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The Yidan Prize (/ji: ‘dan/) is awarded each year to two individuals or organizations whose work has made profound contributions to education research and development. The prize consists of two awards: the Yidan Prize for Education Research, which recognizes outstanding research that makes significant contributions to education, and the Yidan Prize for Education Development, which recognizes innovative ideas that tackle pressing challenges in the field of education.[1]

Awardees receive a gold medal and HK$30,000,000 (approx.US$ 3,800,000) in funding for their initiatives or research.[2] This includes a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million. The inaugural laureates, Dr Carol Dweck and Vicky Colbert, were announced in Hong Kong on Sept 19th, 2017 and the first Yidan Prize Summit will be held in Hong Kong on December 10th and 11th 2017. The prize is managed by the Yidan Prize Foundation and governed by an independent charitable trust.

Nominees can be either individuals or teams of up to three representatives, who can be teachers, researchers, academics, policy makers and advocates among others. The two independent judging panels will screen valid nominations and select a candidate for each prize category. Candidates are assessed on four criteria: future orientation, innovation, transformation and sustainability.

History

The prize was established in 2016 by the Yidan Prize Foundation. Chen Yidan (English name Charles Chen), established the foundation and the prize to promote educational causes globally. Mr. Chen’s focus on philanthropy began during his tenure with Tencent and continues with his support of various educational programmes and initiatives.[3][4]

The Yidan Prize Foundation

The prize is overseen by the Yidan Prize Foundation. The members of the Global Advisory Board are:

Dr Qian Tang, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Professor Kai-ming Cheng, Emeritus Professor, the University of Hong Kong

Dankert Vedeler, Assistant director-general of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research's Department of Policy Analysis, Lifelong Learning and International Affairs

Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University

Dr Jamil Salmi, Former World Bank Tertiary Education Coordinator

Marc S. Tucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, the National Center on Education and the Economy[5]

Adjudication Process

Given on an annual basis, the Yidan Prize recognizes and supports individuals for forward-looking innovations that creates sustainable impacts on the education systems of today and tomorrow. Each nomination is reviewed according to a set of rigorous criteria in order to identify the very best individuals. Projects must be sustainable, future-oriented, transformative and innovative.

Nominations

The Yidan Prize invites nominators, comprising government bodies, non-government organizations and professional associations, and individual thought leaders to propose nominees. Self-nomination is allowed in exceptional cases. Nominees can be individuals or working teams of up to three people and can be teachers, researchers, academics, policy makers, advocates or those who work in related roles. Posthumous nominations are not accepted but nominees who are not awarded can be nominated again in the future.

Judging Panels

The Yidan Prize is managed and governed by the Yidan Prize Foundation board of directors, an international judging committee and a global advisory board formed by a respected team of independent and authoritative experts. The board of directors is responsible for approving the judging committee’s awardee recommendations.

The Judging Committee is responsible for screening nominations and selecting laureates. It comprises two independent judging panels. The committee is comprised of:

Chairman: Dr Koichiro Matsuura - former director-general, UNESCO

The Yidan Prize for Education Research Judging Panel

Professor Paul Chu Ching-wu - Panel head, professor of physics, T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science, University of Houston

Professor Bruce M. Alberts - chancellor’s leadership chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education, the University of California, San Francisco

Professor Phillip A. Griffiths - professor emeritus of mathematics, the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey

The Yidan Prize for Education Development Judging Panel

Dorothy K. Gordon - Panel head, director-general, the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT

Professor Steven Cohen - executive director, the Earth Institute, Columbia University

Dr Allan E. Goodman - president and chief executive officer, the Institute of International Education[6]

Award Announcement and Summit

The first laureates were announced on September 19th in Hong Kong and the first summit will take place on December 10th and 11th, also in Hong Kong. The prize recipients as well as 250 other education researchers, practitioners and policy makers will be in attendance.

Prizes

The Yidan Prizes consist of a medal as well as a financial award for each recipient. The medals were designed by Kan Tai-keung. They feature a book motif on one side representing important texts in Chinese literature, On the other side, the Yidan Prize Foundation logo is incorporated with scenes of a figure contemplating the horizon near a tree. The financial award of a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million to each of the two top candidates is supported by a US$320 million endowment. The inaugural laureates for the Yidan Prize, Dr Carol Dweck and Vicky Colbert, were announced on September 19th, 2017. [7] [8]

See Also

Chen Yidan

References

  1. ^ "Tencent Co-founder Kicks Off World's Largest Education Prizes - Forbes". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ^ "Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize - BBC". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  3. ^ "Chinese billionaire seeks ideas from Canadian universities for education prize - The Globe and Mail". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  4. ^ "Yidan Prize for Education Research and Education Development announced at MIT - MIT News". www.news.mit.edu.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  5. ^ "The Yidan Prize Foundation Global Advisory Board - The Yidan Prize". www.yidanprize.org. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  6. ^ "The Yidan Prize Foundation Judging Committee - The Yidan Prize". www.yidanprize.org. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  7. ^ "Stanford professor wins inaugural $4 million Yidan Prize". Times Higher Education. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  8. ^ "Stanford psychologist recognized with $4 million prize for education researche". Times Higher Education. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-09-21.

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