【2022 Tang Prize Laureates】

♦Sustainable Development: Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs

2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development is awarded to Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs , for leading transdisciplinary sustainability science and creating the multilateral movement for its applications from village to nation and to the world.

♦Biopharmaceutical Science: Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis

The 2022 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science is jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis for the discovery of key vaccinology concepts and approaches, leading to the successful development of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.

♦Sinology: Jessica Rawson

Tang Prize in Sinology is awarded to Jessica Rawson for her gift and mastery of the craft of the visible to read the art and artifacts of Chinese civilization. By giving voice to the ancient world of objects, she has taught generations how to see when they look at things, and her acuity and vast visual learning have given new insight into the world of the lineages, transformations, and migrations of mute things.

♦Rule of Law: Cheryl Saunders

The 2022 Tang Prize in Rule of Law is awarded to Cheryl Saunders for her pioneering contributions to comparative constitutional law, and in particular her work on constitution-building in the Asia-Pacific region, by applying her scholarship to inspire and advise constitution-making exercises, often under challenging circumstances, and by consistently broadening the boundaries of comparative constitutional law scholarship through active engagement, dialogue and collaboration with scholars and political actors at home and abroad.

About the Tang Prize

Since the advent of globalization, mankind has been able to enjoy the convenience brought forth by the advancement of human civilization and science. Yet a multitude of challenges, such as climate change, the emergence of new infectious diseases, wealth gap, and moral degradation, have surfaced along the way. Against this backdrop, Dr. Samuel Yin established the Tang Prize in December 2012. It consists of four award categories, namely Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law. Every other year, four independent and professional selection committees, comprising many internationally renowned experts, scholars, and Nobel winners, choose as Tang Prize laureates people who have influenced and made substantive contributions to the world, regardless of ethnicity, nationality or gender. A cash prize of NT$50 million (approx. US$1.7 million) is allocated to each category, with NT$10 million (approx. US$ 0.35 million) of it being a research grant intended to encourage professionals in every field to examine mankind's most urgent needs in the 21st century, and become leading forces in the development of human society through their outstanding research outcomes and active civic engagement.