QNRF PR / Sunday, December 6, 2020 / Categories: Announcements QNRF and TÜBİTAK Announce Results for the Smart Cities Call Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) have announced the awardees for their Smart Cities call. For this call, applicants were encouraged to submit original research proposals that focus on seven research priority areas including Smart Energy, Smart Environment, Smart Healthcare, Smart Logistics, Smart Security, Smart Sports, and Smart Transportation. QNRF and TÜBİTAK offer their joint call annually, focusing on different research themes, to intensify cooperation between Turkish and Qatari participants in science and industry by means of Academia-Industry Cooperation projects. Past research focus areas have included Smart Manufacturing and Cyber Security. This year, two research projects were selected for funding after a highly competitive review process. The selected researchers will receive up to USD 250,000 per year for up to three years from QNRF for the Qatar-based teams, whereas TÜBITAK will fund the Turkey-based teams with grants worth up to four million Turkish Liras per project for up to three years. Please browse through the list below to learn more about the awarded research projects. Proposal Number Proposal Title Qatar Submitting Institution Turkey Submitting Institution AICC03-0324-200005 Intelligent Public Safety Platform for Smart Cities Hamad Bin Khalifa University GEBZE TEKNIK ÜNIVERSITESI AICC03-0530-200033 SkyCubesNet: A Ka-band Cubesat based Communications Infrastructure for Smart Cities of the Future Qatar University ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT Ü. Previous Article Research Outcome Seminar (ROS) on Precision Medicine Next Article 3rd Cycle of the High School Research Experience Program (HSREP) Launched Print 4184 Rate this article: 4.0