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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Receives 41 Proposals...

Forty-one of the world's leading scientific and engineering research universities have submitted proposals for new or expanded research centers to the Global Research Partnership (GRP) (http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/global-partnership.aspx). This global competition is the first major step in establishing KAUST Centers - university-based, multi-investigator research programs focused on KAUST mission areas - around the globe.

The KAUST Global Research Partnership is a 10-year, peer-reviewed, merit-based program to fund research in the areas of science and technology that are important to Saudi Arabia, the region, and the world, while simultaneously linking KAUST to the existing global research enterprise. KAUST, an international, graduate-level science and technology research university now under development in Saudi Arabia, launched the GRP in August 2007 as a part of its strategy to build the University's research capacity (http://kaust.edu.sa/about/bio-press.aspxnav=iac), Ph.D., of the Washington Advisory Group and President Emeritus of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, is serving as a senior advisor to the KAUST GRP.

"The breadth and quality of the work proposed virtually guarantees that KAUST will make significant contributions to advancing knowledge and practice at the frontiers of global challenges in the KAUST mission areas," according to Dr. Press.

"The benefits of this approach to ramping up the new university are obvious even from this first set of proposals we have received. This is clearly a rapid and effective way for KAUST to contribute to economic transformation in Saudi Arabia and to join the community of research universities worldwide," said Ammar Al-Nahwi, Ph.D., the Associate Managing Director of the GRP.

The GRP is funded through KAUST's endowment, which will provide reliable support to all aspects of the University's operation in perpetuity and will be managed by an independent Board of Trustees.

About KAUST

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is being built in Saudi Arabia as an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom, across the region and around the globe. As an independent, merit-based institution, KAUST will enable top researchers from around the globe and across all cultures to work together to solve challenging scientific and technological problems. The KAUST global research and education network will support diverse talents both on its campus (http://www.kaust.edu.sa/

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