Research orientations :
- Promoting industrial growth: Research that focuses on developing industry and improving productivity and efficiency in various industrial sectors.
- Strengthening the local economy: Studies on stimulating economic growth in the governorate, and promoting entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Environmental Sustainability: Research on ways to enhance environmental sustainability and deal with climate change and its effects.
- Technology development and innovation: Research that aims to develop new technologies and innovations that serve multiple sectors in the governorate.
- Infrastructure improvement and urban development: Studies that focus on developing urban and rural infrastructure and improving the quality of life in the region.
- Addressing social problems: Research that addresses major social challenges in the governorate, such as improving health care, education, and employment.
- Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture: Studies on ways to achieve food security by promoting sustainable agriculture and improving food supply chains.
Amount of support :
A support amount of up to 25,000 riyals for each research project.
Duration of the project:
The time period available for preparing and publishing the research is only 9 months.
Terms and conditions:
- The principal investigator must be a faculty member at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
- The field of research should fall within the objectives of economic and agricultural development in Al-Kharj Governorate.
- The research proposal or part of it must not have been previously published or supported by any party outside or within the university.
- The principal researcher for the proposal must be the primary researcher or correspondent on all project outputs.
- The publication must be in one of the scientific journals indexed in the Scopus database.
- All published research must include an acknowledgment of the financial support for this project from Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
- The amount of support depends on the quality of the proposal, its objectives, and the number of expected outputs from the project.
Application procedure:
The research proposal is submitted by logging in to the scientific research system at the following link: here
Application period:
Until February 25, 2024