The Prize

The 2024 AXA Art Prize US is Open for Submissions

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.
  • The submission period ends March 6, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT
    Since its launch in 2018, the AXA Art Prize US has become a career-launching platform for young and emerging artists whose work is judged by some of the most influential art curators, critics, and collectors in the country.
  • The 40 finalists will comprise the AXA Art Prize US Exhibition, which goes on view in New York in November 2024.
  • The breadth and stature of its Exhibition Juries and Prize Juries have been a hallmark of the Prize since its inception.

11 Winners Recognised at Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.

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  • His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231201649250/en/
    11 winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize Recognised at COP28 (Photo: AETOSWire)
    The Ceremony was attended by numerous heads of delegations participating in COP28, ministers, senior government officials, and Prize winners and finalists.
  • His Highness congratulated the winners, praising their efforts in promoting sustainability and encouraging them to continue their important contributions in this field.
  • For over 15 years, through its 106 previous winners, the Prize has transformed the lives of 384 million people worldwide.

11 Winners Recognised at Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.

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  • ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.
  • The Ceremony was attended by numerous heads of delegations participating in COP28, ministers, senior government officials, and Prize winners and finalists.
  • For over 15 years, through its 106 previous winners, the Prize has transformed the lives of 384 million people worldwide.
  • The Zayed Sustainability Prize is a tribute to the legacy of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

11 Winners Recognised at Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.

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  • ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, today awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism, during a ceremony held at COP28 UAE in Expo City Dubai.
  • The Ceremony was attended by numerous heads of delegations participating in COP28, ministers, senior government officials, and Prize winners and finalists.
  • For over 15 years, through its 106 previous winners, the Prize has transformed the lives of 384 million people worldwide.
  • The Zayed Sustainability Prize is a tribute to the legacy of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Winners of the 2024 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics Announced

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

LONDON, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1972 by the British industrialist and philanthropist Lord J. Arthur Rank, the prestigious Rank Prize is awarded biennially in the fields of nutrition and optoelectronics.

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  • The 2024 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics is awarded to four inventors of adaptive optics technologies for imaging the human retina: Dr Junzhong Liang, Professor Donald T. Miller, Professor Austin Roorda and Professor David R. Williams
    LONDON, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1972 by the British industrialist and philanthropist Lord J. Arthur Rank, the prestigious Rank Prize is awarded biennially in the fields of nutrition and optoelectronics.
  • The 2024 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics is awarded to four internationally leading scientists for the development of instruments that use adaptive optics technologies to capture high-resolution images of the living human retina.
  • The four winning scientists are:
    Professor Donal Bradley CBE FRS, Chair of Rank Prize Optoelectronics Committee: "The prize recognizes a seminal contribution to imaging within the eye that opens new opportunities to understand this complex optical instrument and to improve eyesight through precise interventions.
  • The Prize will be awarded formally at an event in London on 1 July 2024.

Winners of the 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition Announced

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

LONDON, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1972 by the British industrialist and philanthropist Lord J. Arthur Rank, the prestigious Rank Prize is awarded biennially in the fields of nutrition and optoelectronics.

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  • The 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition is awarded to Professor Mike Lean and Professor Roy Taylor for their groundbreaking work on dietary approaches to type 2 diabetes remission, transforming the lives of thousands
    LONDON, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1972 by the British industrialist and philanthropist Lord J. Arthur Rank, the prestigious Rank Prize is awarded biennially in the fields of nutrition and optoelectronics.
  • Professor Roy Taylor and Professor Mike Lean are the winners of the 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition.
  • Professor John Mathers, Chair of the Rank Prize Nutrition Committee: "The ground-breaking research by Professors Taylor and Lean has shown that a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is not a life sentence.
  • Those fields are nutrition and optoelectronics: the two disciplines our founder Lord Rank built his businesses upon.

The National Institutes of Health Common Fund Seeks New Methods for Transforming Biomedical Research

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HeroX, an innovation platform and open marketplace for crowdsourced solutions, announced a new crowdsourcing competition, the Complement-ARIE Challenge, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund. The Challenge seeks the public's innovations to help pave the way for more accurate, human-based research solutions. The challenge sponsors want innovators to envision a future where multiscale mathematical models, AI-driven approaches, and intricate cell-based constructs coalesce to revolutionize the way we do research. With $1,000,000 in total prizes, the NIH Common Fund is seeking ideas that will innovate and develop transformative methodologies that resonate with human biology, transcending traditional approaches.

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  • The Challenge seeks the public's innovations to help pave the way for more accurate, human-based research solutions.
  • However, because human-based models are relatively young in the field of biomedical research, the NIH Common Fund is seeking the public's help in transforming and elevating these promising methods.
  • "NAMs fit well as an area for Common Fund investment because they have the possibility to create advancements across broad swaths of biomedical research."
  • The Challenge: The Complement-ARIE Challenge asks the public to propose their novel ideas for transforming methodologies in human-based biomedical research.

HeroX Seeks Out-of-the-Box Solutions for Ensuring Greener Skies

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HeroX, the leading platform and open marketplace for crowdsourced solutions, today launched the crowdsourcing competition, Brilliant Minds for Pure Blue Skies. The Challenge seeks contributions from aviation experts and industry outsiders alike for novel and revolutionary ideas that directly address the harmful emissions produced by narrow and wide-body aircraft during flights that last longer than two hours. Budding and nascent ideas are welcomed as NASA's university partners will help to develop the most promising solutions after the challenge concludes.

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  • HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HeroX , the leading platform and open marketplace for crowdsourced solutions, today launched the crowdsourcing competition, Brilliant Minds for Pure Blue Skies .
  • Budding and nascent ideas are welcomed as NASA's university partners will help to develop the most promising solutions after the challenge concludes.
  • Thoughtful and creative ingenuity may be key to coming up with the breakthroughs that lead to clean and healthy skies wherever planes fly.
  • "It's always exciting to see a challenge that welcomes bold and novel solutions from all over the globe," said Kal K. Sahota, President and CEO of HeroX.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces One Acre Fund as 2023 Recipient of $2.5 Million Humanitarian Prize

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is excited to announce that One Acre Fund – an agricultural service provider that supports Africa's smallholder farmers to build resilient communities – has been selected as the 2023 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient and will receive $2.5 million in funding.

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  • The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is excited to announce that One Acre Fund – an agricultural service provider that supports Africa's smallholder farmers to build resilient communities – has been selected as the 2023 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient and will receive $2.5 million in funding.
  • “Before One Acre Fund I had no skills on how to use fertilizers and I had no access to good quality seed.
  • “The Jury’s selection of One Acre Fund to receive the 2023 Hilton Humanitarian Prize highlights the vital role smallholder farmers have in addressing massive humanitarian challenges such as hunger and climate change.
  • “One Acre Fund is honored to receive this recognition from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation at a critical moment for Africa's smallholder farm families.

Lupus Research Alliance Honors Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD, for Discovering a Specific Gene Variant that Causes Lupus in Some Patients

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

The Lupus Research Alliance awarded its 2023 Lupus Insight Prize to Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD, of The Francis Crick Institute.

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  • The Lupus Research Alliance awarded its 2023 Lupus Insight Prize to Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD, of The Francis Crick Institute.
  • Many lupus patients display increased TLR7 activity; however, disease-causing mutations in the TLR7 gene had not been identified.
  • "I am honored to receive this most prestigious award from the Lupus Research Alliance in recognition of our discovery of a genetic cause of lupus.
  • To determine whether the TLR7 mutation identified causes lupus, Dr. Vinuesa's team used a gene-editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9, to introduce the specific variant into mice.