Riyadh, May 16, 2022, SPA -- Members of the Saudi team for science and engineering, who won 22 awards in the 2022 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2022), arrived in Riyadh yesterday, along with Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness Creativity (Mawhiba) Eng. Faisal Al-Dweish, amidst a warm welcome at the King Khalid International Airport from education and Mawhiba officials and parents. Mawhiba Secretary General Dr. Saud Al-Mathami extended his sincerest congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, for this new historical and exceptional national achievement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in ISEF 2022. He stressed that the support of the wise leadership to Saudis, national institutions and Mawhiba has contributed to building a promising and inspiring Saudi generation that will play a role in changing the future of the homeland and the world for the better, adding that the entire homeland is proud of each members of the Saudi team who realized an unprecedented achievement in ISEF 2022 through winning 22 awards, including the best project award, 15 grand awards and 6 special awards, beating the students of 85 countries. He also expressed optimism for a new Saudi generation full of talents, awareness and capability to accommodate the changes of the world and capable of participating in building the future of the homeland and realizing the targets and initiatives of the Saudi Vision 2030 and the prosperity of mankind. Dr. Al-Mathami noted that what has been achieved in ISEF 2022 represents a qualitative leap in the talents, capabilities, culture and knowledge of the homeland's people and that the future will be better under the reign of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The secretary general said this historical achievement will be a turning point in the process of Mawhiba that will instill the pioneering of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the map of talents and creativity and the status of the foundation that adopts the most comprehensive approach in caring for the talented at the international level, noting that Mawhiba has a high ambition to realize the directives of the wise leadership in graduating generations of Saudi and international talented people who are capable of creating a different future and facing the challenges of the sustainable development of today's world. He also noted that the complementary partnership between Mawhiba and its strategic partners has contributed to developing the environment of Mawhiba and provided a rich climate for gaining sciences and knowledge. --SPA 14:15 LOCAL TIME 11:15 GMT 0012 www.spa.gov.sa/w1732954