Introduction of five Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureates/two scientists jointly selected as laureates/three laureates residents in Islamic countries
Prof. Ahmed E. Hassan and Prof. Omid C. Farokhzad as laureates, Prof. Samia J. Khoury, Prof. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and Prof. Murat Uysal are the 2023 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureates from Islamic Countries.
MSTF media reports:
Addressing the 2023 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize announcement, Head of Mustafa(pbuh) Prize scientific working group Ali Akbar Salehi elaborated on the process of holding the event, saying that the call for published in the Iranian calendar month of Bahman and various centers had time to introduce their desired nominee by the month of September.
The call was also sent to 21,000 scientists and prestigious science and technology body in the world.
Elaborating on the nomination criteria for the Mustafa(pbuh) Prize, he said: The award will be granted to resident scientists regardless of religion in the fields of science and information and communication technology, biological and medical science and technology, science and nanotechnology, and basic sciences and engineering for the development of science and technology, Salehi said.
Nominations are only introduced by prominent scientists or scientific institutions including universities and research centers, scientific and technological associations and hubs, academies of sciences, and science and technology parks, he added.
Regarding the assessment indices, vice president of Academy of Sciences of Iran said that the outstanding features of the work include obvious innovation in the scientific method, the pioneering nature of the work, and its durability are among the most important characteristics considered by the judges.
Also, the work must have specific applications or the results must have a noticeable impact in the world of science, he added.
The range of influence of the work also means that the scientific work under review should help to expand the boundaries of knowledge in the world and have a significant scientific effect at the global or regional level, he noted.
Also, the works must either be published in the form of a scientific theory in prestigious publications or have the ability to be converted into economic plans and generate wealth, and must have a visible impact on culture, society, health, environment, and public welfare and have a role in responding to scientific needs or solving social problems.
Commenting on the characteristics of the owner of the work, he said that the owner or owners of the scientific work nominated to receive the Mustafa(pbuh) Prize must have a good reputation and a brilliant scientific record in their specialized field.
This record is measured through outstanding works in prestigious scientific publications or patented innovations and inventions or having a role in the development of new technologies, he added.
Comprehensiveness and the spirit of scientific innovation are other characteristics of candidates receiving the Mustafa(pbuh) Prize, he noted.
Regarding the arbitration process, Salehi said that the first stage was identifying the outstanding works of Muslim scientists through the call, discovery and observation and the second stage included the formation of 2,613 cases in the fields of award from 110 countries.
In this process, 470 cases in the field of information and communication science and technology (266 resident scientists and 204 non-resident scientists) and 640 cases in the field of biological and medical science and technology (178 resident scientists and 462 non-resident scientists) were filed.
In addition, 1,503 cases in the field of science and nanotechnology and basic sciences and engineering (846 resident scientists and 657 non-resident scientists) were prepared and reviewed in the secretariat, he stated.
In the initial screening of the cases by the scientific groups, 206 cases were selected to advance to the second stage and after evaluating the selected cases by the scientific groups, 48 cases were selected to proceed the next stage, he said.
The selected cases were then judged by the world's leading scientists in the related fields, after receiving the opinions of 202 international judges on 48 selected cases, Salehi said.
Following the final arbitration by the scientific groups, 14 top candidates were introduced to the scientific working group, out of which, after summarizing the top candidates, the top 9 candidates were introduced by the scientific working group to the policy making council and in the final selection of the winners by the council three resident and two non-resident winners were chosen as the winners of this award.
2023 Mustafa (pbuh) Prize laureates:
Salehi noted that the 2023 Mustafa(pbuh) prize will be jointly granted to Prof. Ahmed E. Hassan and Prof. Omid C. Farokhzad.
Prof. Ahmed E. Hassan, born in 1976, Egypt from Queen's University, Canada with his work ‘Mining Software Repositories (MSR)’ in Information and Communication Science and Technology and Prof. Omid C. Farokhzad, born in 1969, Iran from Harvard Medical School, USA with is work ‘Design, Development, and Clinical Translation of Novel Polymeric Nanomedicines’ in Life and Medical Science and Technology are two laureates of the 5th Mustafa(pbuh) Prize, he said.
Also, three selected scientists living in the Islamic countries are granted the Mustafa(pbuh) Prize.
In the category of laureates from Islamic countries, the award will be jointly granted to Prof. Samia J. Khoury, Prof. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and Prof. Murat Uysal.
Prof. Samia J. Khoury, born in 1958, Lebanon from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon with her work ‘Novel Approaches for the Care of MS Patients: Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Regulation and Tolerance’ in Life and Medical Science and Technology, Prof. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, born in 1966, Cambodia from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with his work ‘Development of Membrane Technology Applications’ in Basic and Engineering Sciences and Prof. Murat Uysal born in 1973, Turkey from New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE with is work Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) Technology in Information and Communication Science and Technology are among laureates of the 5th Mustafa(pbuh) Prize.
The 5th round of Mustafa(pbuh) Prize will be held in Isfahan.
This is the first time that the event is held outside Tehran and Isfahan, as one of the most important centers of Islamic civilization, will host the event.
In addition to Isfahan, which is the center of these scientific events, various events will also be held in universities in other cities.
Mustafa(pbuh) Prize as a biennial award to praise Muslim scholars had earlier been held in 2015,2017, 2019 and 2021.
