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Nominations are now open for the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world.

Award Categories

• Specialized Prizes:

  • Surface Water Prize: The Surface Water Prize covers every aspect of the study and development of surface water resources.

  • Groundwater Prize: The Groundwater Prize awards work related to all aspects of the study and development of groundwater resources.

  • Alternative Water Resources Prize: The Alternative Water Resources Prize covers desalination, waste water treatment, and other non-traditional sources of water. 

  • Water Management & Protection Prize: The Water Management & Protection Prize addresses the use, management, and protection of water resources. 

• Creativity Prize: The Creativity Prize is awarded exclusively to research teams for cutting-edge interdisciplinary scientific work that can rightly be considered a breakthrough in any water-related field. The work might be a body of research, an invention, or a new patented technology. 

Prize Information

• Specialized Prizes: $130,000 (SAR 1/2 million)

• Creativity Prize: $260,000 (SAR 1 million)

• Each prize is accompanied by a distinctive trophy and certificate.

Nomination Criteria

• The nominee must be an individual (Specialized Prizes only) or a research team (Specialized Prizes and Creativity Prize). A university, institution, or government agency is not eligible to be a nominee. 

• Nominations for the Specialized Prizes are by direct self-nomination. 

• Nominations for the Creativity Prize must be made by a university, institution, or government agency on behalf of the nominated team of researchers. Individuals may not nominate themselves or others for the Creativity Prize. 

• The work or works being considered for the nomination must have been completed no more than five years prior to the nomination deadline for the current Prize.

Evaluation Criteria

• Nominations are evaluated to determine their originality, potential impact, and applicability. Special consideration is given to how the nominated work contributes to its field of research and its usefulness to society, particularly with respect to development and solving problems on an international level.

Eligibility

Application Requirements

• Published research papers, published books, published software and registered patents may be submitted for consideration. Unpublished works and unregistered patents are ineligible for the Prize.

• No more than five distinct works may be submitted. Multiple works should not be collected together and submitted as a single work.

• Works will be reviewed and judged in English. If the work being nominated was originally published in a language other than English, it must be submitted in the original language accompanied by a full translation or by a translation of the parts of the work that are to be considered for the Prize. If a partial English translation is provided for a work submitted in another language, then only that portion of the work which is translated will be considered for assessment.

Post Date: April 07, 2025