Саудовская Аравия уже начала обещанную ранее «вербовку» («самых лучших») специалистов в области НТ по всему миру, в частности, из Университетов США, Канады и других стран:

«…one each from Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, Georgia Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State, University of Cambridge, University of California-Berkeley, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Toronto, California Institute of Technology and the University of Rome…»

Среди первых 12 «счастливчиков» (получателей грантов) упоминаются следующие учёные:

• Dr. Ahmed F. Ghoniem, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Engineering;
• Dr. William Koros, professor and Roberto C. Goizueta Chair for Excellence in Chemical Engineering at the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology;
• Dr. Nicholas Paul Harberd, professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford;
• Dr. Nobuyasu Ito, associate professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Tokyo;
• Dr. Bruce Logan, professor of Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University;
• Dr. Peter A. Markowich, professor of applied mathematics at the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge;
• Dr. Paulo Monteiro, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California,
• Dr. Bengt Nordén, chair professor of physical chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden;
• Dr. Edward Hartley Sargent, professor and Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology at the University of Toronto in Canada;
• Dr. Brian Stoltz, professor in chemistry and chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology;
• Anna Tramontano, professor of biochemistry at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy; and
• Dr. Yi Cui, assistant professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.

KAUST Announces Talent Search Winners

http://www.arabnews.com/?…

Professor receives $10 million grant from Saudi university

http://news-service.stanford.edu/…-040208.html

Nanotechnology expert awarded $10M grant

http://www.labcanada.com/…SArticle.asp?…

Каждому будущему «сотруднику» KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) присуждается грант размером в 10 млн долл. сроком на 5 лет. Как правило, он будет работать по своему прежнему месту работы, но при этом обязан будет проводить от 3 недель до 3 мес. в году в KAUST campus in Thuwal, на берегу Красного моря, принимая участие в исследовательской и академической жизни университета…

Интересно также сотрудничество Саудовской Аравии с фирмой IBM в области научных исследований:

Saudi research organisation creates Nanotechnology Centre with IBM to drive innovation in sustainable resources

http://www.ameinfo.com/148134.html

http://www.mysolutioninfo.com/…display.aspx?…