Yidan Prize


The Yidan Prize is a prize founded in 2016 by Chen Yidan for "contributions to education research and development". The prize is financed and governed by a HK$2.5 billion independent trust.

Previous winners

2017

The first prize winners were named in September 2017 as Carol S. Dweck and Vicky Colbert. The award ceremony took place during December 2017 in Hong Kong.

2018

The two 2018 winners were Anant Agarwal and Larry Hedges.

2019

Professor Usha Goswami and Sir Fazle Hasan

Prizes

The Yidan Prizes consist of a medal, a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million to each of the two winners. It is supported by a US$320 million endowment. Prizes are awarded at the annual Yidan Prize Summit in conjunction with an education conference.

Adjudication process

Nominations may be submitted by universities, government agencies, and think tanks and are reviewed by a committee involving Kōichirō Matsuura, Andreas Schleicher and Qian Tang.

Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index

In 2017 the Yidan Prize Foundation released a "Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index" comparing the education in 35 developed and developing economies, placing New Zealand and Canada in the top two places.