Islamic Dev. Bank Floats $450,000 Prizes On Science And Technology, Women Contribution To Development

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has announced nominations for various prizes in Science and Technology and Women Contribution to Development with winners expected to go home with a total amount of $450,000
Winners of the prizes for 2017 will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the IsDB Board of Governors to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in May 2017.
In a statement, the bank’s spokesman and Senior Communication Specialist, Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u, said that the prizes in Science & Technology and Women Contribution to Development would be in different categories.
“The categories under the Science & Technology Prize, are:
(a) Outstanding scientific or technological contribution to the socio-economic development of a member country, (b) Outstanding contribution to any of the following scientific disciplines: Engineering; Agriculture; Medicine; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Optronics; Material Sciences; Pharmaceutical; Industrial Microelectronics; Nanotechnology and alternative Energy Sources, and  (c) Scientific research institutions in IDB least developed member countries (LDMCs).
“Winners of the three categories under the Science & Technology Prize will each receive US$100,000.
“For its part, the prize for Women Contribution to Development consists of two cash awards of (a) US $50,000 for a woman or a group of women, and (b) US $ 100,000 for an organization.”
He quoted the President of IsDB, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, as saying: “supporting high quality research in Science & Technology will go a long way in positioning our member countries to compete in the global economy. IsDB will continue to support universities, research institutes and individual researchers in their effort to make the world a better place.
“IsDB recognizes the contribution of women in development. Our role is to support and inspire them in their effort to reduce poverty, inequality, promote education and give hope to the hopeless,” Dr. Ali added.
Jameel said that the deadline for the submission of applications is 1 Rabi Awwal 1438H (30 November 2016) and that application forms and details about each prize are available on the IsDB website: www.isdb.org [myad]