The Hong Kong Prize For Young PeopleThe Hong Kong Prize For Young People
The Hong Kong Prize is an exciting award for young people – it offers recognition, support and encouragement in their creative work, arts projects or further studies; increased international visibility via top-tier media coverage and access to an incredible network of potential collaborators. Winners can also use their prize money to assist those in need.
The HK Prize is open to all young people aged 18-30 who are residents of Hong Kong. They can choose to pursue their research or arts projects in one of three categories: science, humanities and social sciences. The prizes will be awarded to the best entries in each category.
This year, HKUST researchers in all fields applied for the Prize, with record numbers from artificial intelligence, life and health, new materials and energy, advanced manufacturing and FinTech. The strong response from the scientific community demonstrates the importance of the Prize in inspiring academic researchers to persist in innovative exploration, establish themselves here, serve their nation and contribute globally.
HK Prize also seeks to recognise excellence in research conducted by junior Fellows, with a focus on clinical practice and research in any specialties of medicine. All articles submitted for the Prize must be original (including prospective and retrospective clinical studies, observational studies, epidemiological studies, basic science studies, meta-analysis) published in the Hong Kong Journal of Medicine during the nomination period. Trainees, review articles and letters to the editor will not be considered. Only the first author of each paper can be nominated.
In addition to supporting a wide range of research, the HK Prize also promotes public understanding of science and technology. To this end, it will provide a platform for young people to showcase their achievements and share their ideas with the public through workshops, exhibitions and online platforms. The prizes will be presented to the winners in a ceremony to be held in December.
The HK Prize is supported by a number of organisations, including the Hong Kong Society for Clinical Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Oxford. The judging panel is chaired by Prof Richard O’Brien, director of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London.
This year’s finalists were chosen from a shortlist of more than 600 applications, with the award ceremony to be held in October for the second time in a row after 2023. It will cap a week of events, including a youth dialogue with this year’s laureates. Proceeds will go to SAF’s expressive arts workshops for disadvantaged children. Nine artists from Hong Kong were on the shortlist, making it the most represented city. They include Noormah Jamal’s acrylic-on-canvas painting, Did the Seed Grow?, which depicts two figures with vacant expressions, as well as a series of self-portraits. It’s a reflection of the city’s diverse and inclusive cultural landscape.