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September 29 2023

Honda Prize 2023 goes to Dr. Masato Sagawa(an advisor to Daido Steel. Co. Ltd,. and the president, NDFEB Corporation) and Dr. John J. Croat (former president, John Croat Consulting Inc.) for their independent inventions of “neodymium(Nd-Fe-B) magnet” recognized as the strongest on Earth, which significantly supports our daily lives.

September 30 2022

Honda Prize 2022 goes to Dr. Hidetoshi Katori, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, (Principal Investigator/Team Leader, RIKEN) for inventing the “optical lattice clock” which is 1,000 times more accurate than conventional atomic clocks and deviates only one second in 30 billion years.

September 30 2021

Honda Prize 2021 goes to Dr. Alim Louis Benabid, Professor Emeritus of Joseph Fourier University and Chairman of the Board of Clinatec, Edmond J. Safra Biomedical Research Center, for his contribution to pioneering research and practical application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the treatment of involuntary movement caused by progressive Parkinson’s disease.

September 30 2020

Honda Prize 2020 goes to Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees, National Academy of Science and Engineering, for pioneering the principles of Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industrie 4.0) and made a significant impact on the world.

September 20 2019

Honda Prize 2019 goes to Dr. Geoffrey E. Hinton, Professor Emeritus, the University of Toronto and Chief Scientific Advisor, Vector Institute, for his pioneering research in the field of deep learning in artificial intelligence and his contribution to practical application of the technology.

September 28 2018

Honda Prize 2018 goes to Dr. Fujio Masuoka, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, for his invention of the world’s first flash memory technology, enabling large capacity non-volatile semiconductor memories.

May 16 2018

Young Asian Researchers to Discuss Eco-Transportation at Honda Y-E-S Form 2018

September 25 2017

Honda Prize 2017 goes to Dr. Hiroyuki Matsunami, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, for his outstanding contributions to pioneering research on "Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices" and its practical applications.

September 29 2016

Honda Prize 2016 goes to Dr. Akira Isogai, Professor of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at The University of Tokyo, and Dr. Hiroyuki Yano, Professor of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere at Kyoto University for their outstanding contributions to the development of high-efficiency production methods of Cellulose Nanofiber (CNF), its application to products,
and the enhancement of its potential for further utilization.

September 29 2016

Young Asian Researchers to Discuss Energy Security at Honda Y-E-S Form 2016

September 28 2015

Honda Prize 2015 goes to Dr. Russell H. Taylor, John C. Malone Professor at Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. for his outstanding contributions in the development of surgical medical robots and systems and technological evolution in the field.

September 07 2015

Young Asian Researchers to Discuss Pollution at Honda Y-E-S Form 2015

September 17 2014

The 35th Honda Prize Commemorative Symposium will be held on Friday, November 14th 2014 at the Nikkei Hall located in Otemachi Tokyo, supported by Nikkei Inc.

September 17 2014

Honda Prize 2014 goes to Dr. Helmut Clemens, Head of the Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing at the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria for his outstanding contributions and eminent achievements in the development of light-weight structural intermetallic titanium aluminides, so-called ɤ -TiAl based alloys.

July 09 2014

Honda “Y-E-S Award” Launched to Encourage University Students in Myanmar

September 26 2013

Honda Prize 2013 goes to Dr. J. Tinsley Oden, Director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. for his leading role in establishing the field of computational mechanics.

September 27 2012

Honda Prize 2012 goes to Dr. Denis Le Bihan, Director of NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay, France for his leading role in establishing the Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ("Diffusion MRI").

September 27 2011

Honda Prize 2011 goes to Dr. Gabor Somorjai, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. for his pioneering contributions to surface chemistry that established the foundation of today's sophisticated catalysis.

September 21 2010

Honda Prize 2010 goes to Dr. Antonio Damasio, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, the University of Southern California, U.S.A. for his pioneering efforts and great contributions in the world of neuroscience.

September 29 2009

Honda Prize 2009 goes to Dr. Ian Frazer, Director, Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, the University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia for his contribution to the development of the world’s first cervical cancer vaccines.

January 13 2009

This is only in Japanese

September 30 2008

Honda Prize 2008 Goes to Team of German Researchers for Acheivement in Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy for High-Resolution Visualization of Atomic Structures

August 31 2007

Honda Prize 2007 Goes to French Private Surgeon Dr. Philippe Mouret, The Performer of the World-First Practical Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

August 10 2007

Honda Foundation Started “Y-E-S Award in India” as the Second in Its Grant Programs for Asian Students Originally Launched in Vietnam

July 21 2006

2006 Honda Prize
goes to Dr. Richard R. Nelson, a pioneer in innovation research

March 14 2006

Honda foundation has established the Y-E-S Award, a grant program for Asian university students.
The first program will launch in Vietnam coming April.

October 20 2005

Eco-Technology Workshop 2005 Ho Chi Minh City to be held on November 5

August 09 2005

2005 Honda Prize goes to Raj Reddy, Professor of Computer Science and Robotics Carnegie Mellon University

March 07 2005

The Honda Foundation’s International Symposium 2005 Hanoi to be held in Vietnam