Wolf Foundation Director-General visits NCKU - CNA
Dr. Liat Ben David, Director-General of the Israel-based Wolf Foundation, visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, on April 28, to raise awareness to the Wolf Foundation, hoping to identify possible candidates for the Wolf laureates in the university.
NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended her warm welcome to Dr. Ben David and arranged a meeting with the university’s college heads to identify potential candidates.
“It’s the first time the Wolf Foundation had ever been introduced in Taiwan,” Dr. Ben David said.
According to Dr. Ben David, “The Wolf Foundation gives out one of the most prestigious prizes in the world. It’s an international prize second only to the Nobel Prize.”
“We have 311 laureates from all over the world and only one from Taiwan, Prof. Chi-Huey Wong who won 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry,” she added.
“We’d noticed that we do not have candidates submitted from the East in general and Taiwan in particular,” said Dr. Ben David adding, “I have no doubt that you have Nobel laureates and there’s no reason you shouldn’t have Wolf laureates but in order to have one you have to summit them.”
She noted, “The Wolf laureates selected have a significant impact in the fields of scientific research and artistic practice, and are endowed with exceptional talent.”
Since 1978, the Wolf Foundation has awarded several prizes annually in the sciences and arts, each consisting of a certificate and a monetary award of $100,000.
NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended her warm welcome to Dr. Ben David and arranged a meeting with the university’s college heads to identify potential candidates.
“It’s the first time the Wolf Foundation had ever been introduced in Taiwan,” Dr. Ben David said.
According to Dr. Ben David, “The Wolf Foundation gives out one of the most prestigious prizes in the world. It’s an international prize second only to the Nobel Prize.”
“We have 311 laureates from all over the world and only one from Taiwan, Prof. Chi-Huey Wong who won 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry,” she added.
“We’d noticed that we do not have candidates submitted from the East in general and Taiwan in particular,” said Dr. Ben David adding, “I have no doubt that you have Nobel laureates and there’s no reason you shouldn’t have Wolf laureates but in order to have one you have to summit them.”
She noted, “The Wolf laureates selected have a significant impact in the fields of scientific research and artistic practice, and are endowed with exceptional talent.”
Since 1978, the Wolf Foundation has awarded several prizes annually in the sciences and arts, each consisting of a certificate and a monetary award of $100,000.
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