Frequently asked questions

Short answers to the questions students, residents, and mentors ask most.

How do stage-based projects work?

Mentors publish research projects broken into ordered stages, typically idea and proposal, IRB, data collection, analysis, manuscript writing, and submission. Each stage has its own price and seat limit. You apply to one stage, the mentor reviews your application, and your seat is reserved once payment is confirmed. When a stage is complete, the next one unlocks for optional enrollment.

Who are the mentors?

Professors and experienced researchers. Every mentor is verified before their first project goes live: the platform reviews their institution, title, and CV, and mentors link their ORCID record so you can check their publication history yourself.

How is authorship decided?

By the four ICMJE authorship criteria, and nothing else. Your mentor logs which criteria you met, with a description of what you actually did. Authorship comes when all four criteria are met; a real contribution that falls short of authorship is acknowledged, not authored. There is no paid or gift authorship on this platform.

What do certificates verify?

Exactly what you did: the stages you completed and the ICMJE contributions your mentor logged, never inflated titles. Each certificate carries a unique verification code and a public verification page, so a program director can confirm it in seconds.

Which payment methods are supported?

Cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay) through Stripe, and Saudi bank transfer: you get the IBAN and the exact amount, transfer from any Saudi bank, and upload the receipt. The team confirms transfers within one business day. Prices are shown in SAR with the 15 percent VAT as a separate line.

What is the refund policy?

Full refund while your enrollment is paid and no deliverable or mentor session has been logged. After work is logged, refunds are partial or none, decided case by case with a documented reason. Card refunds usually arrive within 5 to 10 business days; bank transfer refunds are returned by bank transfer with a reference. The refund policy page has the full rules. If you are a no-show for more than one scheduled session, you are not eligible for a refund.

How does this help my SCFHS application?

Research output feeds the 15 percent CV and portfolio band of the SCFHS matching score, the component a candidate can still improve after graduation. Completed stages give you documented, verifiable output for that band. A research proposal is also mandatory in the Family Medicine residency curriculum and common across other specialties, and proposal stages are supervised practice for exactly that requirement.

Do you guarantee publication?

No, and you should be suspicious of anyone who does. Journal decisions belong to journals. What we provide is real mentorship, real contribution, and ICMJE-compliant co-authorship, with every contribution logged and verifiable.

How do I become a mentor?

Apply with your institution, title, CV, and ORCID. The platform reviews your credentials, and once approved you can publish projects, set per-stage prices and seats, and earn the mentor share of every stage fee.

Plain-language version for the pilot; a legal review pass is scheduled before scale.

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