In the presence of His Excellency Secretary General of Mawhiba Dr. Saud Al-Muthami, Eng. Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, with the attendance of His Highness Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, President of King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Award of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques honored 5 gifted female students from Mawhiba winning the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prize for Honoring Inventors and the Talented in its fourth round (gifted category) from the six winners in this category on Monday 7th Shaban 1439H. corresponding to 23rd April 2018 under the sponsorship of Eng. Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
On the sidelines of the honoring ceremony , an innovation center was opened at KACST. After that the Secretary General of Mawhiba held a meeting with His Highness Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, President of King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) at His Highness office in the city. This ongoing cooperation between the two parties aims to nurture talent, creativity and innovation, boosting local content to prepare a generation of gifted and innovators who lead prospective development of the country, within the framework of Mawhiba's ongoing efforts in collaboration with its partner national corporations to cope with leadership ambitions to place the Kingdom among the 20 to 30 countries having quality education.
The students of Mawhiba: Wod Bint Salim Al-Mutrafi, Renad Bint Yahya Abo Al-Jamal, Noof Bint Khalid Hammad, Shadin Bint Naif Al-Shammari, Khulood Bint Mohamed Al-Abbasi, won the awards for their excellent performance in the scientific, technological and innovative fields and for their scientific achievements at the national and international levels.
The winning students of Mawhiba represented the Kingdom in several local and global contests and won many awards including the first place and gold medals. These students won many prizes in competitions: student Wod Bint Salim Al-Mutrafi won the first place in the innovation path at Ibda'a Olympiad in 2015, silver medal at the Arab Youth Forum 2015, invention patent in 2015 for her project competing at Ibda'a Olympiad 2015.
Renad Bint Yahya Abo Al-Jamal won silver medal in Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2015, gold medal in the Gulf Mathematics Olympiad 2016 and a bronze medal in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2016.
Whereas student Noof Bint Khalid Hammad won the fifth place in the scientific research path in Ibda'a Olympiad 2015, first place in the Startup Weekend contest 2016, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prize for Honoring Inventors and the Talented in its fourth round 2017, and invention patent for her project competing at Ibda'a Olympiad 2015.
Student Shadin Bint Naif Bin Khalq Al-Hamazani Al-Shammari won the gold medal at the Gulf Mathematics Olympiad 2014, bronze medal in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 2015, gold medal in the Gulf Mathematics Olympiad 2015, bronze medal in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2015, bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad 2015, certificate of appreciation in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 2016, gold medal in the Gulf Mathematics Olympiad 2016, gold medal in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2016, gold medal in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2016, bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad 2016, bronze medal in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad 2017, gold medal in the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2017, silver medal in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2017, bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad 2017 and the first place in Ibda'a Olympiad 2016.
Student Kholod Bint Mohamed Al-Abbasi was nominated to participate in a localized international program, participated in the international programs: Mawhiba-Oxbridge Summers 2016 and Mawhiba - Oxmedica 2017 and took part in the National Project for Gifted Identification 2016.
On this occasion, His Excellency Secretary General of Mawhiba Dr. Al-Muthami raised his thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and His Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman for their effective support to the gifted and for the leadership and government attention and care to Mawhiba deepening the passion of our gifted children to science, research and innovation and preparing them to excel at the regional and international competitions and represent the Kingdom in the most honoring manner.
Pointing out the effect of this support on the realization of milestones in the name of the country as reflected in the outstanding success of Mawhiba and the reflection of its achievements on the attainment of the goals of the Kingdom Vision 2030.
His Excellency also congratulated the winning students and their families and all those who gave them support, urging all gifted to continue with their distinctiveness and creativity to raise the Kingdom to the level of advanced countries. praising our students' potentials and ongoing excellence to boost the national capacities for the welfare of the country and creation and enrichment of knowledge for serving humanity.
It is worth mentioning that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prize for Honoring Inventors and the Talented was initiated in 1431H to contribute to the development of science and technology in the Kingdom and the resulting products in support of the transformation of the country into knowledge community, encouraging and honoring inventors and gifted in the fields of science, technology and intellectual production, in addition to the nurturing of creativity, innovation and invention and motivating talent and potentials.
