The Board of Trustees of the Social Research Award aims to diversify the topics awarded in each cycle, ensuring that the same topic in a specific field is not repeated for at least six years, unless the Board decides otherwise with a justified reason. Topics are selected by a majority vote of the Board of Trustees.
Social Issues
Women's Issues
Poverty and Social Justice Issues
Youth Issues
Childhood Issues
Nonprofit Sector Issues
Pioneers of Social Sciences
Social Issues
The Social Issues Award aims to encourage and highlight the role of researchers and research centers in the social field. The scientific work must make a genuine contribution to an aspect of social issues in Saudi Arabia, with findings that can be practically applied and utilized.
The Social Issues Award includes research conducted by researchers, research centers, and scientific and academic institutions in Saudi Arabia or abroad that focuses on Saudi society.
Women's Issues
The award aims to encourage and highlight the role of researchers and research centers in the field of women's studies. For the Women's Issues Award, the scientific work must make a genuine contribution to women's issues in Saudi society and include aspects that can be practically applied and utilized. The award includes research conducted by researchers and research centers, as well as scientific and academic institutions, focusing on women's issues.
Poverty and Social Justice Issues
The award aims to encourage and highlight the role of researchers and research centers in the field of poverty and social justice studies. The scientific work must make a genuine contribution to poverty and social justice issues in Saudi society and produce results that can be applied in practice. The award includes research that addresses poverty, social justice, and underprivileged groups in society.
Youth Issues
The award aims to encourage and highlight the role of researchers and research centers in the field of youth studies. The scientific work must make a genuine contribution to youth-related issues and include aspects that can be practically applied and utilized. The award includes research focusing on youth in Saudi society.
Childhood Issues
The award aims to encourage and highlight the role of researchers and research centers in the field of childhood studies. The scientific work must make a genuine contribution to childhood issues in Saudi Arabia and include aspects that can be practically applied and utilized. The award includes research related to childhood from within Saudi Arabia or abroad.
Nonprofit Sector Issues
The award is granted for research and studies focusing on nonprofit sector issues, including social innovation, capacity building, volunteering, and social entrepreneurship.
Pioneers of Social Sciences
The award is given to distinguished pioneers in the field of social research whose academic contributions have addressed societal issues in Saudi Arabia throughout their careers.