Application Conditions

Submission Deadline: 31/03/2027

General Conditions

These apply to every candidate, regardless of contribution type.

The candidate must be a citizen of an Arab country.
Submitted works must be original and not plagiarized.
Submitted works must relate to the award's fields and main themes.
The candidate must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, meaning there must be no suspicion of dishonesty, ethical violations, or misconduct.
The candidate may not submit a work that has previously won another award with the same content.
The candidate must disclose any funding or support received for the submitted works.
The judging panel reserves the right to disqualify any submission that does not meet these conditions or is found to violate academic and professional integrity.

Conditions by Contribution

Select a category to see its full, detailed requirements.

First — Research Second — Patents Third — Innovations Fourth — Policies & Programs

Research

16 conditions, including Q1 publication, citation counts, and authorship limits.

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Inventions & Patents

20 conditions, including ownership, registration, and impact evidence.

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Practical Innovations

8 conditions, including field-trial evidence and third-party rights.

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Policies & Programs

5 conditions, including implementation reports and impact measurement.

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Judging & Ownership

Submissions are evaluated by the Award Committee, a panel of leading academics and experts from across the Arab world. The judging panel reserves the right to disqualify any submission that does not meet these conditions or violates academic and professional integrity.

If a submission is accepted to win the award, the researcher(s) must transfer ownership rights to the Authority.

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