Research and Innovation Governance, Administration and Management
I. Research Governance, Administration and Management
At ISNC Research governance, administration and management is designed with multi-level administrative control which includes the Board of trustees, the Faculty Board, the Dean, the Research and Innovation Committee (RIC), the Research and Innovation Center (ISNC-RICr) and its committees’ and teams.
The research and innovation center in collaboration with its committees and team are committed to enabling researchers to achieve excellence in research. ISNC-RICr supports the institution's research community to ensure that all research conducted is safe, lawful, and of the highest standards of integrity and rigor.
Click here to access Research Innovation and Scholarly activity policies and Research Code of Conduct of ISNC.
I.1. Research and Innovation Committee (ISNC-RIC)
I.2. Research and Innovation center (ISNC-RICr) and its teams
ISNC-RICr provides support to ISNC’s research community in conducting all types of research in the field of health sciences namely; Biomedical, Clinical (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing), Medical/Dental education and Public Health. The program research focuses on research areas identified by the program. on data protection requirements.
ISNC-RICr, its committees (Institutional Research Review Board (IRRB)) and the Research and Innovation Support team (RIST) support staff and students in determining what the research governance requirements are applicable to their research projects and how further support can be accessed where it is required.
I.2.1. Institutional Research Review Board (IRRB)
Research on all living things is subjected to a proportionate level of ethical scrutiny. The Institutional Research Review Board (IRRB) of ISNC manages the Institution-wide ethical clearance process which is designed to ensure that all research activities involving human/animal subjects undertaken by ISNC’s research community are carried out in a way that safeguards the dignity, rights, health, safety, and privacy of those involved.
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Research Ethics
ISNC is committed to the advancement of high quality research and ensures all research activities undertaken by staff and students involving living subjects are undertaken in a way that safeguards the dignity, rights, health, safety, and privacy of those involved.
The Institutional Research Review Board is authorized to overlook the ethical aspects of all research conducted in the institution by researchers’ external or internal to ISNC.
ISNC-RICr has established research guidelines that abide both national and international research ethics guidelines and regulations.
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1.2.2. Research and Innovation Support team (RIST)
II. Conducting Research at ISNC
ISNC is committed to uphold high ethical standards in conducting and reporting research for the benefit of both the researcher and the participant. Therefore, it is mandatory to obtain formal approval for all form of research conducted in ISNC by any individual from within or outside the institution. Approval and/or registration of research is mandatory for all studies involving living (human and animal) subjects including the use of data derived from them (e.g. questionnaires).
Please note; ethical approval shall never be granted in retrospect. Data can be collected ONLY after obtaining a formal approval by the IRRB and/or registration in the ISNC-RC. Conducting research in absence of a written approval is considered as research misconduct. .
to access ISNC’s research guidelines and policies.
II.1. Approval and Registration of Research at ISNC
Any research work carried-out in ISNC by individual from within or outside the institution must not begin without a formal approval of the IRRB and/or registration in the ISNC-RICr. This implies to even researchers from outside ISNC.
For permission to researcher external to ISNC to conduct research in the Institution, refer to section II.1.3 below.
II.1.1. Approval to (our researchers) conduct research within the Institution
The research projects are approved by one of the following processes depending upon the type of research proposed.
Full review
Expedited review
Exempted review
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Click here details of different review process.
Click here to submit your research proposal.
II.1.2. Approval to (our Researchers) join research projects and groups outside the Institution
We believe in collaborative and inter-disciplinary research, therefore, we encourage and support our researchers to join research projects, research groups outside the institution. ISNC expects its researchers to inform the research center (through a formal research proposal) and other pertinent authorities (department chairman and program vice dean) the proposed research project outside the institution. These research project are processed through Expedited review process.
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II.1.3. Permission to (Researcher external to ISNC) conduct research in our Institution
Our belief in collaborative and inter-disciplinary research is furthered by welcoming researchers external to institution to conduct research (partial/full) in ISNC. The procedure is a permission granting process to ensure only ethically acceptable research will be carried out in our premises.
How do I apply?
Email signed application to Research Center at researchcenter@ibnsina.edu.sa
The external researcher shall provide written responses to the following items;
Provide brief description of the proposed research work including any other specific documents relevant to the proposed research work such as informed consent sheet, survey questionnaire etc.
Provide written ethical approval from the relevant approving body for the proposed research.
Provide assurance that the participant data will be shared freely with ISNC.
Who gives the permission?
The Dean of ISNC gives the permission to the researcher external to ISNC based on the recommendation of the Research Center and the Institutional Research Review Board following an expedited review.
II.1.4. Collaborate with ISNC
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 at every stage of their research project lifecycle, from application development to publication, ISNC offers research support services.
Through the Research Innovation and Support Team (RIST), we support our research community (undergraduate and postgraduate students, new young researchers, etc.) in need to develop new research proposals. The team is represented by experienced and senior researchers of different programs of ISNC, they not only assists the researchers in need to write successful research proposals, but they also advise them on research methodology aspects of the proposal.
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II.2.2. Research Funding
ISNC through ISNC-RICr provides Intra-mural fund for research and provides assistance and support to seek research funding from external funding bodies.
II.2.2.A. Intra-mural Research Fund
Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies (ISNC/Institution) supports research and innovation through various means of funds (intra-mural research funding, financial rewards for publications) to achieve its research component of the mission.
Click here to find more about ISNC's intra-mural research funding initiative.
II.2.2.B' 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:
Click here more details about Scientific Research Support Initiative in Universities provided by Ministry of Education.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
KACST Research and Development Grants Program for National Research Institutions and Centers.
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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
II.2.3. Research Facilities
Providing facilities to conduct research underpins the research and innovation output of the institution, to create a research conducive environment ISNC provides all the necessary facilities and support to its research community/
II.2.3.1. Research and Innovation Lab
Biomedical research is one among the four research themes of ISNC, to support biomedical research the institution has established a centralized on-campus research laboratory.
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II.2.3.2. 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.
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II.2.3.4. Research Publication Repository
II.2.3.5. English Editing and Biostatistics Service