Research Guidance and Support

By providing research environment, guidance and support and networks to our research community (undergraduate and postgraduate research students to academic staff), we enables them to realize ISNC’s mission.

We aim to support our researchers’ at every step and stage of their research project lifecycle, from application development to publication, ISNC offers research support services.

1. Research Fund and Grants

Internal Research Grant Initiatives

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies (ISNC/Institution) supports research and innovation at the institution through various means (intramural research funding, financial rewards for publications, innovations, patents, etc.), intramural research fund is one such initiatives. ISNC funds institutional research twice in a year (once in each semester of the academic year). Call for research proposal submission for intramural fund typically takes place in the beginning of each academic semester, therefore, watch-out for the announcement by the Deanship.

For more details regarding ISNC's Intramural Research Funding Initiative Click here.

Click here to submit your research proposal to seek intramural fund.

External/Governmental

External Research Grants Initiatives

Based on the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030 to achieve economic and social development in order to become a leading country in various fields. The kingdom aims to achieve this through the use of various programs with focused developmental strategies in different sectors and industries, most notably: the support of scientific research.

One of the most important investment hubs directed and supported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Vision of 2030 strategy is to support scientific research that aims to produce intellectual property, patents, services development of products that generate values and applied projects, which are based on solid scientific foundations.

Following the workshop led by the Ministry of Education in May 2017, with participation of a wide range (more than 30 key stakeholders from across the kingdom’s R&D ecosystem) of research and development partners in the Kingdom to review the results of the current study of scientific research and development in Saudi Arabia and its futuristic vision. A strategic framework was discussed and developed and the “Scientific Research Support Initiative in Universities” was launched which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education in the Saudi Arabian, which will drive research grants through its initiatives to all universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In total, the program launched four initiatives, to each its own guidelines, in different research areas and disciplines that address obstacles and offer valuable solutions and suggestions, which drives a direct socio-economic impact:

Ministry of Education

Funding Initiatives by Ministry of Education: Click here more details about Scientific Research Support Initiative in Universities

Research Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA)

The Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA) has developed a unique research grants and funding portfolio that ensure a sustainable and world-class national RDI ecosystem. Click here to access RDIA funding initiatives.

Hevolution Research Funding Initiative

A non-profit organization that provides research grants and early-stage investments to incentivize independent research and entrepreneurship in the Kingdom. Click here to visit Hevolution website and apply for research grant.

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)

KACST Research and Development Grants Program for National Research Institutions and Centers: Click here for more details

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

The KAUST Innovation Fund aims to grow an innovation and technology investment community Click Here for more information

2. Research Lab

The institution houses a centralized research lab to support Biomedical research of our research community

3. Library Resources

ISNC provides both print and on and off-campus online digital library services to students and staff. Through our Saudi Digital Library services, the largest academic collection of information sources in the Arab world covering all fields in health sciences.

Click here to access the Saudi Digital Library