ALJ Grant funds 61 research projects in Arab world.Byline: Arab News JEDDAH: The Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ ALJ Administrative Law Judge ALJ Association for Legal Justice (Northern Ireland) ) Grant for Funding Applied Scientific Research in the Arab World “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the , which is managed by the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF ASTF Arab Science and Technology Foundation (United Arab Emirates) ASTF Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility ASTF Aerospace Structures Test Facility ASTF Australian Standard Transfer Form ASTF A Suit That Fits ), received in the last three years 1,762 proposals out of which 61 were selected for funding. "The ALJ Grant dedicates $1 million annually and is distributed among 20 scientific innovations," ASTF Chairman Dr. Abdallah Abdulaziz Al-Najjar said in a statement. "The grant is divided into two cycles. Each of them will include10 winning research projects of economic and social feasibility, provided the maximum amount dedicated for a project is $50,000 with a total amount of $500,000 for all projects in the cycle," he added. The first cycle started the process of giving grants in July 2005. By the end of 2008, the seventh cycle received 145 projects of different scientific and technological specialties from various Arab countries. Winning projects were selected with support from international judges from all over the world. Decisions were based on specific selection criteria, such as economic and social feasibility and fulfilling the needs of poor communities. Al-Najjar said the ALJ Grant - the advisory board of which held its seventh meeting this week in Beirut - is one of the first funding programs in the region to support scientific research and technological innovation for the benefit of society. The programs have created great opportunities for Arab scientists and researchers to develop their scientific and technological skills. Al-Najjar said aside from the Kingdom, the grant benefited many Arab countries, including Egypt, the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. , Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan and Libya. The grant covers important scientific areas such as remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. , chemicals, pharmaceutical industries, artificial intelligence, mechanical and construction engineering, food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. energy, public health, agriculture, ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → , water, biotechnology and environment. The grant is one of the most important programs offered by Abdul Latif Jameel Community Services Programs. Copyright: Arab News 2009 All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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