Mustafa(pbuh) Prize News

Head of the 9th STEP ,Shaghayegh Haghjooy said that STEP is an opportunity to present achievements and successful experiences and how to overcome difficulties in muslim countries.

Rana Dajani, the professor of Hashemite University in Jordan, in a note that submitted to The “Mustafa ^(pbuh) Prize” stressed that advancement of technology and science is not only about technology and science, but also to produce them. technology and science needs a strong basis in the humanities which is lacking as well and must be taken care of as well.

The professor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia emphasized that The “Mustafa^(pbuh) Prize” is the top award given by a Muslim country. It has one of the highest in terms of the monetary reward in the world.

Call for the 5^th Mustafa^(pbuh)  Prize nomination was released in January 2022 and those interested had the opportunity to participate by August 2022.

Mustafa^(pbuh) Prize, as an important biennial award in the field of science and technology in Islamic countries, recognizes and honors the best scientific works of prominent scientists in the frontiers of knowledge.

The following report reviews the process of introducing and recognizing these scientists.

For the 5^th time Mustafa^(pbuh) Prize will be granted to prestigious works of Muslim scientists in four categories.

The German professor Herbert Gleiter was presenting his pioneering idea for nanocrystalline materials at a conference in 1990 when he grabbed the attention of a 25-year-old Ph.D. student from Princeton University. The impact of this idea on this young student of chemical engineering was so great that she also spent her postdoctoral studies under the supervision of the same professor in Germany. Now, more than two decades later, nanostructured materials remain the key focus of her research.