General Terms Of Submission

  1. The applicant’s age should not exceed forty-five (45) years on the first day of the Award’s application opening.
  2. Those who won the Award in one of the Award’s tracks in previous editions may not apply again in the same track for four (4) years.
  3. The applicant should not have been a member of the Award’s organizational structure or any of its sub-committees during the same year.
  4. The research team in the joint research works should not exceed three (3) researchers, and all conditions apply to them.
  5. It is not permissible to submit any work for the Award previously awarded by another organization at the same or higher level.
  6. The nominated works must be original and innovative.
  7. Within the dissertations track, the thesis submitted for the Award must have been successfully defended no more than five (5) years prior to nomination.
  8. The application submitted for the Award shall be within the specified period announced for submission, and all required conditions and documents must be met.
  9. It is permissible to apply for up to two tracks of the Award, which is granted only in one track.
  10. Works that do not meet the terms and conditions of the Award will not be considered and will be disqualified before being sent to the Examination Committee.
  11. The Board of Trustees has the right to withdraw the Award if a violation of the ethics of scientific research or any of the Award’s conditions. Those from whom the Award has been withdrawn are not entitled to apply for the Award again.
  12. The Board of Trustees has the right, based on a recommendation from the Scientific Committee, to withhold the Award in one of its tracks without giving reasons.
  13. The winning works are considered the property of the Award, and the winner may not dispose of them except with the written approval of the Award’s General Secretariat.
  14. The applicant must sign an acknowledgment of the validity of all information and fulfillment of the conditions in his application.

For the annual research track writing terms and specifications, please download the file from here.