The Award takes into consideration all those who are contributing towards alleviating the suffering of patients and improving societal health standards through a diverse array of award categories aimed at the global, regional, and local levels.
The initial focus was on two major categories of awards; The International and National Awards, with subcategories in each of them.
In 2002, a new category was introduced, The Arab World Award, followed by another addition in the UAE Category - An Award for the Best Outstanding Clinical Department in the Public Sector.
The latest addition to this list is the novel Award for Honoring Distinguished Personalities in the Arab World.
Find below more information about the International Awards, Arab World Awards and UAE Awards and their subcategories.
The 12th Term Awards, 2021-2022
For submission (Closed): https://hmaward.awardsplatform.com/
Scientific research is considered the prime keystone for the development of the basic sciences which led to enormous advancement of methods and techniques that contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and health challenges.
The International Awards are considered one of the prestigious medical awards aiming for honoring the scientists and researchers for their efforts done for developing the medical services all over the world.
The International Awards contains 3 categories:
The Grand Hamdan International Award honors quality and dedication to the alleviation of the sufferings of humanity through research and exemplary service.
The selection of the winner in this category depends on a breakthrough in his research portfolio that impacts healthcare delivery; development of novel surgical devices, techniques, and new therapies that improve the mortality and morbidity rates related to a particular disease.
Universities, research centers, institutions, and individual scientists are encouraged to submit a nomination for this award.
Rules and Regulations:
Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence is an award given to 3 different individuals each in a selected field of medicine. It has been established to honor and recognize the contributions of distinguished researchers whose works have positively affected thousands of lives globally.
Each winner is honored for the innovative methods and research that resulted in novel approaches and discoveries which have made an enormous impact in their fields.
Rules and Regulations:
Care about promoting the health care level in the Arab world and encouraging distinguished educational and service foundations and outstanding scientists in order to develop their skills and enhance the service standards, this award was allocated to enable them to conform with international standards and compete effectively with other international institutions and organizations.
The Arab World Awards contains 2 categories:
Rules and Regulations:
The deadline for submissions: 31st December 2021.
Based on the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Patron of the Award, to support and encourage all working parties in the medical field in the United Arab Emirates, whether institutions or individuals aiming at promoting the provided medical services, the Award was keen to allocate awards to honor all the medical system categories in UAE including distinguished medical personalities and institutions as well as the important medical researches.
The United Arab Emirates Awards contains 3 categories:
This Award is for an outstanding clinical department in the public sector, which has provided exemplary medical services/care to the people of the United Arab Emirates.
The prize amount is AED Seven hundred thousand (AED 700,000) to be awarded equally to two departments.
Rules and Regulations:
The deadline for submissions: 31st December 2021.