Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum"Nobel laureates have created a US$10 million fund for sustainable science development in a bid to promote trust and scientific cooperation in the Middle East.
The new fund was announced last week (15 May) at the third conference of Nobel laureates held in Petra, Jordan.
Made up of donations from the private sector, the fund will support Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian scientists and will eventually be expanded to include other countries in the Middle East."
Read also "Foundation to narrow 'Arab knowledge gap'" by Wagdy Sawahel, SciDev.Net, 25 May 2007.
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