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The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), will host its third consecutive environmental research contest for secondary school students in Qatar.
The competition, which will see 20 high schools in Qatar participate in a variety of environmental research projects, aims to build a generation of students dedicated to exploring, researching and conserving natural resources, specifically plants.

نظم الصندوق القطري لرعاية البحث العلمي عضو مؤسسة قطر للتربية والعلوم وتنمية المجتمع، ندوة لعرض مجموعة من المشاريع البحثية التي يمولها والهادفة إلى دعم جهود الدولة في بناء سلسلة إمدادات غذائية مستدامة، بحضور سعادة السيد محمد بن عبدالله الرميحي وزير البلدية والبيئة، ومجموعة من كبار الشخصيات والمسؤولين الحكوميين، وأعضاء مجتمع البحوث في الدولة.

The importance of homegrown scientists who are capable of steering the continuous development of Qatar’s research agenda was highlighted yesterday during the Annual Gathering of Qatar Research Leadership Program (QRLP). 

QNRF has launched a re-engineered version of the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP), as an enhanced two-track model designed to address Qatar’s research priorities.

Driving research and innovation that addresses Qatar’s greatest challenges and generates true economic and social benefit for the nation will be the focus of the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18).

A professor at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q) has had his work into heart palpitations published by one of the world’s most respected and prestigious medical journals.

Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Islamic Studies (CIS) and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority jointly organised and hosted an event on Islamic finance, titled Shariah Governance in a Globalized World, recently at HBKU’s campus in Education City. It featured over 50 experts comprising Shariah scholars, Islamic finance professionals, academics, practitioners, and regulators.

The need for collaboration across all sectors in building a research and innovation ecosystem capable of meeting the challenges Qatar faces has been highlighted to science and technology leaders by Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D) at a high-level international gathering in Japan.

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), has awarded 16 fellowships to graduate students in the fourth cycle of its Graduate Sponsorship Research Award (GSRA).

A brother and sister student duo from Texas A&M University at Qatar spent their summer holidays working as interns for eight weeks in CERN’s Detector Technology Program in Switzerland.