In 2016, Prof J. Fraser Stoddart, the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence for Integrated Nanotechnology (JCIN) between KACST and Northwestern University
Professor Omar M. Yaghi, the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence of Nanomaterial for Clean Energy applications between KACST and UC Berkeley, was awarded the King Faisal Prize
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has launched the “Technology Leaders Program” in partnership with 10 leading US institutes and 1 major US company