The Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Platform at KAUST aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 by advancing leadership in three pillars of the Kingdom’s Research, Development, and Innovation Authority (RDIA): Sustainable Environment and Essential Needs, Energy and Industrial Leadership, and Economies of the Future.

Our mission is to maintain world-class research capabilities that support innovation in membrane and porous material technologies, generating significant economic and industrial impact. We focus on accelerating applied research with a clear pathway to high technology readiness levels (TRLs) and eventual commercialization.

GEMs mission is to provide a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and integrated experimental laboratory environment for faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students to enable advanced research, expand scientific knowledge and develop engineering solutions for subsurface energy resource recovery, geo-storage, and mining resources. Results will have a decisive impact on the Kingdom (and the world) as it transitions from fossil fuels to a renewable "green" future whilst meeting its future energy needs, reducing environmental costs, and providing a basis for economic development.

The Plant Science Technological Platform offers a comprehensive suite of services to support advanced plant research and innovation. The platform is designed to cultivate cutting-edge scientific discovery by integrating state-of-the-art facilities, expert management, and computational resources tailored to the needs of plant science professionals.

The Clean Energy Research Platform at KAUST supports the Kingdom’s Research, Development, and Innovation Authority (RDIA) priorities by advancing energy and industrial leadership and enabling future economies. Its mission is to maintain leading research capabilities that drive innovation in sustainable energy, decarbonization, alternative fuels, and technologies with measurable economic and industrial impact. The Platform emphasizes applied research with clear pathways to high technology readiness levels (TRLs) and eventual commercialization.

The Bioinformatics Platform aims to establish centralized and well-organized bioinformatics services and infrastructure at KAUST, enabling flagship projects and supporting research, development, and artificial intelligence initiatives. It has the potential to become a national hub for bioinformatics in the Kingdom.

The platform seeks to streamline bioinformatics support, standardize workflows, and advance research in areas such as metagenomics — ultimately enhancing KAUST’s research visibility and contributing to national priorities.

The KAUST Catalysis Platform is a premier interdisciplinary platform advancing catalyst design and applications aligned with Saudi Vision 2030’s goals for sustainable energy, environmental stewardship, and industrial growth. Leveraging cutting-edge research, artificial intelligence, and high-throughput screening, the Platform accelerates the discovery and optimization of catalysts across homogeneous, heterogeneous, photo-, and electro-catalysis. This approach supports the RDIA pillars by transforming fundamental science into innovative, impactful solutions. Anchored in KAUST’s strategic commitment to excellence and global collaboration, KCC drives sustainable technologies that contribute to a diversified and knowledge-based economy.

The KAUST Solar Platform’s mission is to enable new science and technology in the field of solar energy conversion, providing an environment for interdisciplinary research and innovation. The current expertise in the platform is centered on photovoltaic applications based on organic, hybrid and perovskite materials. The research accomplishments of the platform faculty, helps establish the platform as a renowned in these emerging photovoltaic technologies, from materials design, modeling, synthesis, and characterization to processing and solar cell fabrication.

The KAUST Solar Platform is one of the world's largest and best equipped academic platforms for solar energy research and technology, supporting a broad research portfolio of collaborative projects.

The Red Sea Research Platform supports marine biology and ecology studies, providing functionality for the central lab operations of its members. Through the platform, KAUST researchers generate essential scientific insights to support the Kingdom’s sustainable development and economic diversification goals. Building on its contributions to the study of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass meadows, the platform is positioned as a leader in marine science.

Known for its high salinity and temperatures, the Red Sea is KAUST’s largest and most distinctive “laboratory,” offering a glimpse into future global marine stressors. With Red Sea life having evolved to thrive under extreme conditions, this unique environment provides valuable opportunities to study the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. KAUST researchers are unravelling the genetic, behavioural, and physiological mechanisms behind this resilience.

The Water Desalination Research Platform serves the Kingdom and the global community by enhancing technologies for water desalination, wastewater treatment, and water reuse.

The Platform aims to fulfill its mission by researching and developing, in collaboration with Saudi and international stakeholders, more efficient, innovative, and sustainable technologies for water desalination and water reuse from impaired water sources.