A new round of the REVelate Corporate Innovation Program will run between November 24 and 26. Organizations in Kingdom looking to be more innovative are encouraged to reserve a place for their staff to help them come up with innovative solutions to old problems, improve processes...
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read moreThe KAUST Innovation Fund, formerly known as the Seed Fund, supports the University’s pipeline of technology-based startup projects and companies. It also invests in high-profile international technology companies willing to establish their operations in Saudi Arabia and to benefit from...
read moreKAUST has announced the launching of Hikma, a new Accelerator Program to help identify, develop and speed up the Intellectual Property-Based Startups. On March 21, 16 teams from KAUST and regional Universities took part in a three-day series of mentor-led...
read moreEntrepreneurship Center hosts graduation ceremony for participants of New Ventures Accelerator A fresh batch of innovative ideas is emerging in the Kingdom thanks to theEntrepreneurship Center at KAUST. On February 18, KAUST honored the first graduating class from its New...
read moreKAUST has partnered with Saudi Aramco and four other Saudi industrial and academic institutions in establishing the Saudi Arabia Advanced Research Alliance (SAARA) and Technovia, a new company that will focus on driving the commercialization and application of novel and...
read moreThe Falling Walls Lab, hosted recently by KAUST Graduate Affairs, featured 22 finalists who presented their product or venture idea to a high-profile panel of judges. These presentations are the result of a cumulative process that started in March of...
read moreKAUST began as a vision, perceived across a great expanse of dry, unremarkable desert sand. Five years – and some key ingredients later – it is growing into a global force of academics, and is a proud pillar of light...
read moreLast week, KAUST signed its first royalty-bearing license agreement for NOMADD, the “No Water, Mechanical, Automated, Dusting Device.” Licensing this technology to NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, a startup spun out of the university, establishes an important basis for the future...
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