 SESRIC undertakes the role of the Project Co-Manager, together with the British Royal Society, for the project of Atlas of Islamic World Science and Innovation, which aims to map and evaluate the changing landscape of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) across fifteen OIC countries. The project will determine the rising hotspots for innovation as well as looking to how STI can contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction in some of the less-developed countries of the Islamic World through the analysis of the latest data, trends and case studies.
The project was launched as one of the actions to implement the specific recommendations of the OIC Vision 1441 H for S&T adopted by the 10th OIC Summit Conference held in Putrajaya, Malaysia in October 2003 and the OIC Ten-Year Programme of Action adopted by the 3rd OIC Extraordinary Summit Conference held in Makkah-al-Mukarramah in December 2005. The project was endorsed by the 11th OIC Summit Conference held in Dakar, Republic of Senegal on 13 – 14 March 2008, and was officially started with the Kick-off Meeting in Istanbul on 13-15 July 2008, wherein the National Focal Points of the 15 beneficiary countries and members of the Joint Management Team participated. The Fourth Session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research has also commended the launching of the Project.
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The Third Meeting of the Joint Management Team (JMT) of the Atlas of Islamic World Science and Innovation Project was held during the period 11-12 June 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey under the Chairmanship of the General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The meeting was attended by the representatives of project partners, namely OIC, Royal Society, SESRIC, Qatar Foundation, British Council, OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), Nature and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO). 
The Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) organized a meeting entitled "The Atlas of Islamic-World Science and Innovation Meeting-A Medium for Open Discussion", 9-10 May 2011, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, and Mr. Mehmet Fatih Serenli, Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department, visited State Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK) of the Republic of Indonesia on 6 April 2011 to discuss issues of mutual interest of cooperation between the two institutions.
SESRIC hosted the Second Project Steering Group Meeting of the Atlas of Islamic World Innovation Project during the period 3-4 October 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey under the Chairmanship of H.E. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The meeting was attended by the national focal points of the Atlas Project and in-country researchers of pilot countries, as well as the relevant OIC institutions and international partners.