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Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water rather than just read about it. In short: The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is a Saudi Arabian scientific prize, established on 21 October 2002 by Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Prize has its headquarters at the Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert (PSRCEWD) at King Saud University.

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Reference excerpt

The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is a Saudi Arabian scientific prize, established on 21 October 2002 by Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Prize has its headquarters at the Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert (PSRCEWD) at King Saud University. It is a bi-annual international scientific award that accepts nominations from all over the world. For its third round (2006–2008), the Prize received 198 nominations from 53 countries, with the Creativity Prize, worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, receiving 73 of those nominations.

Prizes Awarded PSIPW offers five distinct prizes. One million Saudi Riyals (about $266,000) is allocated for the Creativity Prize, while half a million Saudi Riyals (about $133,000) is allocated for each of the other four Specialized Prizes. The Prize is accompanied by a gold medallion, a trophy and a certificate.

The five prizes are as follows:

Creativity Prize Specialized Prizes:

Surface Water Prize Groundwater Prize Alternative Water Resources Prize Water Management and Protection Prize During the first two awards of the Prize (2002–2004) and (2004–2006) there were five specialized prizes, since "Water Resources Management" and "Water Resources Protection" were awarded separately. These two prizes were combined after the Second Award and the "Water Management and Protection Prize" was awarded for the first time with the Third Award (2006–2008). The Creativity Prize was inaugurated for the Third Award (2006–2008).

The Creativity Prize The Creativity Prize is not restricted to specific topics. Instead, its criteria are defined by general guidelines. This allows the Creativity Prize to cover a broad range of interdisciplinary water-related subjects. The Creativity Prize is awarded to work that the Prize Committee deems to be a "breakthrough" in any water-related field. The work might be an invention, a research paper, a new technology, or a development project. It can relate to any branch of any water-related discipline. It might contribute to increasing available water resources, or to alleviating scarcity, or to minimizing pollution. It might make a material contribution to water conservation or to effective water management. The work should provide a solution which is useful to society, contribute to development and social upliftment, be practical, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective.

Specialized Prizes The topic for each of the four specialized prizes used to vary with each award. For example, in one round of the Prize, the Surface Water topic might be "Flood Control". In other rounds, the topic might be "Rainwater Harvesting", "Sedimentation Control", "Space Technology Applications" or some other topic related to surface water issues. The same applied to the other three specialized prizes. However, the topic for the third specialized branch – alternative (non-traditional) water resources – will most frequently be related to desalination. The topics for the (4th) award were as follows:

1st Branch (Surface Water) topic: Innovative Methods for Rain and Runoff Water Modeling 2nd Branch (Ground Water) topic: Assessment and Control of Radioactive Contamination in Groundwater 3rd Branch (Alternative -non-traditional- Water Resources) topic: Innovative Methods for Water Production from Non-Traditional Water Resources 4th Branch (Water Resources Management and Protection) topic: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Water Resources Management Starting with the 5th award (2012), specific topics were no longer announced. All of the Specialized Prizes became open to all relevant topics.

Organization, nomination and selection The Prize Council consists of the Prize Council Chairman who is presently HRH Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz and the following council members: The Saudi Minister of Water and Electricity The Rector of King Saud University The Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation The General Secretary of the Prize, who is also the Director of Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert:- King Saud University 3 Saudi experts 3 international experts

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Illustrations

PSIPW logo

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water: Professor Abdul Latif Ahmad receiving the Prize from Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz at the 2006 awards ceremony — Professor Abdul Latif Ahmad receiving the Prize from Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz at the 2006 awards ceremony

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water

In research: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Environmental sciences awards, King Saud University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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