It's not that I said, Ali is really anxious in this matter!
The winners of the 2023 Damo Academy Young Fellow Award were announced, and 15 young scientific research scholars shared 15 million yuan in prize money, in addition to two new changes: the Young Fellow Award also awarded 30 most potential awards, each with a prize of 100,000 yuan. From next year, the Young Fellows Award will go to the campus to give a science popularization lecture to the majority of young people.
Contributing money, scientific research resources, and giving popular science lectures, I can strongly feel that the Damo Academy has made great determination to basic scientific research and promotion. Taking this year's Young Fellows Award as an example, most of the winners are committed to tackling major fundamental and subversive topics, such as eukaryotic gene transcription, topological particles in new dimensions, and so on.
Basic science is the source of original innovation in science and technology, and Yau Chengtong said that the harvest of doing basic science is billions of times the amount paid, which can affect the development of a country's science and technology. This is a very complex task, which is hard and tiring, and there is no effect in the short term. Only when the vitality of science and technology is accumulated, can China become a world power in science and technology.
Awards such as the DAMO Academy Young Fellow Award not only provide financial support to young scientists, but also provide them with a stage and opportunities for the world to see. At present, the foundation of China's basic science is extremely weak, and there are few public welfare awards in the society to support basic science.
