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Mustafa Prize has arrived at its
third round. The works presented
from 30 countries have been
undergoing investigations in the
last six months. This gave us
an excuse to have an interview
with the Manager of Mustafa
Foundation with regard to this
plan:
According to IRNA, as reported
by the Public Relations Dept. of
Pardis Technology Park, in an
interview with the reporter of the
scientific group of IRNA News
Agency, Mehdi Safarinia, the
Manager of Mustafa Foundation,
referred to the most important
activity of Mustafa Foundation in
the form of the biennial award of
Mustafa and said, “The scientific
committees of the foundation
have started to evaluate the
scientific works from six months
ago in four distinct fields of
Information & Communication
Technology, Nanotech, Biotech
and medicine etc. We have
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received a large number of works science-based and they should
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works from 30 Countries in
the 3rd Round of Mustafa
Prize
(PBUH)
Said the Manager of Mustafa Foundation;
worldwide which are undergoing
the primary judgment stage, and
then the collective judgment will
take place.”
He added, “This year we have
added the collective judgment
stage to the overall judgment
process. In each particular field,
at least 100 works from Iran and
other countries have reached
the secretariat, which will be
once more judged upon after
undergoing the primary and the
collective judgment stages. This
final stage will be handled by
seven prominent scientific figures Underlining the importance
from Iran and the world.”
Having referred to the fact
that in Mustafa Prize the focus
of attention is merely on the
scientific work per se rather than
on the individual or the scientific
activities, the Manager of Mustafa patients and building schools;
Foundation underlined that,
“The works must have special
characteristics; for instance,
they must be innovative and
have a certain impact on the
have attracted a good amount of
health, security and welfare of
the society in general; however,
the work can be both applied or
theoretical.”
According to the Head of Pardis
Technology Park in respect of
financing the cash prize of the
winners, “This is the problem
we have been always faced
with; but, until now, thanks to
the title of the Foundation, which
has been named after the Holy
Prophet of Islam, this prize has
been procured in all the previous
events.”
of scientific endowment, Mr.
Safarinia noted that, “People
usually spend money for
economic tasks, and benefactors
are usually interested in financing
social tasks such as helping the
but, attracting money for scientific
tasks is a hard thing do. Of
course, Alborz Foundation, Malek
Library or Pasteur Institute of
Iran have been active in this field
from a long time ago and they
Foundation also made remarks works is abundant, but we only
to try more.”
financial resources, but we have
**Two STEP Meetings in One
Year
Having referred to holding two
meetings of STEP/Science &
Technology Exchange in the
Islamic Countries in the current
year, Mr. Safarinia mentioned that, mentioned events, we will also
“STEP meetings are held once
a year. This year in December,
one program was held in Soltan
Qabus University of Oman, and
another meeting was held with
the emphasis and hosting of
Karachi University in Pakistan
with the subject of ‘Association of
Women in advancing Science &
Technology in the World of Islam’.” it is supposed to be held in the
He added, “Another program
of Mustafa Foundation is
KANS Scientific Competition
“Knowledge Application and
Notion for Society”, whose
1st round was held this year
accepting more than 600
scientific works from more than
10 countries worldwide in order
to recognize the best innovations
of the young scientists under the
age of 45.”
In addition, we hold Noor Student Museum of Art. We have already
Competition every year, whose
3rd round this year was held in
commemoration of Ismail al-
Jazari, the Muslim Polymath. In
this round, we have works sent
from 10 countries and the final
result will be announced until 20
Mar. 2019.
The Manager of Mustafa
Student Competitions, “This
on the closing ceremony of Noor
event is going to be held in May
2019, because the administration fields of music, film, calligraphy
committee came to the decision
event in May of each year.”
He added, “Other than the
to fix the closing ceremony of this The Manager of Mustafa
have the meetings of EISA
(Exposure of Industries and
Scientists Achievements) which
constitutes the confrontation of
the investors and the scientists
of the world of Islam. These
meetings have been formerly
held in Tehran and Sultan
Qabus University of Oman, and
meeting of Karachi University in
Pakistan as well.”
**Inauguration of Mustafa
Museum of Art in Pardis
Technology Park
In his speech emphasizing the
significance of the role of art in
showcasing Islam and Prophet
Muhammad to the world, Mr.
Safarinia mentioned that,
“Another program due to be held
by this Foundation is Mustafa
received 20 works of art in
different art fields from Iran and
abroad.”
He further added that, “We have
allocated a probatory place to
this task at Pardis Technology
Park, until we can establish a
fixed area for the museum in
the next year. The number of
do not have a stable museum
for that; however, this museum
will encompass works in different
and painting in the near future.”
Foundation also referred to the
formation of Investment and
Charity Fund of Mustafa and said,
“We are interested in holding
ceremonies in order to appreciate
benefactors of the endowment,
which has only been held once.
We hope we can hold this
ceremony at least once until the
end of the year.”
It is worth noting that Mustafa
Prize is awarded every two
years to the winning scientists
and scholars who create
innovative works at the borders of
knowledge, and their works pave
the way for the optimization of
people’s lives.”
This prize, in its first round, was
awarded to two Muslim scientists
Ms. (Professor) Jackie Ying from
Singapore and Professor Omar
M. Yaghi, the prominent Jordan
Chemist in 2015. The second
round of the prize was submitted
to Professor Sami Arul Gelenbe
in the fields of Computer and
Electronics as well as the Applied
Mathematician from Turkey, and
Mohammad Amin Shokrollahi,
the Iranian scientist in the field
of Computer Science and
Communications, who resides in
Switzerland.