• The Thematic and Grand Challenges Program (TGRP) offers calls that build on QNRS identified research objectives through interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration teams.
• The calls are designed to be outcome-focused to address research priorities.
• The goal of the calls is to competitively select research projects that address research questions in an identified thematic area.
• The themes of the calls and the research priorities within each call are identified through meetings with national stakeholders within the four pillars of QNRS, in which a steering committee is set up with representative stakeholders for each thematic call to help in formulating the areas of the call and later evaluate its outcome.
• Each call will have its own start and end date, which also includes maximum budget, number of years, and any other conditions related to the application. Eligibility conditions, whether for LPIs, proposals or collaborating institutions, will be specified in each call and might differ from one call to another.
• Calls will be communicated with the registered applicants and Research Offices and posted online.

 

Title	Joint Funding Partner	Status	Application Opens	Application Deadline	Awards Announcement
U.S-Qatar-MENA Infectious Disease Research Initiative	NIAID/NIH and CRDF	Closed	June 5th, 2014	August 18th, 2014	May, 2015
Osra	Doha International Family Institute	Open	December 4th, 2016	February 13th, 2017	May, 2017
Belmont Forum	International funding agencies		December 9th, 2016	Deadline for the pre-proposal submissions March 15th, 2017 Deadline for full proposal submissions 20th September, 2017	December, 2017
PPM	Qatar Genome Program		December 14th, 2016	March 8th, 2017	June 2017