Five researchers and scientists from Malaysia, Jordan, Tunisia, the US and the UK have actually been called winners of the King Faisal Prize 2018 as the 40th version of the renowned award recognized their identified contributions towards humanity. The Reward honours remarkable achievements in five classifications: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language & Literature, Medication, and Science.

Professor Irwandi Jaswir, Deputy Dean of the International Institute for Halal Research Study and Training (INHART) and Secretary of Council of Professors at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), has been called the victor in the Solution to Islam classification for contributions to the development of Halal Science and Halal food and consumer goods.

Professor Bashar Awad of Hadith at the International Islamic University, Jordan, has actually been called the champion of this year's King Faisal Reward for Islamic Researches in recognition of job pertaining to the subject, 'Crucial Versions of Islamic Historical and Biographical Messages'.

The King Faisal Prize for Arabic Language and Literature has actually award to Professor Chokri Mabkhout of Manoubah University, Tunis, for 'Research Studies Dealing with Memoir in Arabic Literary works'. Teacher James P. Allison of the Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair of the Division of Immunology, UNITED STATE, has actually been called as the winner of the King Faisal Reward 2018 for Medication for major searchings for in the field of Immunotherapy for Cancer.

Professor Sir John M. Ball, who is the Sedleian Teacher of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford, is the winner of the King Faisal Prize for Science for outstanding contributions in the field of Mathematics. Prof. Ball has actually been recognized for works associated with nonlinear partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, and dynamical systems.

About King Faisal Prize
King Faisal Reward was established in 1977 by the King Faisal Foundation(KFF), a kind organization established in 1976G/1396H by the sons and daughters of the late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, as a tribute to their father. The Prize was granted for the very first time in 1979G/1399H in 3 classifications: Solution to Islam, Islamic Researches and Arabic Language and Literature. In 1981G/1401H, a prize in Medication and a prize in Science were included. The Medication reward was awarded the following year, in 1982G/1402H, whereas the Science prize was awarded in 1984G/1404H.