hk prize The HK Prize invites participants to share ideas on how Hong Kong could become a hub of Official Development Assistance (ODA), for the benefit of those most in need. It provides a rare chance to contribute towards Hong Kong’s international development efforts and shape its role on a global scale.
The Hong Kong Prize will select the winning idea through open call and public voting, awarding them with HK$100,000. Participants also enjoy networking and sharing ideas during this process.
Apply for multiple prizes! Applicants are invited to submit more than one proposal; winners will be selected by a panel of judges from different sectors and announced in December 2018.
On 23 November 2021, a prize award ceremony for 2019/20 prizes took place at the International Conference Centre (ICC), awarding over $20 Million in awards to five recipients who were recognized for their exceptional contributions in areas including astronomy, life science/medicine/mathematics. Shrinivas R Kulkarni of California Institute of Technology was awarded with an astronomy prize for his groundbreaking discoveries regarding supernovae and stellar flares, while Deng Hongkui from Peking University received his life science prize for discovering small molecules which alter cell fate or state, such as reprogramming somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells. Mark Jordans and Luke Stannard from War Child Alliance shared the mathematical sciences prize, awarded to Peter Sarnak of Princeton University for his unification of arithmetic group representations that includes number theory, analysis, combinatorics dynamics geometry and spectral theory.
Hong Kong is well-known for offering Olympic prize money at an unprecedented level; two epeeists Vivian Kong Man-wai and Cheung Ka-long earned each an astounding HK$6 Million after winning gold medals in Paris; swimmer Siobhan Haughey received each of her two bronze medals from Tokyo three years prior, an increase over what they would receive as silver medallists last time round (HK$1.5M).
The Hong Kong Prize was launched in 2016 to recognize and encourage changemakers who strive to make this world better. At its awards ceremony, Chen Yidan, founder of the prize, presented two grants totalling HK$30 million as grants: education research and development. To show his gratitude, Chen congratulated winners while thanking public for supporting it.