| Year | Source of Grant | Title | Participants | Value |
|---|
| 2018-2020 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN171008) | ReqSecure: A Requirements Engineering Security Maturity Model | Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad Alshayeb and Sajjad Mahmood | SAR162,580(£34,000) |
| 2017-2018 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN161024) | DSMM: Design Security Maturity Model | Mohammad Alshayeb, Mahmood Niazi and Sajjad Mahmood | SAR104,940(£21,400) |
| 2017-2018 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN161028) | Package Level Stability Measurement for Object Oriented System | Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi and Mohammad Alshayeb | SAR81,620(£17,000) |
| 2014-2016 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN141011) | Evaluating and Improving the Cognitive Effectiveness of Use Case Diagrams | Mohamed El-Attar and Mahmood Niazi | SAR127,683(£23,000) |
| 2014-2016 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN141010) | Modeling Security Aspects in UML Statecharts | Mohamed El-Attar and Mahmood Niazi | SAR127, 683(£23,000) |
| 2013-2015 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN131013) | Task Allocation in Global Software Development: An Exploratory Study | Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi and Mohammad Alshayeb | SAR187,550(£30,000) |
| 2013-2015 | National Science, Technology & Innovation Plan (NSTIP) Saudi Arabia | An Evaluation Framework for The Improvement of Software Quality Through the Application of CMMI Assessment | Mohammad Alshayeb, Moataz Ahmed and Mahmood Niazi | SAR 1,241,000 (£210,000) |
| 2012-2014 | National Science, Technology & Innovation Plan (NSTIP) Saudi Arabia (Ref. 11-INF2152-04) | GLOB: An initial global project management readiness framework | Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad Alshayeb and Sajjad Mahmood | SAR 1,109,000 (£190,000) |
| 2012-2014 | KFUPM internal grant (Ref. IN111054) | Enhancing Global Software development Productivity through Social Computing | Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad Alshayeb and Sajjad Mahmood | SAR 102,000(£17,200) |
| 2012-2014 | KFUPM internal grant | GlobReq: A Framework for Improving Requirements Engineering in Global Software Development Projects | Mahmood Niazi and Mohamed El-Attar | SAR 97,000 (£16,400) |
| 2011-2014 | British Council INSPIRE Strategic Partnerships 2011 Fund, Ref: SP-129 | SORT: Software Outsourcing Relationships Trust Framework: Understanding Intercultural Relations | Mahmood Niazi and Naveed Ikram | £15300 |
| 2010-2012 | European Commission (MARIE CURIE Incoming International Fellowships), Ref: PIIF-GA-2009-253754 | E-RISK: Evidence-based risk management in global software development projects | Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi and Pearl Brereton | >£200K |
| 2008 | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (Ref:HEC/HRD/VSP/2007/486) | Visiting Scholar Programme | Mahmood Niazi | £1500 |
| 2008-2009 | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan | A Readiness Model for Software Development Outsourcing vendors? | Rashid Ahmad and Mahmood Niazi | £8000 |
| 2007-2008 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, Ref: EP/E049184/1 | Evidence-based practices informing computing | Barbara Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton and Mahmood Niazi | £180,383 |
| 2006 | University of Technology Malaysia (REF UTM.28.01/10.00/1 (63)) | Visiting Scholar Programme | Mahmood Niazi | £2500 |
| 2002-4 | Australian Postgraduate Award | A framework for assisting the design of SPI implementation initiatives | Mahmood Niazi | AUD 115,000 |
| 1999-2001 | Commonwealth Scholarship | Improving the RE process | Mahmood Niazi | £ 62,500 |