On 7 March 2020, the nineteenth meeting of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies board of directors discussed the Arab Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. The board expressed appreciation for the important role played by the Social Sciences and Humanities conference held by the Arab Center every two years, which has become a central and catalytic event for researchers, and an important factor in the development of research agendas and academic traditions. The meeting resulted in decisions based on the experiences of previous years as follows: