Conditions for applying to the Kuwait International Contest for Waqf Research
The Tenth session (2016/2017)
First: General conditions for the Contest:
1. Researchers: Individuals, groups, or scientific institutions are entitled to participate in the Contest.
2. Research papers are submitted in one of the three languages (Arabic, English, and French), provided that the research is accompanied by a full translation into Arabic.
3. The research should not be less than (90) pages and not exceed (105) pages.
4. Commitment to the conditions of scientific research, taking into account the critical approach, and discussion of the various points of view on the topic of research with the scientific documentation of views in accordance with the generally accepted rules.
5. The basic criteria for research arbitration are: the integrity of the scientific method, the sequence of ideas, the clarity of the presentation, the ability to relate the results to the introductions, and the soundness of the research language.
6. Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF)has the right to withhold any of the prizes if the research presented does not meet the required level, and it is not obligated to return the research it receives, whether it is winning or not.
7. Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF)has the right to withdraw the award from winning research papers that are found to be in violation of the scientific rules.The same will be applied if Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF)discovers that the winning research has been previously published or submitted to another body for another purpose or is extracted from a scientific thesis.
8. Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF)has the right to benefit from them in the ways it deems appropriate.
9. Researches that violate the previous conditions shall not be entered into Contest arbitration.
10. The research should not have previously obtained another award or an academic degree. Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF) has the right to withdraw the value of the award if it finds that the winning research has been previously published, or was submitted to another party for another purpose, or extracted from a scientific thesis.
11. Whoever wins one of the contest's rounds is not entitled to participate in the next one.
12. The winners are not entitled to publish their winning research papers except upon the written consent of Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF).
13. Research papers shall be submitted in computer-printed A4 size according to the approved page layout which is as follows:
| Margins | - Top & Bottom Space: 2.54 CM
- Right & Left Space: 3 CM
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| Font | - Font Type: Traditional Arabic
- Font Size Bold: 18 (Headlines) & 16 for the text.
- Line Spacing: Single
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| Font in the footnotes | - Font Type: Traditional Arabic
- Font Size: 10
- Line Spacing: Single
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14. The CV of the author & a personal photo (4 X 6) shall be attached with the research.
15. Research original copies shall be submitted no later than 31st May2017 AD.
Contest application procedures:
- Obtaining a copy of the introductory booklet of the Contest topics and its indicative elements through the website of Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF): www.awqaf.org
- Fill in the Consent form through the website of Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF).
- Send the subscription form to anyone who wants to participate at one of the following addresses:
- Electronically: to the e-mail of the Department of Studies and External Relations:serd@awqaf.org
- Postage: by sending a hard copy with a CD to the following address:
Kuwait International Contest for Waqf Research
Department of Studies and External Relations
Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF)
Dasma –Block 6, Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqba Street
PO. Box 482, Safat 13005
State of Kuwait
- Submit the research either electronically or by post (a copy with a CD) to the addresses mentioned above.
- For more information about the Contest, please contact via email of the Department of Studies and External Relations or call (00965) 1804777: Ext. 3110/3102/3145, Fax: (00965) 22542526
