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Research Funding Programs & Support

February 08, 2018

Deanship of Research
 Outline

1. Organizational Chart
2. Research Programs
3. International Collaboration
4. Other Support
5. Science and Technology Unit

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Deanship of Research

Responsibility
Planning, management, promotion and support of research
activities that are carried out by the academic departments
through internal and external funding

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Organizational Chart

H.E. the Rector

Vice Rector for

Research

Dean of Research

Assistant Dean of Assistant Director of Scientific Research

Committees
Research STU Council

Research Support Unit TIC

Research Committee
NSTIP Scientific
Conference Support Committee
Unit STU Purchasing
Conference Committee
NSTIP Purchasing
Arabic Research Unit STU Accounting
Arabic Research
TIC Executive Committee
Research Development
& Support Unit RRMO Committee

Fablab
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Startup Research Grant

11 months duration and limited budget

Small/Basic Research Grant

12-18 months duration and limited budget

Internal Research Grant

Research grant with budget limited to SR. 300,000 and
duration not exceeding 36 months

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Societal Studies Grant

Covers topics of relevance to the Saudi society
Enhances KFUPM role in meeting societal needs

Book writing/translation Grants

Authoring/Editing Books with internationally well-known
Publishers

Bridge Fund Grant

Grant based on performance of researcher with budget limited
to SR. 100,000 and duration not exceeding 18 months

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Research Groups
• Major research grants with flexible budget and duration
• Focused research topics

Book writing/translation Grants

• To promote basic and exploratory research in areas of
mutual interest
• To foster research collaboration with DTV tenants and
facilitate increased exposure of KFUPM researchers and
students to industrial problems and experiences
• Budget not exceeding SR 200,000 and with a maximum
duration of 12 months
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Institutional Research Collaborations

California Institute of
MIT Georgia Institute of Technology
Technology

National University of Singapore University of Zaragoza KAUST

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Research Grants Compensation

Item Description
M.Sc. 600/month
Ph.D 800/month
Undergraduate 400/month

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 Other Modes of Support

Publication cost support

Lab Technicians Support

Central Research Workshop

Fablab Dhahran

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 National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP)

• Ambitious plan to advance the position of Kingdom in science and technology

• KACST serves as the funding body

• Kingdom’s 1st Five-Year Plan for Science & Technology (2008 – 2013), and
currently going through the 2nd Five-Year Plan

• KFUPM securing the good share of accepted proposals over the years

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Graduate Students Grant Program (Only for Saudi
Students)

Summary of the Program

Item Description
Beneficiaries Graduate students (Ph.D. and M.Sc.)
Entities Saudi Universities
Time/Duration Over the year
Budget SR 170,000 for Ph.D. and SR 70,000 for M.Sc.
Budget Items Manpower, materials, supplies, trips, and
conferences
Evaluation KACST
Performance # of scientific papers and patents
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 Other KACST Research Grants

Item Description
Ph.D. and M.Sc. holders (Part- 2,000/month
Time)
Ph.D and M.Sc. holders (Full- 8,000 (Ph.D.), 7,000 (M.Sc.) /
Time) project

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 Statistics on the No. of Students Involved – Publications

Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total

CCSE 32 24 30 32 56 51 78 62 79 7 451

CED 1 2 2 5 8 12 30
CES 35 30 44 70 114 144 189 256 263 13 1158
CIM 2 3 2 1 1 9
CPG 1 1 3 1 13 23 39 35 1 117
CS 7 24 23 22 25 46 86 111 152 10 506
DCC 1 1 2
RI 4 11 13 8 17 29 40 51 49 2 224
Total 79 93 119 132 213 289 426 528 591 33 2503

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 Thank you!

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