The awards ceremony of the 11th China Female Scientist Awards，co-hosted by All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), China Association for Science and Technology, China National Commission for UNESCO and L'Oréal China，was held in Beijing on January 16, 2015. Professor Chunying Chen from NCNST was presented with the prize.

 The China Female Scientist Awards, known as the “Nobel Prize” for young women scientists in China, were established by the ACWF, the China Association for Science and Technology, the China National Commission for UNESCO and L'Oreal China to encourage Chinese women science and technology researchers who have made outstanding and creative achievements in basic and life sciences. This annual event presented awards to a maximum of 10 winners each year. The China Female Scientist Awards Committee was composed of 41 academicians, and there were 183 validly candidates recommended by 111 units and 22 experts.

Professor Chunying Chen was mainly engaged in cellular and molecular mechnisms of potential toxicity of nanoparticales and developing multifunctional nanomaterials for cancer therapy and vaccine. She made a great achievenment in the field of nanosafy, and had received Distinguished Young Scholars of NSFC in 2014.