Sustainability and Environment
ICAO and UAE Offer $1M to Students Researching SAF
Students can win up to $250K for research that advances sustainable aviation fuel development
Flasks of sustainable aviation fuel
Undergraduate and graduate sustainable aviation fuel researchers are eligible to win a share of $1 million in prize money through a contest sponsored by ICAO and the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority. © Curt Epstein/AIN

A contest to award college students for their research to accelerate the development and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel is being sponsored by ICAO and the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority.

Open to undergraduate and postgraduate researchers, the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Aviation Award will award $1 million in prize money based on research conducted from 2022 through 2024. For both the undergraduate and postgraduate categories, the first prize is $250,000, with second and third place in each category receiving $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.