Details of the Student Publication Incentives (SPI) are as follows:

• The SPI scheme will take effect from January 1^st, 2024, i.e., papers published in 2023 or earlier are not entitled to receive the incentive.
• During the application of this journal publication claim scheme, the status of the student must be active and continue.
• Besides, the application will only be accepted after the student has met their graduation requirement i.e., he/she already published TWO (2) CIJ publications during the period of study.
• Further, papers published without PBS as the affiliation as well as not cited supervisors and co-supervisors as co-authors are not eligible to apply for this scheme.
• In addition, the journal topic must relate to the student’s thesis topic. The verification will be checked by RMC.
• The publication scheme is in terms of cash reward. The MAXIMUM amount that can be claimed by a student is RM3,000 throughout his/her postgraduate study in PBS.
• The reward will be provided based on the respective journal quartile. However, for papers appearing in both indexed databases, the higher quartile will be recognized.
• The paper must be published in the CIJ journal. In other words, a paper already published OR accepted in the said journal is eligible for this scheme.
• The journal publication claim scheme application form (with evidence) must be received by PBS in the year the paper is published.
• Nevertheless, the publication reward application for a paper published in December month is allowed to be submitted not later than the 7^th of January of the subsequent year.

The SPI Reward Scheme