The award is in acknowledgement of the educational mission of the Fondazione and for having contributed to the free dissemination of science in Asia and all around the world.  
For this reason, last April, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Singapore, Lam Pin Min, presented an award to the Fondazione Internazionale Menarini which for years has been giving is unconditional contribution to the creation of scientific initiatives of the highest level globally, with special attention paid to the emerging countries. 
The occasion was the tenth edition of the International Allergy and Rhinology Conference in Singapore, organised with the unconditional support of the Fondazione Internazionale Menarini, which saw the participation of the world's leading experts in the sector. The opening ceremony of the event was presided over by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Singapore who thanked the Fondazione for supporting, promoting and disseminating scientific education all over the world with events of the highest level. 
Also participating in the ceremony for presenting the award, collected by the Head of Scientific and Medical Affairs of the Fondazione Internazionale Menarini, Dr. Giuseppe Caracciolo, were the Chairpersons of the Congress, Prof. Wang Chin and Prof. Leong Jern-Lin, and Dr. Haji Awang Saifulbahri bin Haji Awang Mansor, the High Commissioner of the Brunei Darussalam HIgh Commission in the Republic of Singapore.