APEC Launches ASPIRE Prize for Innovative Scientists

APEC recently launched APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE Prize), which will be awarded in September 2011 to recognize young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to both excellence in scientific research, as evidenced by scholarly publication, and cooperation with scientists from other APEC economies.  This year’s theme is “green growth,” one of the priorities for APEC USA 2011.

 

Ambassador Muhamad Noor said that the ASPIRE Prize builds upon APEC economies’ efforts to actively promote environmentally sustainable economic growth and their desires to help member economies successfully transition to a clean energy future.

 

APEC encourages the development and application of industrial science and technology that improves the quality of life, while safeguarding the natural environment and achieving sustainable development.

 

Each APEC member economy is invited to submit one nominee under the age of 40 for the ASPIRE Prize.  The winner will receive prize money in the amount of US$25,000 and is expected to be honoured at the Joint Ministerial Meeting on Energy and Transportation to be held on September 12-13, 2011, in San Francisco, California.  U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is expected to award the ASPIRE Prize. The ASPIRE Prize is sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Elsevier.