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Inaugural Tang Prize Poster in 2014
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Awarded for | Outstanding contributions in sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, sinology, and rule of law |
Country | Taiwan |
Presented by | The Tang Prize Foundation |
First awarded | 2014 |
Official website | www |
The Tang Prize (Chinese: 唐獎) is a set of biennial international awards bestowed in a number of categories by panels of judges convened by Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution. The Tang Prize was established by Taiwanese entrepreneur Samuel Yin in December 2012.
The award categories of the Tang Prize include sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, sinology, and rule of law.
Tang Prize laureates receive NT$40 million (US$1.34 million) as well as a research grant of NT$10 million, for a total of NT$50 million (US$1.67 million).