Saudi teens showcase their talents par excellence at ISEF 2022

Saudi teens showcase their talents par excellence at ISEF 2022

RIYADH — The Saudi students science and engineering team scripted a new history, bagging 22 medals at the recently concluded Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2022).

The team, which comprised 35 boy and girl students representing 11 educational departments in various regions of the Kingdom, performed superbly at the prestigious international event held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta in the United States of America from May 7 to 13.

The Saudi contingent turned in an outstanding performance with their qualitative innovative projects in promising fields especially artificial intelligence, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, and environment.

The Saudi team maintained its clear superiority over many other competitors from other parts of the world. The talented Saudi teens were selected from among 40 winners of major prizes in the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity titled “Ibdaa 2022”.

This is one of 19 different programs offered annually by King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) to talented students who have been identified annually in the Kingdom after meticulous and meritorious screening and talent search.

With these global achievements, Saudi Arabia raised its credit of winning special prizes in the ISEF to 104 awards, including 68 grand awards and 36 special awards ever