• The CJPFF is applicable to SQU staff and students who publish in:

➢ First Quartile (Q1) journals indexed in Scopus.

• Only original research articles and reviews are eligible for the fund. Other types of publications, such as editorials, comments, case reports, disease reports, interesting images, corrections, conference proceedings/abstracts, and letters to the editor, are not eligible.

• Only SQU-affiliated corresponding authors indicated in the published paper eligible for the CJPFF or first authors if only corresponding authors from out SQU. 

• The CJPFF is given only to authors who are SQU staff or registered SQU students at the time of application for the fund.

• The SQU affiliation must be clearly shown on the published paper. (No paper featuring a double affiliation for the SQU author will be funded.)

• SQU authors can apply for the CJPFF for a maximum of one paper per cycle.

• The maximum amount per paper is 1000 OMR.

• The eligible SQU-affiliated author is to initiate the request through the system.

• The application must include the following: a copy of the accepted paper and the final acceptance notification from the journal, evidence of the journal category as detailed in the terms and conditions, and the invoice including proof of payment.
• Application is open throughout the year and approval is subject to the availability of funds.
• By making a submission for the reimbursement of publication fees, the applicant acknowledges that he/she has read and accepted these terms and conditions.
• The applicant confirms that he /she did not applied for any financial support from other SQU sources.