Instructions to author (s) on the important criteria to be considered when writing up a research grant proposal for financial support by RCES:
The University of Jazan wishes you every success in your scientific research. In order to improve the standard of writing in the grant proposal and help us to consider it for financial support, you are requested to answer the following:
1. Does the title of your grant proposal focus on particular issues or fields of science that have not been studied before? Yes ( ) No ( )
2. Is the title of your grant proposal focusing on general issues or fields of science? Yes ( ) No ( )
3. Do you know any study which has been carried out in any scientific institution in any part of the world or has been published which is similar to your proposal. Yes ( ) No ( )
If the answer to the above is Yes:
a) Please tell us why you think that you should repeat this study again
b) In which country and institution has this study has been carried out previously?. Where was it published?
4. Did you ask a scientist (s) who is (are) specialized in the same field as your research proposal to read your proposal and comment on it. Yes ( ) No ( )
If the answer to the above is Yes please give us his name or their names:
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5. Is your research proposal one of the research priorities announced by the Centre Yes ( ) No ( )
If the answer to the above is No please tell us why your research proposal should be supported.
6. What are the gaps of knowledge according to the international standard that your research proposal will fill? Please explain and specify.
7. Is your research proposal based on recent references published in international, reputable journals? Yes ( ) No ( ).
If the answer to the above is Yes please list the names of three of the journals:
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8. Is your research proposal based on scientific hypotheses that you wish to support or based on scientific schools in your speciality where there is a difference of opinion about the subject or technique that helped the researchers to reach their goal(s)?. Yes ( ) No ( )
9. Will you use a new technique in your research that has not been used before or has this technique has been used recently and proved to be successful?. Please explain.
10. Is the equipment that you need in your research available in Jazan university?.Yes ( )
No ( )
If the answer to the above is No, can you tell us where the equipment is available?
11. Do you expect that your research will produce something new (novel) to science? Yes ( ) No ( )
If the answer to the above is Yes please tell us briefly what this is?
12. Do you think that the results of your research proposal could be published in a reputable, high standard journal. Yes ( ) No ( ).
If the answer to the above is Yes please list the names of three journals that could publish your results:
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13. Do you think that the results of your research proposal would have:
a) economic important b) social c) scientific d) a and c
e) all, a, b, c
14. Did you write the references in the references section of your proposal as below:
Single author:
Solow, A.R. (2009) On lumping species in food webs. Nature 79: 2013-2017.
Two authors:
Marcogliese, D.J. & Cone, D.K. (2010) Food webs: A plea for parasites. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 320-3325.
Three authors:
Huxman, M., Raffaelli, D. & Pike, A. (2010) Parasites and food web patterns. Science, 64: 168-171.
Book:
Begon, M., Harper, J.L. & Townsend, C.R. (2009) Individuals, Populations, and Communities. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
A chapter in a book:
Lawton, J.H. (2009) Food webs. In: Ecological Concepts (ed. J.M. Cherrett), pp: 43-78. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
14. Did you check that all the references in the text are in the references section of your research proposal (Please check them yourself and not by computer program). Yes ( ) No ( ).