For medical students and residents
Join real research projects, guided by verified mentors.
Sanad is a research mentorship platform. Choose a live project, apply to the stage that fits you, and contribute under a mentor's supervision, with a documented record of your work and authorship assessed against the four ICMJE criteria.
Projects live inside the Sanad platform. A free account shows each project's mentor, stages, seats, and fees.
Verified mentors
Supervised research
Documented contributions

Projects live inside the Sanad platform.
To protect researchers' ideas, project details are visible only to members. With a free account you can browse every live project, see its mentor, stages, seats, and fees, apply to a stage, and follow your contribution from your dashboard.
17 live projects are open right now
Can't find your topic? Tell us what you want to publishHow supervised projects work.
Understand the commitment before you apply. Each project stage has a defined scope and mentor.
Create your account
Sign up to view project details, mentor information, participation requirements, and pricing.
Apply to a suitable stage
Choose a stage that fits your experience and availability. Your mentor reviews your application.
Contribute with guidance
Complete supervised work, receive feedback, and build a documented record of your contribution.
Know what your contribution involves.
Good supervision makes the work clearer. Review each project's scope and expectations before joining.
A defined role
Understand the tasks, prerequisites, and expected workload for the stage you choose.
Feedback on your work
Develop your contribution under a verified mentor's supervision.
A record of what you did
Your contribution is documented, with authorship assessed against all four ICMJE criteria.
Clear standards. Documented work.
Authorship is earned when all four ICMJE criteria are met. Payment or participation alone does not qualify someone for authorship, and journal acceptance is never guaranteed.
Support for the manuscript you are already writing.
Explore editing, reference verification, journal formatting, and statistical review for your own research.
Manuscript support
Make the work clear. Keep the science yours.
- Structure and clarity
- References and reporting
- Journal requirements
Editing and review within an agreed scope.
Take the next step in your research training.
Create your free account to explore projects and understand what each stage requires.
For organizations
Research support for hospitals, universities, and pharmaceutical teams.
Separate services, scoped to the work you need. Institutional inquiries do not require an account.
How support begins
Good research. More opportunity.
- A clear question
- Organized data
- An agreed support scope
Selected no-cost support, assessed case by case.
Sanad Research Access
Good research should not depend on access to funding.
Selected, no-cost support for original research using organized hospital data from resource-limited settings, considered case by case.
