China News Service, June 19, according to the US "World Daily" report, on the 18th local time, the New York Academy of Sciences (New York Academy of Sciences) and the Blavatnik Family Foundation (The Blavatnik Family Foundation) announced the 2020 Blavatnik The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists were shortlisted. Five of the 31 finalists were of Chinese descent. The three major fields of chemistry, life sciences and physical sciences and engineering were shortlisted.

  The organizer said that in 2020, a total of 305 candidates nominated by 41 states and 161 academic and research institutions across the United States will pass the professional review and 31 finalists will be shortlisted.

  The organizer will announce on July 22 the final winners of each of the three fields of life sciences, chemistry and physical sciences and engineering selected from 31 people, each of whom will receive a prize of US$ 250,000; but due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic The 2020 Bravanik National Young Scientist Awards ceremony and dinner will be canceled, and will be postponed for one year to September 27, 2021. The two awards ceremony and dinner will be held together at the New York Museum of Natural History.

  Among the 31 finalists in 2020, including five Chinese Americans, were the finalists of the Chicago Chemistry Professor Guangbin Dong, Columbia University professor Wei Min and the University of California, San Diego professor Joel Yuen-Zhou, finalists in physical sciences Professor Liangbing Hu of the University of Maryland Parker Campus with the Engineering Award and Professor Nieng Yan of the Princeton University Finalist for the Life Science Award.

  The Bravanik National Young Scientist Award is one of the most important young scientist awards in the United States. It was established in 2007 to recognize young scientists under the age of 42 who work in top universities and research institutions in the United States.

  Chinese scientists have been frequent visitors to the award. In 2017, two of the final three winners were Chinese, including Zhang Feng, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who won the life science award, and Cui Yi, a professor at Stanford University who won the chemistry award. (Hong Qunchao)