Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 2026 ($250,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: May 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 2026. This award program is designed by Sony and Nature to recognise and reward distinctive expertise, achievement, and impression. The programme acknowledges and celebrates the outstanding ladies spearheading developments in expertise, driving constructive change for society and the planet.

By spotlighting their achievements, they hope to encourage and empower the subsequent technology of ladies in expertise. Winning this award unlocks a considerable prize and creates avenues to speed up your analysis, elevating your skilled journey to new heights.

Benefits

• There is a $250,000 prize.
• Each of the three recipients of this award shall be granted a big prize to advance their analysis endeavors. Additionally, your work shall be showcased on Nature.com, amplifying its impression and fostering collaborations on a world scale. ​
• All finalists shall be featured on Nature.com and shall be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo.

Eligibility

This award is open to ladies who’re:

• Early to mid-profession researchers
• Working in academia, a analysis establishment, or a college-affiliated spinout firm
• From any self-discipline in expertise or associated fields
• A PhD isn’t required to apply

Whether you’re constructing slicing-edge AI, advancing clear vitality, creating life-saving medical tech, or rethinking how expertise can serve society — this award is for you.

Application

The deadline to submit is on May 30, 2025 at 11.59pm (UTC 00:00). Note the deadline exhibiting on prime of your application kind converts to your native time zone.  

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For extra data, go to Sony Women in Technology Award.