The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naim Al-Aboudi, honored more than a hundred winners of the fourth edition of the Al Ain University Award for the year 2024, which included pioneering researchers, early universities, high-impact researchers, authored books and distinguished academics.
This came during the honoring ceremony, which was attended by a group of deputies, agents, university presidents, general managers, teachers and researchers, where the Minister of Education stressed in his speech the importance of scientific research in addressing development problems, pointing out at the same time that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has set a strategic goal for its institutions related to the quality of the academic environment, strengthening the publishing space in sober journals, establishing global partnerships with containers and international publishing institutions, launching open accounts for teachers, researchers and students at Scopus, and adopting a policy And successful decisions to stimulate scientific research through direct financial and moral support and the initiation of the establishment of central scientific laboratories.
He added that the Ministry places scientific research at the top of its priorities, pointing out that this vital field represents a key axis in the development of services and the achievement of comprehensive progress, and that the decisions taken and the policy adopted in this path develop the incentive to produce qualitative research and encourage innovation and development in order to serve the community.
The honoring ceremony included speeches and a presentation by the Undersecretary of the Ministry, Dr. Haider Abdul Dahad, the President of Al Ain University, Dr. Shafiq Shaker Shafiq, the representative of the Elsevier Foundation, the representative of Iranian universities and the representative of Malaysian universities, while the event concluded by honoring university presidents whose institutions achieved a positive indicator in the field of scientific publishing.
