Nobel Prize winner Sir Kostya Novoselov talking about the VinFuture Prize

17 Sep 2021

Nobel Prize winner Sir Kostya Novoselov talking about the VinFuture Prize

VinFuture Prize – the first global sci-tech award from Vietnam – managed to attract nearly 600 nominations from around the globe in its inaugural year. “It is a very impressive result that will contribute to the promotion of diversity and inclusion in the global scientific community,” Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov FRS, who was among the youngest laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics when he was 36, told The Statesman.

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Nobel Prize winner Sir Kostya Novoselov talking about the VinFuture Prize

The Statesman

17 Sep 2021

Nobel Prize winner Sir Kostya Novoselov talking about the VinFuture Prize

VinFuture Prize – the first global sci-tech award from Vietnam – managed to attract nearly 600 nominations from around the globe in its inaugural year. “It is a very impressive result that will contribute to the promotion of diversity and inclusion in the global scientific community,” Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov FRS, who was among the youngest laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics when he was 36, told The Statesman.

Promoting breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations

Technode

15 Sep 2021

Promoting breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations

TechNode Global had a talk with Dr. Le Mai Lan, Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup and Designated Representative of the VinFuture Foundation, about the VinFuture Award as well as technological innovations.

‘Really interesting and exciting nominations’ in inaugural year: VinFuture Prize Council Chair

Vietnamnews

22 Jun 2021

‘Really interesting and exciting nominations’ in inaugural year: VinFuture Prize Council Chair

Sir Richard Henry Friend, Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge (UK) and Chairman of the VinFuture Prize Council said: “I am really impressed by the very constructive response from the nominators.

Funding the future

CNBC

08 Jun 2021

Funding the future

Science and technology are playing a larger and larger role in our everyday lives, as some of the world’s most pressing challenges have been thrown into stark relief. While the world has witnessed many breakthroughs recently, without robust support for researchers in STEM, they may never have seen the light of day. Contributions to STEM such as the VinFuture Prize have the power to catalyse change, funding research that addresses our biggest problems and seeks to create a better future for all.

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SCIENTISTS’ VIEWS ON VINFUTURE

Professor Jennifer Tour Chayes, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Jennifer Tour Chayes, University of California, Berkeley

“The VinFuture Prize is the new vanguard: it’s the first of the major prizes to focus on the impact to humanity so explicitly, focusing on how science and technology can create a better world for all. This is a major prize at the level of the Nobel, Millennium, and Turing”.

Professor Sir Kostya S.Novoselov FRS, Winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

Professor Sir Kostya S.Novoselov FRS, Winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

“It is often happens that scientists from developing countries do not get the recognition they deserve simply because their voice is not heard as well as it is deserved to be heard. The VinFuture prize was developed exactly to change this, to equilibrate the situation.”

Professor-Sir Richard Henry Friend – University of Cambridge

Professor-Sir Richard Henry Friend – University of Cambridge

“We now recognize that science and technology must deliver benefit to all peoples and all nations. The VinFuture Prizes will recognize those whose brilliant science or engineering can have positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the planet.”

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