VinFuture Foundation
An independent, not-for-profit foundation in Vietnam with an intitial endowment of VND 2,000 billion (~USD 100 million) from Mr. Phạm Nhật Vượng – Chairman of Vingroup JSC, a technology, industry, and services company in Vietnam and his wife, Mrs. Phạm Thu Hương.
VINFUTURE PRIZE
One of the world’s largest annual prizes in science and technology
VinFuture Foundation is established with the vision of creating meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people by honoring breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations.
The core activities of the Foundation is to award the annual VinFuture Prize - the first global science and technology prize from Vietnam, and one of the world’s largest annual prizes in science and technology.
The core activities of the Foundation is to award the annual VinFuture Prize - the first global science and technology prize from Vietnam, and one of the world’s largest annual prizes in science and technology.
The Secretariat
The Secretariat (Dr. Nguyen Thi Quy Phuong served as Secretary General) with professors, doctors in the Foundation’s Advisory Council has successfully welcomed 11 world leading scientists to join the Prize Council:
Professor Gérard Albert Mourou
École Polytechnique, Nobel Prize Winner in 2018
Professor Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS
Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge, Millennium Technology Prize Winner in 2010
Professor Jennifer Tour Chayes
University of California Berkeley, Founder of Microsoft Research
Professor Michael Eugene Porter
Harvard University, “Father” of the Modern Strategy Field
Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant, FRS
Harvard University, A.M.Turing Award Winner in 2010
Professor Pascale Cossart
Pasteur Institute of Paris, Pioneering Cellular Microbiologist
École Polytechnique, Nobel Prize Winner in 2018
Professor Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS
Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge, Millennium Technology Prize Winner in 2010
Professor Jennifer Tour Chayes
University of California Berkeley, Founder of Microsoft Research
Professor Michael Eugene Porter
Harvard University, “Father” of the Modern Strategy Field
Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant, FRS
Harvard University, A.M.Turing Award Winner in 2010
Professor Pascale Cossart
Pasteur Institute of Paris, Pioneering Cellular Microbiologist
Professor Sir Kostya S. Novoselov, FRS
University of Manchester, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at National University of Singapore, Nobel Prize Winner in 2010
Professor Văn-Chí Đặng
Scientific Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Professor Hà-Văn Vũ
Percey F. Smith Professor in Mathematics and Data Science, Yale University
Doctor Xuedong Huang
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft
Doctor Padmanabhan Anandan
Chief Executive Officer, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence
University of Manchester, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at National University of Singapore, Nobel Prize Winner in 2010
Professor Văn-Chí Đặng
Scientific Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Professor Hà-Văn Vũ
Percey F. Smith Professor in Mathematics and Data Science, Yale University
Doctor Xuedong Huang
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft
Doctor Padmanabhan Anandan
Chief Executive Officer, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence
