Qatar: Challenge 22 projects move to next phase Qatar: Challenge 22 projects move to next phase Anonym / Thursday, September 3, 2015 0 46792 Article rating: No rating Six projects that were developed within the Qatar Foundation and won the Challenge 22 have been selected to receive expert monitoring, according to the Telegraph newspaper. The selected projects will be taken to the prototype stage and showcased internationally. Read more
Georgetown workshops discuss food waste reduction in Qatar Georgetown workshops discuss food waste reduction in Qatar Anonym / Thursday, September 3, 2015 0 45151 Article rating: No rating Food distribution companies, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, public officials, NGO’s and local consumers took part in two separate workshops held recently at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q). Read more
GU-Q set to lead research project on global trade GU-Q set to lead research project on global trade Anonym / Thursday, September 3, 2015 0 45543 Article rating: No rating Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will lead a large collaborative research project funded by the National Priorities Research Programme of the Qatar National Research Fund. The project is scheduled to begin in the Fall of 2015 and will run for three years. Known as TradeLab, short for “Legal Innovation To Empower Development: Designing and Building an On-Line TradeLab in Qatar,” the project will assemble a global network of experts on international trade and trade law to empower smaller stakeholders, such as Qatar, to reap the full development benefits of global trade and investment rules. Read more
Qatar postdoctoral research awards announced 13 winners selected out of 101 proposals from various institutions Anonym / Thursday, September 3, 2015 0 47284 Article rating: No rating Manama: Texas A&M University at Qatar has won six of the 13 grants awarded to PhD scientists to conduct research in alignment with the four pillars of the Qatar National Research Strategy (QNRS). Qatar University won five grants, while Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar were offered the other two grants. Read more
HBKU college gets QNRF grants for Parkinson’s, breast cancer research HBKU college gets QNRF grants for Parkinson’s, breast cancer research Anonym / Thursday, September 3, 2015 0 56807 Article rating: 3.0 Doha: Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has won two Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) grants to support research efforts of its College of Science and Engineering. Both grants are for three years each and focus biomedical and biological science research being undertaken in Qatar. Read more