Conducted at KFAS' headquarters in Kuwait City and spanning for two days, the workshop was made possible through KFAS' ongoing framework agreement with UCB to enhance scholarship and research capabilities in Kuwait...
KFAS and Sciences Po are proud to announce that they have extended their strategic partnership and signed a renewal of the agreement for 5 additional years on 28th September 2017 in Paris, France.
KFAS is holding a five-day exhibition at The Avenues starting today. The exhibition will showcase major projects implemented by the Foundation as well as activities of its four Scientific Centers.
KFAS launched the fourth season of its Executive Education Program (Innovation Challenge 2018)
If you are graduating in the Spring or Summer of 2018, you are invited to apply for the Professional Development Initiative (PDI).
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences announced the appointment of Mrs. Rana Abdallah Al-Nibari as Director General of the Scientific Center effective 6 August 2017.
The Proteges Program has officially launched its seventh season and with that the sponsorship of the Foundation for the second year was announced.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Electricity and Water, KFAS has recently launched a new initiative to conserve natural resources in the country through a pilot project.
KFAS presented at a press conference held in its headquarters, the major achievements realized in 2016...
KFAS recognized and celebrated on Monday 12/6/2017 the high school students graduating with honors
KFAS and UNICEF signed two agreements aimed at teaching and educating Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.
After four months of relentless efforts and intensive workshops, the Innovation Challenge program, launched last February.
KFAS announced that one of its seven Kuwaiti projects, which received the Foundation’s award for e-content, has won the international award.
The signing ceremony of the Agreement to establish The Altaf Salem al-Ali al-Sabah “Women and Development Studies Chair”, in memory of the late Sheikha Lulwa al-Nasser Al-Sabah and Sheikha Sheikha al-Ali al-Sabah.
18 Kuwaiti students received their diplomas and graduated - several with honors - attesting to the ongoing commitment of the State of Kuwait to emphasize education as a cornerstone to youth development and the future of the nation
The Research Directoheld a specialized training workshop on "energy audit of buildings in the State of Kuwait"
«I feel in the prime of my life when I talk with you, » this is how Dr. Adnan Shihab El-din, KFAS Director General expressed how he felt as he mingled with the young audience.
We are pleased to announce the second cycle of 2017 for submission of applications seeking funding of research proposals.
In line with KFAS’ pursuit to enhance and develop capacities of research and innovation in the private sector and to enable it to come up with new and improved products and services, KFAS held a field workshop – hosted by the Kuwait National Cinema Company
KFAS organized a workshop in collaboration with the Public Health Program at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE/Health) to kick off a study funded by KFAS entitled "Review and strategy development of the Public health system in Kuwait."
Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC), an affiliate of KFAS today a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of finance in the U.A.E. to strengthen mutual cooperation.
KFAS sponsors a constellation of practitioners of nonprofit youth groups active in innovation and entrepreneurship.
KFAS launched the second phase of its project to introduce power generation using photovoltaics in Al-Adaylia Co-op
KFAS received a delegation from Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government invited to conduct a workshop at the Foundation’s headquarters
KFAS shared its strategic plan for the next five years (2017-2021) with its partners from the Kuwaiti shareholding companies, the civil society, and the research community, to raise the level of interaction.
KFAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ASHRAE global society formerly known as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Nine university-level Kuwaiti students currently enrolled in the United States have been accepted for the 2017 summer term of the Professional Development Initiative (PDI)
KFAS and UNESCO signed on Monday 13 February a funding agreement to increase the support for formal and informal education at the secondary level offered to 1100 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
KFAS has organized two workshops during the period February 7-9 and February 12-14 2017, on “research capacity building”, in collaboration with the British Council in Kuwait.
KFAS announced the ten out of twenty private Kuwaiti companies selected to participate in “KFAS Innovation Challenge Program 2017”
KFAS is pleased to provide funding of eContent systems and solutions for non-profit organizations
The booth of the KFAS has witnessed an intensive turnout in the first days of the 48th Session of the Cairo International Book Fair
KFAS has signed a MOU of cooperation with GS-SCPD. The agreement aims to enable and strengthen institutional cooperation in capacity building in the areas of national policy facilitation, planning and development
KPC and KFAS signed a memorandum of cooperation and partnership in the field of research, development and technology
KFAS has called upon private sector companies to take advantage of its programs and agreements with a number of leading global institutions and centres
KFAS received a number of students of the Department of Architecture at Kuwait University who participate in the joint Design Studio with the University of California, Berkeley
KFAS continues to emphasize the pivotal role of the “Innovation Challenge Executive Education Program”, which it has launched for several years ,
Under the honorable patronage of His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait, KFAS has recognized and honored at Bayan Palace,
The winners of Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development for 2015 and 2016 in the fields of health and food security
KFAS organized between 13 and 15 November three open lectures delivered by two of the world leading experts in business administration, innovation and leadership.
