Below, we summarize all the activities listed in terms of priorities and give an idea of the budget needed for per year its success. For the Master's and PhD. students, the budget per two and three years respectively is accounted for. We did not include staff costs; they will be included as the Initiative gains momentum. As for the Research and Development cost, it will be added in the future once the approximate cost is defined corresponding to the device that we will be building.of the programs planned by the AFEI with an approximate number of their cost, not including staff and the cost of building a medium-sized tokamak.
Priority
| Type of Activity | Cost in $US | Goals |
| 1 | Outreach toward
Arab Universities and research centers | 20,000 | Promote fusion in Arab
Universities and research centers by a series of conferences |
| 2 | Masters students | 40,000 | A two-year
coverage per Arab student to pursue MS studies in fusion |
| 3 | General public
outreach | 25,000 | Promote fusion
in the Arab world |
| 4 | Arab Summer
School | 70,000 | Organize a
summer school on fusion |
| 5 | Mobility Program | 25,000 | Allow scientists
to visit Arab institutions with a fusion program |
| 6 | PhD Scholarship | 75,000 | A three-year
funding per student to have a PhD in fusion |
| 8 | International
conferences | 25,000 | To support
scientists to attend conferences or Summer Schools |
| 9 | Fusion
Professional school | 60,000 | Training of Arab
Engineers on Fusion technology |
| 10 | Yearly
coordination meeting | 20,000 | Yearly
coordination meeting among Associated Institutions
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| 11 | Public and
Private Advisory | 10,000 | Travel expenses
for on-site meetings |
| TOTAL estimation/year | 370,000 |
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One of the first actions that the AFEI will undertake is the launching of a funding campaign in order to initiate the support of the above programs. AFEI will thus be gathering the funds from multiple sources and redistributing or spending them according to the itemized list in the table.
With the help of our Financial and Business Advisor, M. Antoine Saadie, and the AUB administration, we will hold the highest standards of transparency and accountability to our donors and to the community that is involved in the AFEI.
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