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2018
18th Awarding Program for Future Scientists Held at Beihang
Release time:November 9, 2018 / Lyu Xingyun

The 18th Awarding Program for Future Scientists, jointly organized by the Children & Youth Science Center of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and Beihang University, was convened at Beihang Gymnasium on the morning of November 4.

Among the attendees were Academician Wu Yueliang, Director of the review committee of Future Scientists and Vice President of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Academician Li Lemin, Director of the review and supervision committee of Future Scientists and Professor of Peking University; Academician Wang Jun, President of the Association for Science and Technology of Beihang University; Chen Gang, Secretary of the Secretariat of CAST; Zhang Peiwei, Chairman of the H.S. Chau Foundation; Party members of CAST; and LI Junfeng, Vice Secretary of Beihang University.

At the event, Chen Gang delivered the closing keynote address. He noted that the Awarding Program, which aims at discovering and cultivating teenagers with scientific research potential and encouraging them to sublimate scientific research into their life ideal, is the trial and exploration on the training and selection mechanism of the young talents in science and technology innovation.

Chen Gang delivering the closing speech

On behalf of the review committee, Wu Yueliang gave a review report on this Program. A total of 2,472 students, the largest number ever, registered and applied for the Program this year. 223 experts were invited by the committee to select 130 students as finalists. In the final stage, the final assessment committee, which consists of the 55 academicians and experts from well-known universities and research institutes in China, chose 15 first prize winners, 35 second prize winners, 50 third prize winners and 26 awards for nomination, through multiple ways of testing like oral defense of research projects, knowledge test and comprehensive quality evaluation.

At the awarding ceremony

During the event, the students communicated with Nobel Prize winners and academicians face to face, got acquainted with peers with similar interests and had an in-depth exchange of views on scientific research through activities like “Youth Science Salon” and “Future Scientists” Reunion. Besides, to experience the academic atmosphere and campus culture of the university, the students also toured the Beijing Air and Space Museum and the relevant laboratories at Beihang University.

Group photo

 

Reported by Xie Qin

Reviewed by Wang Xiaofeng

Edited by Jia Aiping and Lyu Xingyun

Translated by Lyu Xingyun

 

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