Category (i): The Life-time Achievements Award:

This Award is bestowed on a researcher whose scientific pursuits is distinguished by quality in research and academia throughout his/her academic career.

Category (ii): Research Quality Award:

This Award is bestowed on the best researcher whose work is characterized by quality and excellence. This category includes six sub-awards; two for Science and Engineering specializations; two for Health Sciences specializations, and two for Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations.

Category (iii): Elite Journals Publishing Award:

This award is bestowed on three researchers who published in the elite journals (Nature and Science) or in the top journal of his/her specialty based on the Impact Factor.

Category (iv): Discoveries, Innovations, and Technology Licensing Award:

This award is bestowed to one researcher whose work(s) is/are registered as scientific and medical discoveries, granted patents, and licensed technologies on condition that the work has a value-added scientific worth.

Category (v): Excellence in Obtaining External Funding for Research Award:

This award is bestowed to one researcher who has obtained external funding for research, be it from public, private or charity sector.

Category (vi): Best Authored Book Award:

This award is bestowed to the authors of best-authored books in the areas of Science, Engineering specializations; Health specializations and Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations.

Category (vii) Best Translated Book Award:

This award is bestowed to the authors of best-translated books in the areas of Science, Engineering specializations; Health specializations and Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations

Category (viii): Students’ Research Award:

This Award is granted to the University undergraduate, postgraduate, and KSU students on scholarship abroad whose researches are adjudged distinguished.