In Memoriam 26 Jan 2021
In memory of Professor Sheung-Wai Tam

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...

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Nomination 14 Dec 2020
Announcement of the Awards 2021 will be made in June

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...

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Nomination 1 Dec 2020
Nominations are closed for The Shaw Prize 2021

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....

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Nomination 16 Nov 2020
Final call for Nomination 2021

Same as last year, nominations will be made through an electronic system. Invited Nominators have been sent email invitations from the Shaw Prize Committee via the Secretariat inviting them to nominate candidates for The Shaw Prize ...

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Nomination 27 Oct 2020
Friendly Reminder for Nomination 2021

Same as last year, nominations will be made through an electronic system. Invited Nominators have been sent email invitations from the Shaw Prize Committee via the Secretariat inviting them to nominate candidates for The Shaw Prize ...

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Bulletin 7 Oct 2020
Shaw Laureate in Astronomy won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

Congratulations to Professor Reinhard Genzel who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.  Professor Genzel is the Shaw Laureate in Astronomy 2008.

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