The Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology awarded excellence grants on July 15 to the ten winners of the 2025 General Competition of Sciences and Technology (CGST), during its annual ceremony held at its headquarters in Rabat. Organized by the Ministry of National Education, the CGST is open to baccalaureate graduates from scientific and technical tracks who obtained the highest marks in their respective subjects, reads a press release. Each year, the top four students in mathematics and the top two in physics, life and earth sciences, and engineering are selected. The ten laureates receive long-term financial support from the Academy, covering their higher education up to the doctoral level, conditional on continued academic excellence. Since its launch in 2010, the program has supported 138 students (97 boys and 41 girls), including 48 in mathematics and 30 in each of the other three scientific tracks. Many have gone on to attend top institutions, including 30 at Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 8 at ENS schools in France, and 13 at CentraleSupélec and other Grandes Ecoles. Twelve former recipients have completed PhDs at leading international universities and labs, mainly in North America, while seven are currently pursuing doctoral studies at institutions such as MIT, Stanford, Oxford, NYU, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, EPFL, and Université de Paris-Saclay. The initiative reflects the Academy's mission, as defined by King Mohammed VI, to develop high-level national scientific talent capable of serving both Morocco and the global scientific community.
