QNRF invites undergraduate students to apply for new cycle of research program QNRF invites undergraduate students to apply for new cycle of research program Haya H Al Muhannadi / Saturday, September 21, 2013 0 23320 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) continues to encourage undergraduate students to apply for grants to conduct original research on topics relevant to Qatar, as part of its Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP). Applications for the 15th cycle of the Program can be submitted from the last week of September. Read more
QNRF announces high-level funding for graduate research in Qatar QNRF announces high-level funding for graduate research in Qatar Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, September 17, 2013 0 35642 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has launched a new funding program designed to support research-based PhD studies in Qatar by both supporting outstanding local students and attracting international students to study in the country, with an emphasis on distinguished Qatari students. Read more
QNRF launches a streamlined seventh cycle of flagship funding program Haya H Al Muhannadi / Saturday, September 14, 2013 0 24683 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has streamlined the application process for the seventh cycle of its flagship funding program, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP). The application period will begin this month. Read more
Qatar Foundation Research and Development promotes knowledge sharing and international collaboration Qatar Foundation Research and Development promotes knowledge sharing and international collaboration Wael Khedr / Thursday, September 12, 2013 0 18512 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development, showcased its support for international research cooperation by hosting the Global Research Council (GRC) regional meeting, a two day event which concluded on Monday. Following a bidding process, QNRF was selected to host the GRC regional meeting by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a governing board for GRC. QNRF is a leading funding agency in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
Dr Khalid Al Subai Dr Khalid Al Subai Wael Khedr / Tuesday, September 10, 2013 0 32060 Dr Khalid Al Subai is the Scientific Director, Special Projects, at Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI). He and his team—based in Qatar, the US and the UK—are behind the discovery of the exoplanets Qatar 1 and Qatar 2. The investigators recently were recently awarded QNRF’s prestigious National Priorities Research Program-Exceptional Proposals (NPRP-EP) grant, of approximately US$ 5m, spanning five years of research. Dr. Al Subai graciously spoke to us about the field of exoplanetary research, the field of astronomy in Qatar, specifically, and what his team aims to do in the years ahead. Read more