ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, has sought applications from the citizens of OIC member states having extraordinary scientific contributions for awards 2023.
The awards are given to distinguished researchers of OIC member states for their significant scientific contributions.
The COMSTECH lifetime achievement awards in basic sciences are given in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. This year, nominations have been sought for awards in Physics and Mathematics. In this category, each award consists of a certificate, a shield of honor, and a cash prize of $8000.
Award categories
The COMSTECH Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology are classified into four categories, among which three categories include COMSTECH Young Researcher Award (under 40 years), Best Scientific Book (Authorship) – published by an international publisher during the last two years (2021 and 2022), and the Patent – the patent must have been registered during the past five years (2018-2022).
The above three awards carry a certificate, a shield of honor, and a cash prize of $4000. Whereas under the fourth category, the Best Research Paper awards are given for the best paper published in an impact factor international journal during the last two years (2021 and 2022) in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
Each discipline’s best research paper award carries a certificate, a shield of honor, and a cash prize of US$ 2500. The deadline for application submission is 31 of this month, while citizens of all 57 OIC states are eligible to apply for the COMSTECH Awards.
