Kookmin University has partnered with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to launch a doctoral fellowship program aimed at training Palestinian researchers in artificial intelligence (AI). The university said Monday that the doctoral program is a key component of the talent development efforts under a KOICA project designed to strengthen Palestine’s research and development (R&D) capabilities in innovative technologies for digital transformation. The university-affiliated Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation and Global Development Cooperation Institute will work with KOICA to train researchers capable of addressing challenges facing Palestine and help them lead local R&D and industrial innovation. Thirty promising Palestinian candidates will be recruited for the long-term fellowship program, which supports their doctoral studies and AI research in Korea. Selected fellows will enroll in the doctoral program at Kookmin University’s Graduate School of AI and Software, where they will conduct research on core AI technologies and their applications in industry and the p