Eligibility Criteria:
1. The applicant must be of Arab nationality or of Arab origin.
2. The applicant must be alive at the time of applying.
3. The applicant must have made a distinguished scientific contribution to science and society in theoretical and/or applied fields during the five years preceding the application.
4. Each shortlisted applicant must submit a letter of recommendation from their employing institution; failure to do so shall render the applicant’s eligibility to win.
5. The research submitted for the award must have been conducted in an Arab country or conducted with active participation alongside one or more researchers residing in an Arab country.
6. A previous recipient of any of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Awards for Arab Researchers is not eligible to apply again.
7. Research submissions are accepted only in Arabic or English.
8. The applicant’s master’s and doctoral theses are not considered in the evaluation of scientific output.
9. The application must be submitted in one of the topics listed under the announced award fields only, as specified in the application form.
10. Scientific output and all required documents must be submitted in a single batch; any materials submitted thereafter will not be considered. Submitted scientific output will not be returned to the applicant, whether or not the applicant wins the award.
11. Members of the Scientific Committee and the judging committees for the year in which the award is announced are not eligible to apply.
12. In the event of the applicant’s death—God forbid—after application and subsequent selection as a winner, the award shall be granted to the applicant’s legal heirs.
• Applications that do not comply with the award conditions, or that are received after the final submission deadline, will not be considered.
• The Scientific Committee of the award reserves the right to revoke the award from a winner if any of the following is established:
• Violation of any of the award conditions announced in the call for applications.
• Breach of research ethics in the submitted scientific output.
• Any other violation as deemed appropriate by the Scientific Committee.