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The nominating institution Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on the breakthrough: The Molecular Foundry provides visiting researchers (“users”) with access to leading-edge scientific instruments. In an innovative twist on the traditional user facility model, users also gain access to world-renowned scientists who devote their expertise to the users’ research goals in…

Georges Khouri has developed an immunochromatographic rapid test capable of diagnosing Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, and Gram (+)/Gram (-) bacterial infections made from polyclonal antibodies in a single strip.

The COESO project fosters the growth of citizen science/participatory research in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). We do so by engaging with and bridging three key communities: 1) the European social sciences and humanities community, 2) the citizen science community, and 3) the open scholarly communication community. As an…

The Future of Online Management Education (FOME) alliance is a group of like-minded business schools with collaborating on strategic, international online initiatives. The FOME alliance responds to the following challenges: how can business schools collaboratively respond to the new market demand for accessible, flexible, high-quality online education; and how can…

Nominated by: BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Presented by: Anne Lamp

Nominated by: Oxford University Hospital Presented by: Fouad Noor

PRESENTED BY Maksym Plakhotnyuk NOMINATED BY University of Illinois Chicago Tags: Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Micro Devices, Nano Devices, Deep Tech , Atomic Layer Processing

Serena Parekh is a Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston, where she is chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She is the author of three books, including her most recent book, No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis (Oxford 2020), which won the North American…

Brian Nosek, Executive Director of the Center for Open Science (COS), is increasing openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research by challenging and changing the research culture to accelerate expansion of knowledge and discovery of solutions. COS provides infrastructure to make all research available regardless of outcome, catalyzes grassroots efforts to…

Sarah Nyamita and Janorw are addressing the issue of financial exclusion in Uganda by providing mobile-based loans and financial services to the unbanked population, which constitutes over 70% of the total population. Her inclusive approach aims to bridge the gap and offer much-needed financial solutions to those who need it…