Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The Shaw Prize Award Ceremony 2020 will be held virtually on Thursday, 20 May 2021.
2020 was a remarkably difficult year. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on every aspect of life and stripped us of the opportunity to come together for the awaited annual Award Ceremony.
Last September was supposed to be the time we gathered, applauded and toasted to the 2020 Shaw Laureates, but the global outbreak of COVID-19 made everyone's plans fell through, including ours.
January 1, 2021 – Professor Sheung-Wai Tam, OBE, GBS, JP, Council Member Emeritus of The Shaw Prize (2004 – 2013) and President Emeritus of The Open University of Hong Kong (1995 – 2003), passed away in Hong Kong at the age of...
Members on the Selection Committees for the 3 prize categories are screening the nominations and will, in April present a proposal for final candidates for the Shaw Prize Council’s consideration. Announcement of the winners will b...
Nomination for The Shaw Prize 2021 began in early September 2020 and ended on 30 November 2020. Nomination is done by electronic filing and the Shaw Prize Foundation would like to thank the nominators for their enthusiastic support....
