"Researcher" program to support scientific research

The program aims at encouraging academic staff at the university to engage in scientific research, and benefit from their research capacities which is what the university aims at providing support and assistance to academic staff at the university and to create a primary support channel for them.

Objectives:

• Providing an attractive research environment for academic staff.

• Spreading the spirit of competition among academic staff towards research excellence.

• Helping academic staff to provide for their research needs

• Encouraging researchers to publish with prestigious research channels.

Required Documents

1. Filling out the application form for requests for research support

2. Attaching a CV and a list of all published research.

3. Attaching a copy of the business card.

Conditions:

1. The applicant must be a faculty member at the university.

2. The main researcher shall be of the rank of assistant professor or above.

3. The main researcher must commit to completing the project within 12 months with the possibility of requesting an extension only once, for a period of six months, based on a report explaining the reasons for the request.

4. The maximum budget for the project is 200,000.

5. The research proposal is subject to validation and selection.

6. Submitting the research proposal according to the approved submission form.

7. The main researcher must acknowledge not to submit the same proposal to another support agency.

8. It is required that the researcher be committed to publishing the research in a refereed journal with an international classification to obtain the second round of support.

9. The researcher shall indicate in the published scientific paper his/her affiliation with Al-Razi University.

Submission and implementation procedures:

The project implementation mechanism is as follows:

1. The main researcher submits the research proposal according to the forms prepared for that.

2. The Scientific Research Center reviews the proposal and ensures that it fulfills the basic elements and is sufficient. 3

3. The proposal is sent to the reviewers for review and validation.

4. After passing the proposal to review, a research project contract will be signed between the center and the main researcher.

5. The Scientific Research Center follows up the research through technical and financial reports according to the forms prepared for that.

6. The main researcher may request only one extension, not exceeding six months, based on a report explaining the reasons for the request.

7. The research project ends with the main researcher submitting the final financial report for the research and the published scientific paper or acceptance letter for publication or informing the center of the inability to publish

8. In the event that no publication is made, the main researcher shall submit a technical report with the financial report, or he shall apologize for the research and return the first part of the research budget.

9. Non-publication exposes the main researcher to not be accepted into the program again and forfeits his right to the publication reward.

Financial support

The project budget is spent as follows:

First payment: 60% after signing the contract

Second payment: 40% after publication or acceptance letter for publication.

N	Assessment Elements
A- Project Quality
1	Title Matching the Content
2	Including Previous Studies
3	Originality and innovation of the Project
4	Clarity of Objectives and Possibility of achieving them
B- Project Design
1	Suitable Problem, Questions or Hypotheses of the Study
2	Suitable Proposed Methodolgy
3	Suitable Proposed Tools