International
Award Description
The Honda Prize is an international award that acknowledges the efforts of an individual or a group who contribute new ideas which may lead the next generation in the field of ecotechnology. The Honda Foundation has given one award every year for a variety of research results The Honda Prize does not merely consider scientific and technological achievements from the viewpoint of new discoveries and inventions; it also takes into account entire processes that would bring out, apply, or share new frontiers in ecotechnology and a broad range of related scientific fields. Supporting top runners in science and technology who have created new value is our first step towards helping to solve the problems we are directly faced with. From this point of view, we at the Foundation want to put a spotlight on achievements in a variety of fields based on a wide perspective in the future.
Eligibility Details
The targeted research themes ・A research theme that has made or has the potential to make significant contributions to "Creating a truly humane civilization" by utilizing one of the four perspectives of "ecotechnology" ①Paradigm Shift, ②Sustainability, ③Innovation and ④Life Frontier. ・Achievements should be not only narrow scientific/technological new discoveries and inventions but also be served to the improvement of people’s lives around the world from the viewpoint of entire processes that would bring out, apply, or share solution for facing issues, or a research theme that holds the prospect of contribution to this goal. 2．Target researchers for recommendation ・An individual or a collaborative research group (irrespective of nationality) ・Interdisciplinary researchers or collaborative research groups spanning multiple fields are also eligible.
