AUB signs partnership for scientific exchange with Nobel Laureates and leading scientists
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AUB signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council and Foundation for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, an international forum of scientific exchange between Nobel Laureates and leading scientists – undergraduates, PhD students, and post-doc researchers – of different generations, cultures, and disciplines. With this partnership, young scientists from Lebanon will get the unique opportunity to participate through AUB in the Lindau Meetings.
The agreement supports participation in research in the Natural Sciences and Economics whereby AUB’s Lebanese Natural Science delegation will be comprised of up to three undergraduates and doctoral students /postdoctoral fellows in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, and/or physiology and medicine. The same number applies to interdisciplinary meetings.
The Lebanese delegation for Economics can be comprised of up to two doctoral students and/or postdoctoral fellows nominated by the National Bank of Lebanon or by the Department of Economics at AUB, in addition to up to three nominees selected by the American University of Beirut.
The delegates will be selected from research universities in Lebanon, or as individual young Lebanese researchers doing their research abroad, based on recommendations received by a committee that will be appointed by the agreed body.
At this historic juncture for AUB and considering the momentous events that have been engulfing the region, AUB continues to live up to its extraordinary history by playing a predominant role in shaping the future of Lebanon and the region. Building bridges regionally and internationally are an essential step in this mission and this Memorandum of Understanding is a major step in this direction.
This is a unique opportunity for young scientists in the AUB community to spend time in the company of some of the most impactful scientific minds of our age,” said AUB President Fadlo R. Khuri at the signing ceremony. “It will undoubtedly have a life-changing effect on their work and their outlook and I welcome this historic new partnership. It is a privilege and an honor for our institution to partner with the Council and Foundation of Nobel Laureate Meetings and on behalf of the whole AUB family I thank you for this immense opportunity.”
Lindau provides a great opportunity, first and foremost, for the students to meet Nobel Laureates in person and to connect with their peers from all over the world, and for AUB as an institution. At the same time, Lindau welcomes AUB as a globally renowned academic partner.
Since 1951, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting provides a platform for Nobel Laureates and young scientists to exchange knowledge, ideas, and experience. The meetings focus alternately on physiology and medicine, on physics, or on chemistry – the three natural science Nobel Prize disciplines. An interdisciplinary meeting revolving around all three natural sciences is held every five years. In addition, the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences is held every three years, the next one to be held in 2017.