General Application Requirements
- Apply in Arabic or English only
- Submissions must not have been entered in other national or international prizes or competitions in the past.
- Winners are not allowed to apply until three years after the date of their win
- An entrant may only apply for one category.
- All application files are kept at the headquarters of the National Center for Palm and Dates International Award Secretariat with the utmost confidentiality and will not be returned to the candidates. whether they win or not.
- The applicant specifies the framework in which the work was carried out and the potential and active partners as well as the source(s) of financing. potential and active partners, and funding source(s).
Special Application Requirements
Best Scientific Research Prize
- The applicant must provide us with an undertaking on their organization’s letterhead that the results/innovations presented to the scientific committee are solely from their own research. The applicant can submit no less than one and no more than three scientific papers related to the proposed topic.
Excellence in Innovative Palm Technologies Award
- Applications must be submitted in writing on their organization’s letterhead (letterhead) that the results/innovations submitted to the committee are solely from their own research (if the applicant is an individual), and if the applicant is an organization, the application must be submitted by the head of the organization (universities / research centers / private companies / foundations / startups
New Product Development Prize
- Applications must be submitted in writing on their organization’s letterhead (letterhead) that the results/innovations submitted to the committee are solely from their own research (if the applicant is an individual), and if the applicant is an organization, the application must be submitted by the head of the organization (universities / research centers / private companies / foundations / startups
Evaluation criteria
Best Scientific Research Prize
- Accuracy and quality of work
- Uniqueness and creativity
- Correlation
- Global impact on the educational, social, economic and environmental level Contributing to the development of the date and palm sector
- Problem Solving Level
- Effectiveness of work
Excellence in Innovative Palm Technologies Award
- Uniqueness and creativity
- Quality of work
- Correlation
- Target market
- Competitive advantage
- Feasibility and Competitiveness
- The global impact of labor on education, social, economic, and environmental issues
- Contributing to the development of the date palm sector
- Importance of the solved issue
- The effectiveness of the work in solving the issue
- The organization’s global impact on the educational, social, economic and environmental levels
New Product Development Prize
- Uniqueness and creativity
- Quality of work
- Correlation
- Target market
- Competitive advantage
- Feasibility and Competitiveness
- Product Presentation
- The global impact of labor on education, social, economic, and environmental issues
- Contributing to the development of the date palm sector
- Importance of the solved issue
- The product’s effectiveness in solving the issue