GLOBAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP: CENTERS
KAUST is providing five-year grant support through the Global Research Partnership (GRP) to four interdisciplinary scientific research Centers engaged in path-breaking work in the areas of applied mathematics, molecular photovoltaics, nanomaterials and computational science.
KAUST GRP Centers Grant Recipients:
In addition to the contribution they make to research, these Centers are selected to support KAUST’s immediate and long-term development needs. It is often the case that key investigators working at a Center come from more than one university and participation from the private sector is common. This is generally necessary to achieve a critical mass of interdisciplinary research capabilities for the formation and development of a Center and to facilitate technology transfer between universities and the private sector.
Centers also play an important role in the engagement and education of graduate students as involvement in high quality, interdisciplinary research programs is an important aspect of developing research-capable graduates in most science and engineering fields today.
GLOBAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP: CENTERS-IN-DEVELOPMENT
KAUST is providing three-year awards through the GRP for KAUST Centers-in-Development, intended to enable each grantee university to generate new and promising lines of research, as well as the capacity for interdisciplinary Centers in specific areas of scientific and technological inquiry that are most relevant to KAUST’s research priorities and its development.
KAUST GRP Centers-in-Development Grant Recipients:
The GRP Technical Advisory Committee and advisors evaluating and recommending proposals for funding included:
Omar Abdul-Hamid, Ph.D.
Manager, Saudi Aramco Research and Development Center
Roland Chin, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ahmed Ghoniem, Ph.D.
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Steve Koonin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, British Petroleum, and Former Provost, California Institute of Technology.
Michael Thomashow, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor and Director, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
David Tirrell, Ph.D.
Division Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Fawwaz Ulaby, Ph.D.
Provost-designate, KAUST, and Arthur Thurnau Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Advisors to the panel:
Dr. Frank Press
President Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jack Breese
Former Director, Microsoft Research