COMSTECH Awards
COMSTECH AWARDS 2025 ANNOUNCEMENT
The COMSTECH Executive Committee decided in its 15th meeting in 1996 to institute awards to recognize outstanding research work carried out by scientists who are citizens of, and working in, OIC member states. Each award carries a certificate, shield of honor and cash prize. Further information is given in the following.
1. BASIC SCIENCES
These awards are given in four basic sciences; Biology and Chemistry alternating biennially with Mathematics and Physics. Each award carries a cash prize of US$ 5000. The awards in Basic Sciences are conferred on the recipients by H.E. President of Pakistan (Chairman COMSTECH) in the COMSTECH General Assembly. So far, 24 scientists from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan and Turkey, have received these awards:
No. | Year | Category | Name | Country |
| 1 | 2021 | Biology | Prof. Muhammad Ashraf | Pakistan |
Chemistry | Prof. Ali A. Mosavi-Movahadi | Iran | ||
| 2 | 2019 | Mathematics (shared) | Prof. Khalil Ezzinbi Dr. Sajad Jafari | Morocco Iran |
Physics | Prof. Amer Iqbal | Pakistan | ||
| 3 | 2017 | Biology | Dr. Ramy Karam Aziz Henein | Egypt |
Chemistry | Dr. Engin Umut Akkaya | Turkey | ||
| 4 | 2015 | Mathematics | Dr. Tasawar Hayat | Pakistan |
Physics | Dr. Altuğ Özpineci | Turkey | ||
| 5 | 2010 | Biology (shared) | Dr. Wasim ahmad Prof. Dr. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan | Pakistan Turkey |
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| Chemistry (shared) | Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary Prof. Yusuf Yagci | Pakistan Turkey |
| 6 | 2007 | Physics | Mohammad Mahdi (Shahin) Sheikh- Jabbari | Iran |
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| Mathematics | Prof. Ibrahim A. Eltayeb | Sudan |
| 7 | 2005 | Biology | Prof. Dr. S. Riazuddin | Pakistan |
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| Chemistry | Prof. Seyed Habib Firouzabadi | Iran |
8 | 2003 | Physics | Prof. Riazuddin | Pakistan |
9 | 2002 | Biology (shared) | Dr. Syed Qasim Mehdi | Pakistan |
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| Chemistry | Prof. Dr. Mohamed Helmy Ali Mohamed Elnagdi | Egypt |
10 | 1999 | Physics | Prof. Sohail Zubairi | Pakistan |
11 | 1997 | Biology | Prof. Mojtaba Shamspuri | Iran |
Chemistry | Prof. Mohammad Mostafa El-Mufty | Egypt |
2. EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Introduced in 2009 and modified in 2017, so far 27 scientists from Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, have been given these awards. These biennial awards carry a certificate, shield of honour and cash prize (US$ 3000 in categories A, B, C, and US$ 2000 in category D), for each recipient of the award in the following categories:
- Best Young Researcher Award
This award is meant for scientists under the age of 40.
- Best Scientific Book Award
This award is for the author of an outstanding scientific book published by internationally renowned publisher during the last two years.
- Award for Patent
The award recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions that have had lasting impact in furthering the theory and or development of commercial systems. The patent must have been registered during the past five years.
- Best Research Paper Award
This award recognizes outstanding research paper published in an international journal in the last two years. The award is given in each of the four basic sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics).
These awards have so far been won by the following scientists:
No. | Year | Category | Name | Country |
| 1 | 2021 | Young Researcher Award | Dr. Shah Fahd | Pakistan |
| Best Scientific Book | Dr. Esmael Ghavanloo | Iran | |
| Patent Award | Dr. Azrul Azlan Hamzah | Malaysia | |
| Best Research Paper in Biology | Dr. Fahad Alsohime | Saudi Arabia | |
| Best Research Paper in Chemistry | Dr. Mustafa Kemal Beyazit | Turkey | |
| Best Research Paper in Mathematics (shared) | Dr. Hala El Saka Dr. Khondoker Nazmoon Nabi | Egypt Bangladesh | |
| Best Research Paper in Physics | Dr. Mohd Ikmar Nizam Bin Hj. Mohamad Isa | Malaysia | |
| 2 | 2019 | Young Researcher Award | Dr. Shafaqat Ali | Pakistan |
Best Scientific Book | Prof. Ali Akhaddar | Morocco | ||
Patent Award (shared) | Prof. Salman Alrokayan | Saudi Arabia | ||
Prof. Sepideh Khoee | Iran | |||
Best Research Paper in Biology | Dr. Hammad Naveed | Pakistan | ||
Best Research Paper in Chemistry | Prof. Farid Harraz | Egypt | ||
Best Research Paper in Mathematics | Prof. Utkir A. Rozikov | Uzbekistan | ||
Best Research Paper in Physics | Dr. Seyed Hossein Hendi | Iran | ||
| 3 | 2017 | Young Researcher Award (shared) | Dr. Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen Dr. Farrokh Aminifar | Turkey Iran |
Best Scientific Book | Dr. Salah Sabry Ahmed Obayya | Egypt | ||
Patent Award | Dr. Ibrahim El-Sherbiny | Egypt | ||
Best Research Paper in Biology | Dr. Maha Nasr Sayed Aly | Egypt | ||
Best Research Paper in Chemistry | Dr. Mohamed H. Alkordi | Egypt | ||
Best Research Paper in Physics | Dr. Abdelaali Boudjemaa | Algeria | ||
| 4 | 2015 | Research Paper Award | Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman | Pakistan |
Young Researcher Award | Dr. Muhammad Farooq | Pakistan | ||
| 5 | 2010 | Research Paper Award | Dr. Farhad Islami | Iran |
Young Researcher Award | Prof. Mohd. Adzir Mahdi | Malaysia |