Since its inception, the Arab American University has been sponsoring and developing scientific research. The Arab American University offers three research awards each year to encourage researchers, whether they are faculty members or students. The scientific research awards are:

• The Arab American University Award for Excellence in Scientific Research for academics working in Palestinian universities in general.
• The Award of the Best Published Research in the Journal of Arab American University.
• Engineer Zuhair Hijjawi Award for Scientific Research, which is dedicated to students' graduation research articles at the bachelor's level.

The winners of the scientific research awards for 2023

First: The Arab American University Award for Excellence in Scientific Research

• Medical and Health Sciences category. Three research articles won this award equally, namely:

  First Research Article Recent trends in human brucellosis in the West Bank, Palestine By researchers: Dr. Ahmed Younis Amr, Mr. Badiaa Mansour, Prof. Omar Hamarsheh, Dr. Dia Hajijah AL-Quds University

  Second Research Article Clinical heterogeneity of hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome in thirteen palestinian patients and report of a novel variant in the SLC25A15 gen By researchers: Dr. Emad Dwaikat, Dr. Reham Nazzal Arab American University

  Third research Article Novel Fusidic Acid Cream Containing Metal Ions and Natural Products againstMultidrug-Resistant Bacteria By researchers: Dr. Hani Shtayyeh, Mr. Youssef Al-Sahouri, Dr. Mohammed Farrag, Dr. Moammal Qurt, Dr. Abdullah Abu Khalil, Dr. Nidal Jaradat, Mr. Israr Sabri, Dr. Abdullah Rabaa, Mr. Mohammed Sabih Birzeit University

• Natural, engineering and technological sciences category. Three research articles won this award equally, namely:

  First Research Article A comparative study of five numerical methods for the estimation of Weibull parameters for wind energy evaluation at Eastern Jerusalem, Palestine By researchers: Dr. Hussein Samamreh, Dr. Said Salah, Dr. Jawad Shuqair, Mr. Ali Manasra AL-Quds University

  Second Research Article Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging for Burns Diagnostics under Dressing Materials By researcher: Dr. Amani Owda Arab American University

  Third Research Article Leveraging Knowledge-Based Features with Multilevel Attention Mechanisms for Short Arabic Text Classification By researcher: Dr. Iyad Al-Agha Islamic University

Second: Award for the best research published in the Journal of the Arab American University

This award was equally won by:

Third: Engineer Zuhair Hijjawi Award for Scientific Research

• Information Technology category. Three research articles won this award equally, namely:

  First Research Article PalAST: A Cross-Platform Mobile Application for Automated Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing The winning students: Ghadeer Abdul-Azim Mahmoud Al-Hayek Malak Nabil Ahmad Ghabayen Raghad Majed Abdullah Al-Khatib Aya Abdul Rahim Salem Shawa Supervisor: Dr. Iyad Al-Agha Islamic University

  Second Research Article Smart Health Shoes (SHS) The winning students: Ashraf Mounir Ahmed Abdel-Khalek Ali Rajeh Muhammad Abu Al-Rub Khalil Amer Khalil Abdullah Supervisor: Prof. Mohammed Awad Arab American University

  Third Research Article Enhancing Deaf and Dumb Collaboration by Video Annotations The winning students: Zina Ghazi Fayeq Taha Roaa Ghanem Faraj Arbasi Supervisor: Dr. Amjad Hawash An-Najah National University

• Medical and Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences category. Three research articles won this award equally, namely:

  First Research Article In Silico Evaluation via the Docking of Selected Antidiabetic Phytochemicals on Proteins in the Insulin Signaling Pathway: PTP1B, IRS1 and PP2A The winning students: Hazem Abdel-Alah Ahmed Al-Sharbaty Nevin Jalal Ali Al-Issa Safa Radi Ali Jabbarin Supervisors: Dr. Siba Shanak Prof. Hilal Zaid Arab American University

  Second Research Article Green Synthesis of Carbon Nano-dots from sage leaves as Anti-cancer agent The winning students: Zina Ali Muhammad Saeed Barham Amal Askar Subhi Barham Hala Akram Abdullah Badawilah Supervisor: Dr. Shadi Sawalha An-Najah National University

  Third Research Article In Silico Evaluation for the Action of Gundelia tournefortii and Ocimum basilicum Derivatives on the PI3K, PDK1, AKT, and RAC1 Protein Targets in the Insulin Signalling Pathway The winning students: Sima Nader Muhammad Tahayna Bailsan Amjad Jamal Qassem Hadeel Ayad Mahmoud Zakarneh Supervisors: Dr. Siba Shanak Prof. Hilal Zaid Arab American University

• Engineering category. Three research articles won this award equally, namely:

  First Research Article Designing and Implementation for Real Time Reception Robot The winning students: Amr Azmi Fayez Shatat Hamada Raja Hussein Abu Rujaila Ibrahim Kamal Salama Abu Khater Muhammad Riyad Awad Al-Shaer Supervisor: Dr. Muayad Almobayed Islamic University

  Second Research Article Prediction of loaded slope failure utilizing artificial neural networks The winning students: Sujod Muwaffaq Muhammad Hamayel Muhannad Maher Muhammed Walid Shbaro Muhannad Muayad Nawaf Shanak Supervisor: Dr. Khalil Al-Qattu Birzeit University

  Third Research Article HEARIZE: Sign Language Interpreter Application The winning students: Dima Nidal Salim Abu Jaber Ansam Ziyad Tawfiq Jawabreh Jihad Mahmoud Nasrallah Abu Zuhri Mohaimen Emad Mahmoud Khatib Supervisor: Mr. Sami Awad Arab American University

• Environmental Sciences, Water and Renewable Energy category. Two research articles won this award equally:

  First Research Article Biosorption of Methylene Blue Dye by the Eggshell Bio-waste The winning students: Tahani Zakaria Abdullah Abu Shawish Maryam Sami Hammad Habibi Reem Nimer Attia Farajallah Supervisor: Prof. Nizam Alashqar Islamic University

  Second Research Article Novel synthesis of CNDs from Used Tobacco Molasses for Iron Sensing The winning students: Aya Bassam Radi Ataya Amal Jamal Muhammad Yassin Lina Riyad Ghazi Rifai Supervisor: Dr. Shadi Sawalha An-Najah National University

Congratulations to the winners, wishing them further progress

Best wishes for you to always be distinguished