VinFuture Prize

[classical music] The stories in STAT and Science had an immediate effect on Mojsov's visibility.

In May of 2023, a new science prize out of Vietnam called the VinFuture Prize had closed nominations.

Though not nominated for the grand prize, three names were attached to one of the smaller special prizes: Joel Habener, Daniel Drucker, and Jens Juul Holst, the same trio that had so far received all of the attention.

According to George Barani, the selection committee convened around the time the Science and STAT stories came out.

Our intern was Anjali Ambati, and we had fact-checking help from Lexi Atea.

We'd like to thank George Berrani for helping us fill in some gaps, and Svetlana Mojsov for providing source documents.

Svetlana Mojsov's archival audio is courtesy of Elaine Chen from STAT, the Deep Dives podcast, the VinFuture Prize podcast, and the Tang Prize.

Thanks also to Eowyn Burtner, our program manager, Lillie Weir, our director of growth and development, and Amy Scharf, my co-executive producer.