1. Submission for the award in due time and fulfillment of all conditions and documents

2. The work submitted shall be completed during the period of work at the University or during the performance of an official scientific mission outside it.

3. The winner of Life-time Achievement Award (First Section) may not apply for the award in any of its branches anew.

4. A person who has received the Award once in one of the branches may not apply for the same branch again for a period of four years.

5. No more than two branches of the prize may be submitted to, and the prize shall be awarded only in one of those two branches.

6 - All works submitted to the Award must be refer to the applicant's affiliation to King Saud University.

7. The Award Authority may withdraw its Award, if proofs are provided, that the research ethics or any of the conditions therein have been breached. Those, who the Award has been withdrawn from, shall not be allowed to apply again.

8. The applicant must not be a member of the Award Authority or any of its Committees or a member of the Deanship of Scientific Research during the same year.

9. No work that has already been granted an award elsewhere may be submitted at the same level or any higher.

10. The applicant must sign a pledge to correct all the information contained in his application, subject to liability.

 

 

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

is granted to the researcher whose scientific pursuit is distinguished by quality in research and academia throughout his/her academic career.

Entry conditions:

1. The researcher should be affiliated to the University for at least ten years.

2. The researcher should have refereed scientific articles in indexed outlets (at least 30 ISI1-indexed articles for Science, Engineering, and Health specializations and 15 ISI- or Scopus2-indexed articles for the Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations).

 

Category (ii): Research Quality Award:

The Award is bestowed to the best researcher whose work is characterized by quality and excellence. This branch is consist of six awards.

First: Research Quality Award: Science and Engineering:

which is awarded to two researchers whose works are characterized by quality and excellence in these specializations.

Entry condition:

Evidence of scientific publication in indexed publishing outlets, with at least 25 ISI-indexed articles in the last five years.

Second: Research Quality Award: Health Sciences:

which is awarded to two researchers whose research outputs, are characterized by quality and excellence in these specializations.

Entry condition:

Evidence of scientific publication in indexed outfits, with at least 25 ISI-indexed articles in the last five years.

Third: Research Quality Award: Social Sciences and Humanities:

which is awarded to two researchers whose scientific outputs, are characterized by quality and excellence in these specializations.

Entry condition:

Evidence of scientific publication in indexed outlets, with at least 12 ISI- or Scopus-indexed articles for the last five years.

 

CATEGORY  (iii) Elite Journals Publishing Award:

This Award is bestowed to three researchers who have published  in the Elite Journals          ( Nature and Science) or the top (first) journal of their specialty based on the Impact Factor.

Entry conditions:

Publication of at least one paper in the elite journal (Nature and Science) or in the first journal in the different fields during the last three years (2014-2016).

 

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

is bestowed to one researcher whose work is registered as scientific and medical discoveries, granted  patents of invention, and licensed technology on  the condition that this work has a value-added scientific worth.

Entry conditions:

1. The invention, innovation, and technology licensing should be awarded in the last two Gregorian years ( 2015-2016).
2. King Saud University should be sharing the intellectual property of the invention, innovation, and technology licensing.
3. Evidence that the submitted work was not awarded prize previously.

 

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

This category is awarded to a researcher who had obtained external funding for research project, be it from the public, private or charity sector.

Entry Condition for the Award:

1-The submitted project is funded externally.

2-The project’s minimum funding should exceed 3 million Saudi Riyals

3-These projects should have been conducted after 1 January 2014

 

Category (vi): Best Authored Book Award:

This Award is bestowed to three best authored books in: Science, Engineering specializations, Health Sciences specializations; and Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations.

Entry Conditions:

1. Evidence that the applicant has been working for at least two years at King Saud University.
2. Evidence that the book was published during the last 5 years.
3. The applicant should refer to his/her affiliation with King Saud University on the book submitted for the Award.

 

Category (vii) Best Translated Book:

This award is bestowed to the three translated books in: Science, Engineering specializations, Health Sciences specializations; and Social Sciences and Humanities’ specializations.

Entry Conditions:

1-Evidence that the book was translated into Arabic

2-Evidence that the book was translated in the last three years

3 Submission of only one translated book by the applicant

4- Applicant’s affiliation on the translated book should be KSU

5 The translated book should not have been awarded an earlier prize from another institution.

Evaluation Criteria:

1. The importance and value of the subject of the book
2. The quality of the translation
3. Linguistic and the editorial quality and design
4. Adherence to the intellectual property of the original author
5. Honesty and accuracy in translation and documentations
6. Other criteria such as the number of authors, publisher and the number of editions.

 

Category (viii): Students’ Research Excellence Award:

This Award is bestowed to the University undergraduates, post graduate, and KSU students on scholarship abroad whose research is distinguished. This category of the Award comprises:

1. Three Awards to postgraduate students (One Award for each of the science and Engineering specializations, Health Sciences specializations, and Social Sciences and Humanities specializations).
2. Three Awards for students on scholarship abroad (one award for each of the Science and Engineering specializations, Health Sciences specializations, and Social Sciences and Humanities specializations).
3. Three Awards for undergraduate students (one Award for each of the Science and Engineering specializations, Health Sciences specializations, and Social Sciences and Humanities specializations).

Entry conditions:

1. The applicant should have the following:

1. Regarding post graduate students, they should be enrolled and regular in one of the postgraduate programs at King Saud University or a graduate from a postgraduate program in the last two years.
2. As for students on scholarship abroad, the University should delegate them on condition that this delegation is not over at the time of the application to the Award.
3. With Regards to undergraduate students, they should be enrolled and regular in one of the bachelors programs at King Saud University.

1. The applicant’s GPA should be at least 4 out of 5, or equivalent.
2. Evidence that the research was published in the last two years.
3. Evidence that the research was published in ISI-indexed journals for Science and Engineering, and Health Sciences, and in Scopus- indexed journals or in refereed journals in local or international outlets for Social Sciences and Humanities students.
4. The applicant should refer in his/her research to his/her affiliation to King Saud University.