ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist Award
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The ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist Award
(AOSTA) is a triennial award that was established by the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) in the early 1990s. It is given to scientists and technologists in ASEAN member countries whose outstanding S&T achievements have been nationally and internationally recognized.
To qualify a nominee must satisfy the following minimum criteria:
Previous recipients of AOSTA are: Yodhathai Thebtaranonth (1995, Thailand
), Bienvenido Juliano (1998, Philippines
), Lourdes Cruz (2001, Philippines), Looi Lai Meng (2001, Malaysia), Ariff Bongso (2005, Singapore
), Sangkot Marzuki (2005, Indonesia
), and Caesar Saloma
(2008, Philippines).
Award
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(AOSTA) is a triennial award that was established by the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) in the early 1990s. It is given to scientists and technologists in ASEAN member countries whose outstanding S&T achievements have been nationally and internationally recognized.
To qualify a nominee must satisfy the following minimum criteria:
- Must hold a nationality of an ASEAN member country;
- Must be recommended for final judging by the COST National Secretariat of his or her country, which should recommend only one nominee;
- Should be individual, not group of individuals;
- Must be living, preferably actively working scientists or technologists, with at least 5 years of active contribution to the progress of science and technology;
- Must have respectable moral character.
Previous recipients of AOSTA are: Yodhathai Thebtaranonth (1995, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
), Bienvenido Juliano (1998, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
), Lourdes Cruz (2001, Philippines), Looi Lai Meng (2001, Malaysia), Ariff Bongso (2005, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
), Sangkot Marzuki (2005, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
), and Caesar Saloma
Caesar Saloma
Caesar A. Saloma is the Chancellor of University of the Philippines Diliman, the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines System, in Quezon City, Philippines and a professor of physics at the National Institute of Physics . He previously served as Dean of the College of Science from...
(2008, Philippines).