ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE CUSPEA Symposium and CUSPEA Prize in October 2020 at Wenzhou China BUILDING A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS FOR SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE A NEW SCIENTIST-LED INITIATIVE is presenting young scholars with opportunities for international recognition and collaborative innovation. The global pandemic and entrepreneur, and chair of the students from China, including Chinese Academy of Sciences, geopolitical landscape presents CUSPEA Foundation for the three who were tutored by such as Xincheng Xie and Chao new challenges for international Advancement of Science and Leggett, and with whom he Tang (currently the president of scientific exchange. The Technology. continues to collaborate. CUSPEA Scholars Association). inaugural CUSPEA prize, whose “In less than a year, despite “Carrying on Lee’s invaluable “We will take our vision to roots can be traced to the 1979 the pandemic, our global legacy to gather scholars of all fruition from promoting Lee’s economic opening of China, is network of CUSPEA alumni backgrounds and nationalities, contributions and spirits across set to transcend borders and has mobilized resources for we want to recognize not just national universities in China, to create new platforms for growth the CUSPEA prize launched first-class research, but also planning joint programmes at and exchange. in October 2020,” she said. outstanding efforts in science Columbia University,” Dong said. Initiated by Tsung-Dao Lee, “Along with our other planned communications to the general The China Association the Chinese-American 1957 initiatives, this will promote a public,” explained Leggett. for Science and Technology Physics Nobel Prize Laureate and scientific collective, while giving is another key collaborator, the University Professor Emeritus back to the world. Science FOSTERING MULTIFACETED co-hosting public outreach of the Columbia University, the belongs to all humankind.” DEVELOPMENT programmes as well as the ‘China-US Physics Examination The CUSPEA prize is among CUSPEA prize award ceremony and Application’ (CUSPEA BUILDING BRIDGES FOR the few bottom-up initiatives at the World Young Scientist Programme) sent 915 talented GLOBAL TALENT for strengthening global Summit at Wenzhou, China. Chinese students to top Young scholars face curtailed ties, according to Dong. She institutions in the United States possibilities for collaboration, as explained how this levels the The deadline for 2021 award between 1979 and 1988. well as heightened pressure to field, ensuring impartiality. The nominations is 31 May, 2021 Commemorating CUSPEA’s prioritize churning out papers prize committee features cross- 40th anniversary, more than over public outreach, according disciplinary scientists from a 200 of its alumni gathered in to Sir Anthony J. Leggett, chair range of backgrounds, including November 2019 to develop of the CUSPEA prize award Nieng Yan, a molecular biologist; a strategy for international committee. A laureate of the Ming Liu, a microelectronics exchange. Their effort was Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, expert; Zhonglin Wang, a concerted and their plan was Leggett was the Professor member of the Canadian timely, according to Jielin Emeritus at the University of Academy of Engineering; Peter Dong, a CUSPEA physicist Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dayan, a member of the Royal Website: http://cuspeaprize.org.cn/en/ turned science historian and which hosted 18 CUSEPA PhD Society; and members of the Email: [email protected] Advertiser retains sole responsibility for content.