HRH Princess Sumaya attends an event convened by the British embassy and hosted by the Royal Scientific Society (Photo courtesy of Royal Scientific Society)
The Royal Scientific Society and the British Embassy in Jordan hosted an event on 4 March 2020 under the banner “Enhancing the Impact of Newton-Khalidi Fund Programmes — The Way Forward”. The event highlighted the achievements of the fund to date and the opportunities of partnership between Jordanian and UK-trained scientists, researchers and engineers.
More on the event and the Newton-Khalidi Fund
On August 16, 2017, Jordan and the United Kingdom signed an Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Sir Isaac Newton-Khalidi Fund, in recognition of the contributions of Usama to science and technology in Jordan and the Arab world at large. The £3.5 million memorandum will be implemented through the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST) and the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) over four years in the areas of energy, cultural heritage, water security, agricultural technology and food security, biotechnology and biosecurity, nanotechnology and developing the skills and abilities of researchers. HRH Princess Sumaya bint al-Hassan, who is the president of the RSS, said the agreement would help create a "policy and enterprise infrastructure that goes beyond politics and political missions"
The Newton-Khalidi Fund will be officially established at the at the closing ceremony of the World Science Forum in the Dead Sea in November 2017.
Read more more on this in the Jordan Times and Al-Rai Newspaper
The signing ceremony with HRH Princess Sumaya, HE Imad Fakhoury, and UK Ambassador Edward Oakden
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