The Hong Kong Prize is one of Asia’s premier awards, drawing thousands of applicants every year. Its scholarship program recognizes high school students’ academic and extracurricular achievements while broadening their global perspectives. Winners receive cash awards as well as access to some of Hong Kong’s premier research facilities.
Astrophysicists took home the Hong Kong Prize in Astronomy this year for the first time since 2020, due to their discovery of faint radio waves from distant galaxies known as FRBs (frequencies of radio bursts). These intense, fast-moving ripples can be found all across space and may represent remnants of dead stars which collapsed post supernova explosion, sending blasts of radiation out into space.
Due to the pandemic, due to which no winners could attend in person for this year’s Hong Kong Prizes, an online ceremony will take place for the first time ever in three years. Prizes were distributed in categories like astronomy, life science and medicine and mathematical sciences with other winners such as Derek Tsang’s Better Days winning in drama category while Jackson Yee’s To My Nineteen Year Old Self by Jackson Yee winning as best screenplay.
Winners of the Hong Kong Prize awards ceremony can present their work and gain international exposure for their achievements, which may open doors for future funding opportunities. Furthermore, winners will gain access to regional research facilities.
The Hong Kong Prize is judged by an independent expert panel comprised of representatives from both academic and business sectors in Hong Kong society. It provides a platform for researchers to share their ideas and discoveries with the world, while offering them an avenue to do so. However, only articles meeting certain criteria will be eligible for consideration: this includes clinical studies, observational or epidemiological investigations with Hong Kong/Asia focus, basic research with this focus, etc. Reviews or letters to editors will not be considered eligible for consideration.
HK Prize is an independent merit-based prize with the mission to advance global peace and human development by rewarding research and innovation in science and technology fields. Each category also receives a runner-up prize sponsored by Bank of China Hong Kong totalling HK$300,000.
Nominations for the Hong Kong Prize are open to individuals, research institutions, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Nominators should clearly state why their nominee is worthy of receiving it and how their nomination will contribute to fulfilling the mission of the prize. Nominations will be accepted until March 20, 2022 and visitors are encouraged to visit the official website to learn more about its process and requirements before making their submission. To avoid violations against its charter by nominators’s actions the Board reserves the right to cancel award and withdraw prize money certificate and trophy from them – any violations by nominators may cancel award or withdraw prize award or withdraw prize award money certificate and trophy from them without prior notification from them and withdraw all prize funds certificates/trophies as appropriate from them – depending upon severity.
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