Tehran – The 6th Mustafa Awards Week is scheduled to take place in Tehran from September 6th to 10th.
The award is awarded in three categories: Information and Communication Science and Technology, Life and Medicine and Technology, and Basic and Engineering Science.
The opening ceremony includes new additions to Mustafa Award Week, and will award the first medal to young researchers under the age of 40 to celebrate the achievements of young scientists in the Islamic world. The winners will also receive $10,000, the IRNA reported.
Several other programs will be held this week, including the student competition entitled “Noor (Light)” scheduled to take place on September 6th.
The Mustafa Award Science Cafe is another part of the program that runs throughout the week and focuses primarily on the achievements of the recipients in 2025.
The 10th Science and Technology Exchange Programme (STEP) of Islamic countries takes place in the form of a one-day programme at different universities in Tehran. Step provides a platform for scientists and technology experts from Islamic countries to share their expertise.
The award is featured in two categories. Mustafa Prize winners and Mustafa Prize winners from Islamic countries, individuals or groups are citizens of 57 Islamic countries and are not limited to age, gender or religion.
The 5th Mustafa Awards were held in Isfahan in September 2023.
He was awarded in four categories: Information and Communication Science and Technology, Life and Medical Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and Basic and Engineering Science.
The Mustafa Awards Secretariat received 2,613 articles from 150 academics from around the world.
The awards included Mustafa Medals, award certificates and special cash gifts funded by the Science and Technology Fund. So far, more than 400 benefactors from various countries have supported the scientific and cultural movement as members of the Khadem Al-Mustafa community.
The Mustafa Award was established in 2012 as a biennial award, with the approval of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, which held its first edition in 2015. Since then, rituals have been held in Tehran (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) and Isfahan (2023).
Over the past decade, the Mustafa Award has recognized and honored 19 well-known scientists from countries such as Singapore, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Pakistan, Morocco and Egypt.
The award is named after the holy prophet of Islam. Islam places a great emphasis on learning, and its title (one of many) means “chosen.”
The Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation has established a network of nearly 6,500 science and technology experts from 50 countries and has provided opportunities for the development of science and technology cooperation by interacting with 910 renowned international centres.
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