Muscat: Dr. Faisal bin Abdullah Al Farsi , Head of the Supervisory Committee for Social Insurance Scientific Research Award pointed out that 69 research proposals including 39 by Ph.D and master degrees holders and 30 from bachelor degree holders and university students are being evaluated.
He added that the good turn out from inside and outside the Sultanate reflects the existence of research culture and enhances the efforts made by the Authority to benefit from scientific researches in enhancing the operational efficiency and Fund sustainability.
He added that the evaluating team will continue evaluating the research proposals to ensure that they meet requirements to qualify for the next stage, which will start from January 1, 2018 to June 30 2018, the deadline for submitting the integrated researches.
The evaluation team will submit the final results to the main committee to unveil winners during December and October 2018.