Its prevalence in the Arab World and Kuwait in particular urged me to try to tackle it ."This was what motivated Dr. Laila Habib
KFASannounced the 2016 winners of the Kuwait Prize which is awarded to Kuwaiti and Arab researchers, the Scientific Production
The mission of KFAS is to facilitate and enhance the capabilities of Kuwait’s private sector in innovation and establish a knowledge based economy.
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences will participate in the Sharjah International Book Fair,
A delegation from the University of California, Berkeley visited KFAS as part of an agreement which aims to exchange experiences and cooperation between students of the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley
Briton Professor Kevin Marsh of the University of Oxford and African Academy of Sciences, Kenya, has won the Al-Sumait 2015 Health Prize
EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Americana – Meat Cluster and Plastic Industries Company (PIC) celebrated their collaboration for an advanced solution in
The winners of the Kuwait-sponsored, Al-Sumait 2015 Health Award and 2016 Food Security Award have been announced by the prestigious Board of Trustees
In fulfillment of the objectives of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) in supporting scientific research and encouraging Arab scholars and researchers,
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences has obtained ISO certification "ISO/IEC 20000-1:-2011"
The winning recipients of the prestigious Al-Sumait Prizes for Health and Food Security are due to be announced at a Board of Trustees meeting here on Monday October 17, 2016.
In collaboration with imec, the world leading nanoelectronics Belgian research center, KFAS organized a seminar on Wednesday, 12 October, 2016
Imec is a world leading nanoelectronics research center that has a strong KFAS funded collaboration with Kuwait University in the field of photovoltaics
Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Molecular Imaging Center (JAC), one of the centers of KFAS, has signed an executive
KFAS in collaboration with the London School for Economics and Political Science (LSE) held a lecture in Al-Shaheed Park entitled
KidZania Kuwait, the exciting kid-sized metropolis, officially collaborated with the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS)
KFAS sponsored & organized between 20 & 21 September (the Second Scientific Forum ..
KFAS signed a MoU Saturday with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ...
The Director- Finance & Investment Directorate of KFAS, Mr. Firas Aloda, has ...
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences is pleased to announce that The Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholars Program at Harvard Kennedy School
KFAS organized a visual presentation demonstrating a patented new technology in manufacturing ...
The Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School, A KFAS-HARVARD initiative, offers funding each year to Harvard faculty on a wide range of topics that focus primarily on Kuwait and the GCC countries.
For scholars of international energy regimes, here’s a recent call for papers for what looks like a terrific conference on the history of OPEC and energy more broadly
The LSE Kuwait Programme is currently advertising its 2017 Short-Term Visiting Research Fellowship:
The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various developing countries.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, alongside His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
The Nomination & Search Committee of the Kuwait-sponsored Al-Sumait Food Security Prize has prepared a shortlist of potential winners
Early morning news streamed over global media announced that Professor Ahmed Zwail, the father of femtosecond Science, for which he was awarded the Noble prize in chemistry, has passed away ...
عندما تتوالى الفواجع وتترى الأحزان، يتوقف المرء حائرا أمام حكمته سبحانه و تعالى في إرادته التي لا يسأل ردها بل اللطف فيها، والعون على تجاوزها.
KFAS and Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education Conclude Executive Education Programme on Business Innovation
KFAS has recognized and honored on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 the outstanding high school graduates with the participation of the Foundation’s scientific centers
KAMCO Investment Company expressed its appreciation for the efforts (KFAS) exerts in developing professional capacities
CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS for 2016
KFAS has concluded a four-day training workshop on design thinking
kFAS announced the winners (individuals and institutions) of the sixth season of Kuwait Prize
KFAS holds an orientation for the Harvard workshop on strategies of decision-making
KFAS presents its new Strategic Plan (2017-2021) before a focus group comprising the public and private sectors, professional societies and Non-profit organizations.