Mathematics 數學獎:
Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers by having his bank print notes with denominations ranging from one cent to one hundred trillion dollars.
津巴布韋儲備銀行及行長吉迪恩·戈諾天天鍛煉人民的數學能力,因為銀行印制的鈔票面額從1分到100萬億不等。
Public Health 公共衛生獎:
Elena N Bodnar, Raphael C Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, US, for inventing a bra that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks--one for the wearer and one to be given to a needy bystander.
美國芝加哥的埃琳娜·N·博德納爾、拉斐爾·C·李以及桑德拉·瑪珍研究出將一只胸罩快速改裝成兩個防毒面具的方法——一只防毒面具給自己用,另一只可以給身邊有需要的人使用。