We are pleased to announce that Dr. Omar Al-Dossary and Dr. Vasileios Lempesis have got a research grant from the National Plan for their proposal entitled "Laser-atom interactions and applications" (http://npst.ksu.edu.sa/index.php?module=news&page=details_en&id=52). The proposal involves collaboration with groups in York and Glasgow Universities in U.K. and Technical University of Crete and University of Ioannina in Greece.