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The chair aims to provide a suitable scientific environment for preparing qualitative research in the field of intellectual awareness and national belonging, supporting specialized research in this field, and innovating new applications that combine quality standards and values to meet societal needs. It also aims to formulate methods and tools for developing all relevant institutions to ensure distinguished performance, in addition to spreading the culture of intellectual awareness and national belonging in governmental and private institutions.
Vision
To be a leading national reference in promoting intellectual awareness and strengthening national belonging at both the scientific and societal levels.
The message
Support qualitative research and cognitive applications that enhance intellectual awareness and national belonging, and contribute to the development of effective tools that help build a conscious national environment capable of facing intellectual and societal challenges.
Chair's objectives
Providing a suitable scientific environment for preparing qualitative research in the field of intellectual awareness and national belonging.
Support specialized research in the field of intellectual awareness and national belonging
Developing new applications that integrate BIM with quality standards and values to meet societal needs.
Developing methodologies and tools for all relevant institutions to ensure outstanding performance
Spreading a culture of intellectual awareness and national belonging in governmental and private institutions
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Grant objectives
Among the goals of the Sheikh Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Owaidha Chair for Intellectual Awareness and National Belonging is to support and enhance research production in the field of intellectual awareness and national belonging in line with national priorities. It aims to raise the quality of life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by strengthening participation in national programs and their objectives. The Chair, in collaboration with the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, announces the launch of a number of research grants with a total funding of SAR 102,000.
Areas offered
Betrayal of Homelands in Sharia: A Scientific Study of Causes and Effects
The principle of citizenship in light of legal texts
Developing and Validating a Scale for Intellectual Awareness and National Belonging
Terms and conditions for applying for the scholarship
- The principal investigator must be a faculty member of the university, and their academic rank must be no less than Assistant Professor.
- The research proposal has not been submitted for funding to any other entity, and will not be submitted for funding to any other entity after its approval for support.
- It shall not be research extracted from a Master's or PhD thesis or student projects.
- The percentage of documented citations (verbatim or in meaning) in the research should not exceed (25%). This applies whether the citations are from the researcher's own previous work or from the work of others. Any research exceeding this percentage will be rejected, according to the data from the plagiarism detection software (iThenticate). Quotations from the Holy Quran, the Noble Hadith, and poetic evidence are excluded from the calculation of the above citation percentage.
- The advanced researcher shall not have a stalled thesis according to the conditions of stalling determined by the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at the university.
- The financial reward for the research grant is (17,000) seventeen thousand riyals, to be disbursed to the researcher after the publication of the scientific paper and the submission of the final report for technical and financial compliance of the research.
- Referring to the support of Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Awaisah Chair for Intellectual Awareness and National Belonging, and the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at the university when publishing the research according to the approved wording, which is as follows:
- The scholarship duration is one year from the date of signing the contract between the Principal Investigator and the Chair.
Grant period
Chairperson
Dr. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Aba Al-Khail