially closed its nomination portalwith a record of 1,469 submissions.

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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