Seed Research
Renowned Researchers Address The Challenges Of Our Time
Ground breaking research perpetuates the King’s dream of the University as new “House of Wisdom" that tackles the challenges of our time. Such questions as how to provide enough water and food to sustain our populations, and how to steward the Earth’s ecosystems and resources for the generations to come will require collaboration of the best scientific minds, using the most sophisticated facilities available.
Your Living Gift to sponsor our research agenda will help KAUST scholars and researchers address these, some of the biggest questions facing mankind today.
Research at KAUST
KAUST has established nine research centers to support its strategy:
- Water Desalination and Reuse
- Clean Combustion
- Solar Photovoltaic Engineering
- Computational Bioscience
- Plant Stress Genomics and Technology
- Geometric Modeling & Scientific Visualization
- Red Sea
- Catalysis
- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials
In addition, KAUST researchers are supported by a strong Global Research Collaboration network with partners from many of the top research institutions in the world. These include:
- MIT
- Imperial College
- Stanford
- Institut Français du Pétrole
- University of California at Berkley
- Seoul National University
- Cambridge University
- Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
What Your Support Will Achieve
Your Living Gift will be applied to unrestricted research and its associated costs.
Whether you decide to enable a specific research initiative with your donation or make an award through open competition – the funds you provide will open up opportunities for research, collaboration and discovery not otherwise available to the recipient scientist(s).
Donor Recognition
Donations toward KAUST research can be designated toward named funds either intended for specific areas of research aspired to by individual donors provided they support the University vision, strategy, and academic objectives; or may be unrestricted and available to support all areas of research.
Your Living Gift will play a significant role in KAUST achieving its vision to become a beacon for scientific contribution to the region and the world.