VinFuture foundation officially launches the call for 2022 VinFuture Prize

The VinFuture Prize has officially opened the nomination portal for the second season from February 16th until May 17th, 2022.

The 2022 season of VinFuture Prize is looking for scientific inventions and innovations that can help revive the world and build up sustainable development after the pandemic.

Following the success of the inaugural VinFuture Prize with 4 honoured breakthroughs in science and technology that can positively impact humanity on a global scale – The second season of the Prize has been launched and welcomed by the international community of science.

The focus of the VinFuture Prize’s second season is to honour outstanding scientific innovations that can help reimagine post-pandemic life and stimulate sustainable development. This reflects VinFuture’s consistent vision and mission of “Science for humanity”.

If health protection was the challenge of mankind in 2021, “Reshaping and Reviving” is the imperative that the world needs to cope within 2022.

Centring around the theme of “Reshaping and Reviving”, the second season of the VinFuture Prize hopes to motivate and inspire scientists around the world.

Through the Prizes, VinFuture wishes to support people to overcome topical post-pandemic challenges and create positive changes for millions of human lives on earth this year.

Commenting on the outstanding nominations of 2021 and looking forward to this year’s submissions, Prof. Sir Richard Henry Friend – Chair of the VinFuture Prize Council, said: “Last year’s prize awards celebrate very clearly how science and innovation can bring real global benefits for health.

“However, humankind faces big challenges in many other areas, including natural resource consumption, the move to zero carbon to avoid damaging climate change, and others.

“This year we want to reach as widely as we can, across disciplines and across continents, to broaden the scope and impact of the VinFuture Prizes in reviving the post-pandemic world.”

To be eligible for participating in the VinFuture Prize 2022, the applications are required to meet the nomination criteria and be nominated by reputable organisations/individuals in the field of science and technology around the world.

Nominations will be evaluated in the pre-screening and selection stages by the Pre-screening Committee and the VinFuture Prize Council respectively.

2022 online nomination portal: https://online.vinfutureprize.org/nomination