Program Overview

Introduction to the Specialized Scientific Research Support Program

The Specialized Scientific Research Support Program is designed to fund research projects in various fields, including human, administrative, scientific, engineering, and health, conducted by the college's faculty.

Objectives of the Program

The program aims to:

1. Provide research support to all college employees, both male and female.
2. Ensure the continuity and coherence of specialized scientific research by researchers.
3. Consolidate faculty and colleges' scientific production.
4. Reinforce scientific research infrastructure.
5. Keep pace with contemporary intellectual developments.

Duration of the Program

The program lasts for twelve months from the date of signing the contract.

Terms and Conditions

To be eligible for the program, the following terms and conditions must be met:

1. The research proposal or part of it should not have been supported by any party outside or inside the colleges.
2. The research proposal or part thereof should not be derived from the research project of the master's or doctoral thesis.
3. The number of research team members should be justified and should preferably not exceed five, including the principal researcher.
4. The research proposal shall be approved according to arbitration criteria approved by the Scientific Research Center Council.
5. Publication of at least two scientific papers in one of the refereed scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science Database, including Arabic-language journals.
6. Payments due to the principal researcher in the project shall be disbursed in two installments for scientific specialties and one installment for humanity specialties after publication.
7. The research team should acknowledge the Scientific Research Center's support in all research produced by the project.

Acknowledgment of Support

The research team should acknowledge the Scientific Research Center's support in all research produced by the project, using the following statements:

• For research in Arabic: "تم دعم هذا المشروع بواسطة مركز البحث العلمي بكليات بريدة الأهلية من خلال المشروع البحثي رقم .................."
• For research in English: "This project was supported by the Scientific Research Center at Buraydah Private Colleges under the research project#......................."

Supervision of Research Plans

The implementation of the center's research plans is supervised by a council called the "Scientific Research Center Council," which is the legislative body for studying the regulations, rules, and procedures regulating the scientific research movement.