Dr. Sa'ed Alorabi Al-Harthi, Advisor to the Minister of Interior and Secretary General of Prince Naif International Prize for the Prophet's Sayings and Deeds and Contemporary Islamic Studies, today pointed out that the prize's secretariat general has received a total of 241 biddings from scientists and researchers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, India, Uzbekistan, United States of America, France and Belgium. Sorting out the competing applications, the secretariat general of the prize approved 108 research and dismissed ineligible 133, Alorabi said, adding that ten arbitrators from ten countries have been appointed to choose the prize laureates.