Prince Khalid congratulated three winning students who won prizes at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which was held from May 7 to 13.
The Governor and Advisor to King Salman congratulated the students, emphasizing the importance of striving for success that contributes to the further renaissance of the nation.
Student Mawadda Omar from Mecca took third place in the field of social and behavioral sciences, Youssef Khoja from Jeddah received a special award in the field of embedded systems, and Rafaa Kanash took fourth place in the field of engineering technologies.
The winning students expressed their gratitude and appreciation to Prince Khalid for his gesture, which they said had a profound impact on them, prompting them to exert more effort and demonstrate more achievements of Saudi Arabia at international scientific forums.
The Saudi Embassy in the United States tweeted: «We congratulate our young Saudi scientists represented by @mawhiba and @tc_mohe; the student delegation received 6 awards at #ISEF2022, the second time this record has been achieved in the Kingdom's 16th year of participation.».
This year, the ISEF exhibition attracted more than 2,000 students from public education systems from more than 85 countries.
The Saudi Center for International Communications tweeted: «Saudi students have made history with an impressive success at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2022 in Georgia, USA. KSA won 22 major awards, accounting for 62 percent of the total number of prizes. #ISEF_2022.».
ISEF 2022 marks the Kingdom's 16th consecutive participation in the forum, which is part of an annual program organized by the Mawhiba Foundation since 2007.
Saudi students won 83 prizes at ISEF events, including 53 grand awards and 30 special awards. Mawhiba also presented special annual international prizes in the competition for students from 20 countries.