The role of the Libyan Authority for Scientific Research in overcoming Challenges encountered by researchers in Libya: Afield study Sirte University

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the role of the Libyan Authority for scientific research in overcoming the difficulties facing the scientific researchers in Libya from the point of view of the University's faculty members. The study sample consisted of (60) university faculty members who were randomly selected. The results indicated the most important difficulties facing researchers are administrative, material, cognitive and social difficulties. Moreover, the findings also indicated female faculty member tend to have grater difficulties than the male faculty members. The findings also suggested that some of the challenges differ from one faculty member to another based on their specialization