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GLOBAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

The KAUST Global Research Partnership continues to invite proposals and nominations from selected research institutions and universities to support world-class scientists at first-rank institutions around the world.

The Partnership will provide three major streams of funding:

  • Centers and Centers-in-Development — KAUST will provide five-year grant support to university-based, multi-investigator centers, with industry participation possible. In addition, three-year awards for KAUST Centers-in-Development will be available for smaller groups seeking to assemble the resources for a KAUST Center.
  • KAUST Investigators — In March 2008, KAUST awarded the first round of GRP Investigator grants to twelve highly accomplished scientists and engineers. KAUST is providing five-year individual grants to this group to investigate a wide range of research topics, including water desalination, renewable and sustainable next-generation energy sources, genomics of salt-tolerant plants, durable and environmentally friendly construction materials, hydrocarbon utility, low-cost solar cell efficiency, and disease immunization.
  • KAUST Research Fellows — KAUST will provide three-year support to exceptional post-doctoral researchers.

The Global Research Partnership will grow in size and scope as the University opens its doors, allowing KAUST to leverage the relationships in its externally funded network and to grow its own high-quality research activity on the campus. For more information, please review KAUST’s list of frequently asked questions about the Global Research Partnership or contact us directly through our online form.

How the Partnership Will Work
  • Scientists' work supported through the Global Research Partnership at their home institutions
  • KAUST grants administered with deference to host institutions' policies on intellectual property, facilities and administrative cost reimbursement
  • Merit-based peer-review throughout the Partnership application and awards process
Grant Criteria
  • Quality of the proposed scientific or engineering research
  • Relevance to KAUST's research objectives
  • Contribution of the research activity to the development of KAUST and the global research and education enterprise
Initial Research Focus Areas
  • Carbon capture and hydrogen-rich fuels
  • Advanced concepts in desalination and water supply
  • Biotechnology for food, nutrition, public health, biodiversity and industrial processes
  • Catalysis and polymer chemistry
  • Applied mathematics and computational science
  • Scientific and engineering computing (e.g. computational chemistry)


The Global Research Partnership will allow the University to rapidly initiate world-class research in areas of importance to the Kingdom and to the world prior to the completion of the campus.

KAUST will initiate, fund and support world-class research prior to the completion of the campus.

For updated news and information about the GRP, please visit the KAUST news section.

Furthermore, the Partnership is intended to help form close and collaborative working research relationships among leading institutions and scientists and engineers engaged in research of importance to KAUST, and to advance its mission and development as an institution.