Award of scientific publications (Scholarship/Students)

About the Award

It is one of the King Abdul Aziz University awards for scientific research. It is awarded to university students, in undergraduate and graduate studies as well as the university faculty members who are on scholarship by KAU. It requires a published paper in one of the classified periodical journals (with impact factor) based on the Thomson Reuters (ISI).

The award aims to stimulate interests in perfecting the research and publish internationally, and to promote the initiative and diligence to follow that by all parties and thus achieving global scientific presence for them and for the university.

 

  • Award value:

    The value of the prize is divided equally to students and participants in the event there is more than one researcher for the publication:

     

Class

Award Value

The rationale for the award

A

SAR 15,000

Research papers published in the top 10% of the periodicals classified according to the ISI impact factor

B

SAR 10,000

Research papers published in the second top 10% of the periodicals classified according to the ISI impact factor

C

SAR 5,000

Research papers published outside the top 20% of the periodicals classified according to the ISI impact factor

D

SAR 3,000

Research papers published in peer reviewed periodicals or conferences

 

  • Extra Benefits:

     

    1. Certificate of appreciation from the rector.

       

    2. Publicizing the incident in the public media, the university newspaper, the university web site, and the electronic boards all over the main campus.

       

  • Requirements:

     

    1. The applicant must be a student or one of the university faculty members who are on scholarship by KAU.

       

    2. The publication must be a result of the student MA or PhD thesis or graduation project.

       

    3. The authors who apply for the award must clearly show their affiliation to King Abdulaziz University in the title page.

       

    4. You must provide a letter from the supervisor stating that the paper is a result of MA or PhD thesis or graduation project.

       

    5. If the paper is published in an ISI journal, you must provide a copy of the abstract taken from Thomson Reuter’s web site.

       

    6. You must apply for the award during the declared period.

       

    7. The published papers must be scientific articles.

       

    8. You must apply electronically through the electronic gate.

       

       

  • Award ceremony:

The award is delivered at the university annual prizes ceremony for scientific research

 
Last Update
10/19/2014 9:33:53 AM