Mustafa Prize
| The Mustafa Prize | |
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| Awarded for | A top scientific achievement that has played a considerable role in the human life or has expanded the boundaries of our understanding of the world |
| Country | Iran |
| Presented by | Pardis Technology Park |
| First awarded | 2015 |
| Official website | mustafaprize |
The Mustafa Prize is a science and technology award, granted to top researchers and scientists from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, biennially.
The Mustafa Prize is a platform for top scientists and innovative engineers from OIC member states to present their achievements to the world. It aims to improve scientific relations between academics and researchers in order to facilitate the growth of science in OIC member states. OIC is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations with about sixty member countries over four continents.
Our understanding and knowledge of principal structures shaping life on the planet has undergone massive changes over the past half century. The new fields of study in biosciences, including the genetics, molecular biology, neurology etc. have improved our perception of the functions of the living organisms. This knowledge not only covers theoretical findings inside the world of academia, but it has also left numerous impacts on the welfare and health of people by providing real world solutions. The Mustafa Prize in this category will be awarded to top works in fields and applications associated with biomedical sciences and technologies that have had lasting impact on our perception of life and have improved quality of human life.
The effects of achievements made by the information and communication technology have been so tremendous in our life, especially in recent decades, that living without them is almost inconceivable. It is in light of ICT that we are living in a smarter environment. We are now connected to the world from almost everywhere on the planet. This enables us to be informed about things we need to know and present to the world what we have achieved. The Mustafa Prize in this category is awarded to works which have, through their findings, played an important role in advancement in these fields of science across the world or it have paved the way for an effective global communication or a positive change in human lifestyle.
Over the past few decades, researchers have passed through the normal features of the substances to give them new properties. The new capabilities are, in fact, the result of manipulating the properties through the smallest scales up to the molecules and atoms of the substances and living organisms. This startling progress has opened new chapters in theoretical and applied interdisciplinary researches which, if further developed, can help other branches of science to grow in various parts of the world. To expand the Nano Science and Technology and to unveil the options embedded in this fairly young field of science, the Mustafa Prize will be granted to an innovative, pioneering initiative which has increased our knowledge of the supramolecular scale and benefits the human society.
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