Objectives of Supreme Committee for Scientific Research and Development (SCSRD):
- Enhancing and developing scientific research within AOU and across KSA.
- Raising awareness about the activities and roles of AOU’s research committees, groups and faculty members.
- Promoting research committees and group membership and activities.
- Promoting and encouraging research publications, presentations and creativity at AOU.
- Encouraging multi-disciplinary research studies and teams.
- Encouraging the formation of research groups within and among disciplines that aim to activate research in various fields of research.
- Developing and fostering research that reflects faculty interests and aspirations.
- Enhancing research culture in AOU institution.
Responsibilities of the SCSRD:
- Setting committee plan collaborating with related parties in the university.
- Organizing seminars, workshops and discussion meetings related to scientific research on university policies as well as preparing brochures related to research.
- Encouraging researcher to develop and enhance their research productivity.
- Ensuring that research grant supervisors who will assist applicants are trained for internal and external support (and the training process must take place centrally).
- Announcing the submitted research projects for internal grants, receiving them and carrying out the selection process (see Research Grants Policy and Contract Administration).
- Collecting information on local research funding agencies, encouraging applications for external and external funding.
- Using the online research portal in KSA in all incoming and outgoing correspondence and information.
Responsibilities of SCSRD also include monitoring and reviewing research-related policies and procedures, raising awareness of research opportunities, supporting faculty members to publish research findings, managing research seminar series, overseeing research ethics on campus, and championing departmental and university-wide AOU research conferences.
Members of SCSRD at AOU:
- Dr. Salim Baqadeem (Chair).
- Dr. Suliaman Al-Thuwaini (Member).
- Dr. Bassil Kasasbah (Member).
- Prof.Yahya Al-Sahbani (Member) .
- Dr. Najib Farhan (Secretary General)
