There are a set of rules pertaining to funding scientific research presented to the Research Center at the Teachers' College, and these are as follows:

1.      The researcher should be acquainted with the Scientific Research Standard Rules and Regulations in the Saudi Universities before he turns in his research project in order to know his rights and obligations.

2.      The research sent to the Center for financial support must be novel in terms of its subject matter and treatment.

3.      The researcher cannot present a research project which has been previously submitted.

4.      The center does not receive any research taken from a dissertation or a book by the researcher or from someone else's wok.

5.      Research studies conducted to know the effect of the passage of time on the phenomenon under study are exempted from (2), (3) and (4).

6.      The Center Administration Board has the right to consult specialists about the research studies submitted when necessary.

7.      The researcher does not have the right to make any changes in the research (title, outline, content) until after the Center Administration Board has approved of that. When the researcher wants to make changes to the research project, the Center can ask the opinion of the specialist department or ask specialists in the field of the study.

8.      The researcher cannot engage anyone in the research before taking permission from the Center, and if one of the coauthors withdraws, the main researcher/author should inform the Center of that in order to allocate responsibility for the research.

9.      Additional Support:

a.      The researcher cannot ask for additional financial support for the research until after he has done most of the research, and he has to present a cogent excuse for that.

b.      If the request for additional support is a result of a change in the course of the research without the knowledge of the Center, the researcher does not have the right to ask for this support.

10.  The researcher cannot present the research project or part of it to any other party for financing it without the approval of the Center.

11.  If the researcher would like to publish his research via the Center, he should apply to the Center and fill in a publication form.

12.  Once the researcher finishes with his research, he should turn in a report to inform the Center of that and highlight the findings he has come up with.

13.  After having finished with the research and provided the bills, the researcher should supply the Center with a grand copy of his research to shelf it on the library of the Center.

14.  If the research is confidential and the researcher does not want anyone else to read it or part of it, the researcher should make this clear to the Center along with the period of confidentiality.

15.  If the researcher leaves the college while the research is not finished yet such as in the case of seconding him to another government party, his contract is terminated, his secondment to the university is over, or he is retired, he should present a report indicating what he has achieved and what is left of the research. If the work is little (no more than 25% of the research) the Center has the right to see to carrying on funding it provided the expenses do not exceed the budget and that its completion does take up more than six months of the departure date of the researcher. However, if the period necessary to complete it is longer than six months, the Center Board will suggest what they deem necessary to spare the effort of the researcher on the one hand, and spare the money spent on the research on the other hand.

16.  In collective research, if the main researcher leaves his job at the college, the specialist department should assign someone else to carry out the research.

17.  In the cases abovementioned in Article (15):

a.      If the researcher finishes his research outside the college, he should provide the Center with a copy of it, and if he wishes to publish it, he should get the Center's permission.

b.      If the researcher sees that his research is published among the other publications of the Center, his research is treated like other research, i.e. it is subject to refereeing and funding.

c.      If the researcher gets permission to publish the research outside the university, the Center has 5% of the copies or at least 100 copies.

d.      There should be written on the inside and outside covers the following statement:" The Research Center at The Teachers' College in King Saud University Has Funded This Research.", and if the funding is partial, it must be written that:" The Research Center at The Teachers' College in King Saud University Has Contributed in Funding This Research."

e.      If the research has not been subject to the Center's refereeing or any other publishing party in King Saud University, the researcher will face the consequences.

f.       While observing what has been stated in the previous clause, the Center does not take any financial responsibility for publication outside the university.