The Award also confirmed that the Judging Committee received the research papers that passed the initial screening stage and will evaluate them based on the latest academic standards and practices for evaluating scientific research papers.
The Dignitary Khalid Kanoo, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award, confirmed that the Economic Research Judging Committee includes a constellation of specialists with experience in the economic field from several Arab countries who have been outsourced to ensure the quality of the research evaluation process. He expressed his confidence in the capabilities of the Judging Committee members in determining the winning research that deserves the cash reward allocated for the Award.
The topic of the Economic Field Competition of The Yusuf Ben Ahmed Kanoo Award, revolves around the Corona Pandemic and Economic Recovery, in order to document the period of the Corona pandemic in a sound scientific manner, to determine the consequences of the pandemic on the world economy in general and the economies of the Arab countries in particular, as well as to identify, through research and analysis, the countries that were able to overcome the impacts of the pandemic economically. The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award, in its Eleventh Season, allocated 30,000 dollars for the winning research in the Economic Field Competition.
The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award, in its Eleventh Season, launched ten competitions in the fields of Economies, University Scientific Research, and fine art. The total prizes for the competitions amount to 74 thousand US dollars, which will go to the winners of the First Places in each competition. The Award comes within the initiatives of The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group of Companies in the field of social responsibility, and is keen to encourage excellence in science, scientific research, and creativity in culture and arts, not only in the Gulf, but in all the Arab countries.