Az-Zubair Prize for Innovation and Scientific Excellence is an annual Sudanese scientific prize awarded by the

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for scientific innovation and creativity in applied and technological fields.

History

On November 7, 1998, President Omer Al-Bashir passed a bill to establish an annual scientific award for innovation and scientific excellence that commemorate General Az-Zubair Mohammed Salih, former Sudan's vice president who died in an aeroplane crash. The award is governed by the

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(APSI), a specialized organization that was established by General Az-Zubair for sponsoring technological advances and scientific research.

Prize types

The prize is divided onto two major levels: * Special Honorary Prize - awarded for individuals who had great distinctive works and great scientific position that majorly contributed to the society. * Competitors level is divided onto three sub-categories: ** Scientific level - open to higher certificate holders and researchers ** Youth level - open to students and graduates of universities and higher institutions ** Talented level - open to anyone that presents valuable and empirical invention or creative work that reflects talent and excellence and has a great value for the society

Prize fields

The general fields of the Az-Zubair Prize are: *

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

* Medical and Health Sciences * Engineering and Mathematical Sciences *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

and

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

and

Animal Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motilit ...

production. *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

and Administrative Sciences *

Natural Sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

Liberal Arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

Behavioural sciences Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through naturalistic o ...

Award

The prize award is composed of: * A

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of science, awarded by the President of Sudan * Scientific

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

bearing the name of the winner and abstract for winning * Monetary award of SDD20 million Sudanese dinar (''equivalent to $90,000'') distributed among the winners

Recipients

* 2000 Awn Alsharif Qasim * 2000 Ahmed Hassan Fahal * 2003 El Hadi Ahmed El Sheikh

External links

APSI Official website (Arabic Portal)
Science and technology awards Science and technology in Sudan Society of Sudan Awards established in 1998 Orders, decorations, and medals of Sudan