Eligibility Criteria for Applying

  1. Applicant: Principal investigator (PI) is KFUPM full time employee (faculty member)
  2. Field: The focus of the proposal must be in “Saudi Arabia Strategic Technological Areas” and according to “KFUPM Scientific Fields”
  3. Intellectual Property: Proposed idea should have filed or issued patent. The IP should be owned by KFUPM (preferably solely owned; in case of joint ownership with another organization, an agreement should be in place defining ownership/exploitation of foreground IP’s)
  4. Budget: A maximum of SAR 200,000 can be requested under this program. Applicants will need to provide budget justification with milestones, deliverables, and deadlines.
  5. Duration: Project milestones should be achievable within 6 months from the start of funding. Committee may approve applications for 12 months duration depending on nature of project.
  6. Others: Additional collaborators may be included as co-investigators. Major research activities must be at KFUPM.

Scope of activities supported by PoC Grant:

  1. Development of technology from TRL 2 to TRL 3 or from TRL3 to TRL 4
  2. Testing/Validating the technical viability
  3. Conducting specific market research
  4. Designing, constructing and evaluating a prototype device
  5. Confirming the functionality and commercial value of the invention
  6. Verifying scalability and efficacy