King Faisal Prize final preparations to announce the names of 2024 laureates
King Faisal Prize will be announcing the names of its 2024 laureates on the 10th of January in Riyadh. In preparation for the announcement, specialized selection committees of the prize’s 4 categories – Islamic Studies, Arabic Language & Literature, Medicine, and Science started their meetings at the Prize’s headquarters today, 8 January 2024 and will continue until the 10th. On the 10th of January, His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal Bin Abd Al-Aziz will chair the committee meeting to select the laureate of the Service to Islam prize.
The General Secretariat had announced in 2022 the topics of the 46th session of King Faisal Prize for 2024, as follows: Islamic Studies “Islamic Legislations and their Contemporary Applications”; Arabic Language & Literature “Non-Arab Institutions and their Endeavors to the Promotion of Arabic”; Medicine “Management of Peripheral Disabilities”; and Science “Biology”.
The General Secretariat also pointed out that nominations are made by scientific institutions, universities, research centres as well as scientific and language councils, provided the nominated individual is alive and their nominated work is already published. The work should also be informative and contribute to the enrichment of knowledge for the development of humanity. Nominations are not accepted from individuals or political parties.
The Prize selection committees this year include experts, specialists, and scholars, coming from 22 different countries to meet in Riyadh and examine the nominated works to select the laureates in an objective and transparent manner, in accordance with the rules and regulations developed by the General Secretariat of the Prize.
Members of the selection committee for the Service to Islam Prize, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal Bin Abd Al-Aziz are leading scholars in Islamic law and jurisprudence.
HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal will announce the names of the chosen prize laureates for 2024 in the five different categories on Wednesday January 10 at the Main Lecture Hall in King Faisal Foundation’s building in Riyadh.
