The vision for the VinFuture Prize is to catalyze meaningful change in people’s everyday lives through tangible and highly scalable improvements in areas such as productivity, prosperity, connectivity, health, safety, environment, sustainability, as well as their overall happiness regardless of socioeconomic status.
The VinFuture Prize pledges US$4.5 million annually to reward breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations, including:
The VinFuture Prize Council is a global and diverse team of distinguished individuals from academia, research, and industry, globally renowned for their achievements and contributions in advancing human progress in the fields of science, technology, and industry.
VinFuture Prize recognizes fundamental advances in science and engineering that align with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, including eradicating poverty and hunger, enhancing health and quality of life, promoting access to quality education, clean water, and renewable energy, reducing inequality, addressing climate change, and so on.
23 May 2023
May 22nd, 2023, Vietnam – The nomination portal for the 2023 VinFuture Prize officially concluded on May 15 with a total of 1,389 nominations for the third award season. The number of nominating partners has more than quadrupled compared to the first-year Prize; and 20% of this year’s nominating partners are among the world’s top 2% most-cited researchers.