Introduction:
Intellectual awareness is an issue that affects a wide range of matters including thought, behavior, work patterns, learning methods, and the subject of knowledge itself. When it develops in the right direction, intellectual awareness will reflect positively on the identity of both society and on the individual as it enables the younger generation to develop a critical approach toward ideas and theses, as well as cherish religious, social and national achievements. At the same time, intellectual awareness is important in putting forth creative ideas and projects, and protecting the individual and society against the danger of extremist thought, destructive partisan ideology, and malicious rumors.
Therefore, the Intellectual Awareness Unit, in cooperation with the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies, seeks to motivate researchers from among the university’s faculty to conduct quality research that would provide a positive contribution to the field of intellectual awareness, especially with regard to national priorities.
Objectives:
- Produce studies that would contribute to building an intellectually balanced personality.
- Generate visions for programs that contribute to personal excellence.
- Conduct scientific research that results in programs and courses that enhance the positive thought and behavior and address deviance.
- Propose ideas to protect society from intellectual manipulation.
- Enable researchers to contribute effectively to intellectual awareness.
- Get rid of deviant social behaviors.
- Build thought and behavior on legitimate and legal bases.
General standards:
- Determining intellectual priorities in each session, in cooperation between the Intellectual Awareness Unit and the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies.
- Localizing intellectual awareness research, and accepting inter-research on a limited scale.
- Paying attention to the quality of the research contribution, its service to intellectual awareness and its applications in the social and development fields.
Support amount:
A support amount of up to 20,000 riyals.
Duration of the project:
The time period available for preparing and publishing the research is twelve months.
Research topics for the 2024 session:
Terms and conditions:
- The principal investigator must be a faculty member at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
- The research output must be related to the topics specified in the course announcement.
- The research proposal or part of it must not have been previously published or supported by any party outside or within the university.
- The research must be published in one of the specialized peer-reviewed scientific journals within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia only.
- Priority is given to the research team with specific specialization and research interest.
- The first principal investigator must be affiliated with Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
- The citation rate in research proposals should not exceed 25%.
- Application to the program must be done through (the scientific research system) on the university’s main portal.
