Intellectual Awareness Research Support Program

Introduction:
Intellectual awareness is a broad issue that encompasses thought, behavior, work patterns, learning methods, and knowledge itself. When approached correctly, it positively impacts both the collective identity of society and the individual identity of its members. Intellectual awareness plays a significant role in equipping future generations with the skills to discern the truth behind ideas and proposals, reinforcing the principle of preserving religious, social, and national values. It also promotes creative ideas and projects related to intellectual awareness, while shielding individuals and communities from extremist ideologies, partisan manipulation, and malicious rumors.

To this end, the Intellectual Awareness Unit, in collaboration with the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies, encourages researchers from the university’s faculty to produce high-quality, impactful studies in the field of intellectual awareness, especially those aligned with national priorities.

Objectives:

• Produce studies that contribute to building a balanced intellectual character.
• Prepare research that presents programs to enhance distinctive individual traits.
• Conduct research that results in programs and workshops to promote positive thought and behavior and address their negatives.
• Develop ideas and measures to protect society from intellectual polarization.
• Enable researchers to actively contribute to intellectual awareness.
• Eliminate inappropriate social behaviors.
• Build thought and behavior on a sound religious and legal basis.

General Criteria:

• Define intellectual priorities for each cycle, in collaboration between the Intellectual Awareness Unit and the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies.
• Localize intellectual awareness research, accepting interdisciplinary studies on a limited scale.
• Focus on the quality of research contributions and their service to intellectual awareness and its application in social and developmental fields.

Funding Amount:
Up to 20,000 SAR.

Project Duration:
The timeline for preparing and publishing the research is twelve months.

Research Themes for the 2024 Cycle:

• The complementary relationship between national history and intellectual awareness.
• The link between intellectual awareness and societal peace.
• The role of universities in addressing intellectual changes.
• The reliability of fatwa sources.
• The role of women in the intellectual protection of younger generations.
• Key aspects of critical intellectual development.
• Intellectual flaws within extremist groups.
• The role of universities in promoting a culture of integration and openness to diverse opinions.
• Social sources of intellectual awareness.

Conditions and Regulations:

• The principal investigator must be a faculty member at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, and applications must be submitted through the university’s electronic Research System.
• Priority is given to research teams with expertise in the field, focusing on enhancing intellectual awareness, and proposals must align with the specified themes in the announcement. The research proposal, or any part of it, must not have been previously published or funded by any scientific entity.
• The principal investigator must be affiliated with Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in all scientific papers resulting from the project, and plagiarism rates must not exceed 15%.
• The final version of the scientific papers must be submitted to the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies for review before submitting them to journals for publication.
• The research must be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal in Saudi Arabia that meets the requirements of the Scientific Council.