The winners of 『The 9th Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Award』has been announced and 12 outstanding talents were rewarded this year.

NSRRC users, Prof. Shangjr Gwo of National Tsing Hua University, Extinguish Prof. Rong-Ming Ho of National Tsing Hua University, and Prof. Ru-Shi Liu of National Taiwan University, have been awarded with the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor』, the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award』in Nano Science & Technology, and the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award』in Green Technology category respectively. The winners were selected from a large group of remarkable candidates and this not only signified their contributions to novel and emerging science and technology, but also represented highly affirmation for their achievements in academic research.

The "Far Eastern Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation" was established in 2001 in remembrance of the late Founder of the Far Eastern Group, Mr. Y. Z. Hsu. The sponsorship of the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor』and the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award』is committed to the Foundation’s founding principle of enhancing “Technology and Innovation”.

Each year, several professional experts are recruited by the Foundation to review and to select the winners of the『Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Award』.The nominated list for the award is produced through the Peer’s Review System process and it is then submitted to the review committee members for final evaluation.The final winners list, after being confirmed by the members of the Board, is then announced to the public.The Foundation encourages the breeding of high tech research and development talents in “Nano Science & Technology”, “Communication & Optoelectronics”, “Bio-medical technology”, and “Green Technology”. Since the establishment of the Foundation, more than one hundred scholars have been rewarded.

More information can be found at http://www.feg.com.tw/yzhsu/index.aspx .