786 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:24:56 -0400 From: Dr. Saad Saad To: Sultana Nahar , "hatemodah@yahoo.com" , "hatemodah@nriag.sci.eg" Subject: Prof. Sultana Nahar Prize Parts/Attachments: 1 OK ~82 lines Text 2 Shown ~165 lines Text ---------------------------------------- Dear Prof. Sultana I wish you fine, Today 14 July  was the meeting of the institute board of directors ( which consists of 26 professors in the different fields of Astronomy and Geophysics, most of them are the presidency of the Egyptian Universities and National organizations, in addition to the  heads of scientific departments at NRIAG).  The meeting held in the Academy of the Scientific Research and Technology ASRT and  attended by the minister of higher education and scientific research  and the head of  ASRT. Your proposed prize in the field of Astronomy and Geophysics is presented and discussed and we reached to the following, they like much your name Prize Sultana Nahar ( it carry many nice meaning in Arabic Language  ....  do you know it 👑)   First they all thank you much  and completely appreciate your contribution in supporting and encouraging the Egyptian researchers in various scientific fields in Egypt. They found from the experience in this area that the award to be more powerful and influential it should be organize as follows - it is better to be one prize/ year - may be one year for fields of Astronomy the next year for fields of Geophysics - the researcher winner can apply again to get it only five years after the date of his/her first win - the prize better to be on the overall production of scientific research for the last five years - the evaluation should considered the CV of the researcher and the extent of his/her   contributions in their respective fields as well as the number of papers published and its impact - all preferred to give the prize in dollar and put the 10000 dollar as long-term deposit, that is   because the dollar is much stable in comparison to the local currency and even its value may increasing its with time. Thank you again for every thing Looking forward to hear from you Wish you the best Somaya Saad  ====================================================== Somaya Saad Professor of Astrophysics   NRIAG, Astronomy Department. Stellar Lab. Deputy of Astronomy Dept. Vice-President of the National Committee for Astronomy in Egypt [www.iau.org] Head of Kottamia Center of Scientific Excellence for Astronomy and Space Sciences (KCScE) Editor-in-Chief  "Expert Opinion on Astronomy and Astrophysics" (EOAA) 11421, Box:138,  Helwan, Cairo,  Egypt. saadmhsaad@gmail.com, saadmhsaad@nriag.sci.eg Tel. (Work):    +202-25560645 , + 202-25560046. Fax( Work):     +202-25548020. Mobile Phone:   20-1225638712 [uc?export=download&id=0Bw4oDgVeXUN0VFRkT3o1a1RMYU0&revid=0Bw4oDgVeXUN0MW40 NnQraGlYVXg4RlpFREhhS2l5SGVFd0J3PQ] Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:35:58 -0400 From: Sultana Nahar To: "hatemodah@yahoo.com" , "hatemodah@nriag.sci.eg" , Dr. Saad Saad Cc: Sultana Nahar Subject: Re: Prof. Sultana Nahar Prize Dear Professor Odah and Somaya, Assalamu alaikum. I am very pleased to know the approval of the prizes. I would agree to all suggestions except that I have one suggestion, one concern and one proposal: Suggestion: To encourage effort for continued excellence in publication both in Astronomy and Geophysics, I would like to have two annual prizes, one in astronomy and one in geophysics Concern: As Somaya pointed out earlier, interest rate for dollar is much smaller, 5%, compared to that for Egyptian pounds, 12.5%. Hence with USD, prize honorarium of $500 will be less than half of that from EGP. although I understand that value of USD is more stable than EGP and with time the honorarium is expected to increase. Proposal: To have a reasonable honorarium for two prizes, such as each with $300, I could increase the capital to twelve thousand. If my proposal is acceptable, I will modify the prize document accordlingly and send it to you. Please let me know. With my best regards and wishes, - Sultana Nahar _______________________________________________________ Prof. Sultana N. Nahar, APS Fellow Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 140 West 18th Avenue, McPherson Laboratory Columbus, OH 43210, USA Tel: 1-614-292-1888, Fax: 1-614-292-2928 Email: nahar.1@osu.edu Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~nahar Associate Director: Obama-Singh project on STEM Education and Research Faculty Training, 2013-2017 NORAD-Atomic-Data: http://norad.astronomy.ohio-state.edu Textbook: Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy (Cambridge U press 2011) ISMWS: Founder & President _______________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:28:42 -0400 From: Sultana Nahar To: Dr. Saad Saad Cc: Sultana Nahar , "hatemodah@yahoo.com" , "hatemodah@nriag.sci.eg" Subject: Re: Prof. Sultana Nahar Prize Parts/Attachments: 1 Shown 128 lines Text 2 OK 59 KB Application 3 OK 101 KB Application 4 OK 124 KB Application ---------------------------------------- Dear Professors Haten Odah and Somaya Saad, Assalamu alaikum. I have attached the revised version of the prize guidelines and a sample announcement for the prizes. The announcement should be circulated very soon to revceive the applications. I have set the deadline for September 15, 2016. But it can be changed it as needed. Please let me know whether everything look alright. With best regards and and wishes, - Sultana Nahar _______________________________________________________ Prof. Sultana N. Nahar, APS Fellow Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 140 West 18th Avenue, McPherson Laboratory Columbus, OH 43210, USA Tel: 1-614-292-1888, Fax: 1-614-292-2928 Email: nahar.1@osu.edu Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~nahar Associate Director: Obama-Singh project on STEM Education and Research Faculty Training, 2013-2017 NORAD-Atomic-Data: http://norad.astronomy.ohio-state.edu Textbook: Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy (Cambridge U press 2011) ISMWS: Founder & President _______________________________________________________ Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:54:35 -0400 From: Dr. Saad Saad To: Sultana Nahar Subject: Sultana Nahar Prize Parts/Attachments: 1 OK 45 lines Text 2 Shown ~77 lines Text ---------------------------------------- Dear prof. Sultana Sorry for delay reply, last days we sadly lost one of our professors in Astronomy Dept. Thank you for increasing the prize amount, all suggestions have been taken into consideration. The prize call has been announced  and Prof. Hatem formed the Board and the Committee of the prize. One more question please, should we design the Certificate of Excellence or you are already have its form? Please send us one of your photo if it is possible. Best regards Somaya --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Somaya Saad Professor of Astrophysics   NRIAG, Astronomy Department. Stellar Lab. Deputy of Astronomy Dept. Vice-President of the National Committee for Astronomy in Egypt [www.iau.org] Head of Kottamia Center of Scientific Excellence for Astronomy and Space Sciences (KCScE)  11421, Box:138,  Helwan, Cairo,  Egypt. saadmhsaad@gmail.com, saadmhsaad@nriag.sci.eg