QNRF Announces Winners of 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program Competition QNRF Announces Winners of 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program Competition Haya H Al Muhannadi / Wednesday, April 11, 2018 0 15871 Article rating: 4.0 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has named a team from Qatar University (QU) as the winner of its 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) Competition. Read more
HBKU’s QCRI and Turkish Scientists Snare $1.65m Grant HBKU’s QCRI and Turkish Scientists Snare $1.65m Grant The grant will be utilized to build pre-emptive cyber security platform Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, April 9, 2018 0 15551 Article rating: No rating Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, along with Turkish company Universal IT Security (UITSEC), have been awarded a US $1.65 million grant to build a new defensive cyber intelligence platform. The grant was recently announced by the Qatar National Research Fund and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), at Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18). Read more
Qatar National Research Fund Awards Winners of ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ Competition Qatar National Research Fund Awards Winners of ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ Competition Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, April 5, 2018 0 15503 Article rating: No rating Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation, has announced the winners of the second cycle of its ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ (BRIO) competition, an initiative that provides a bridge between art and science. Read more
Sheikha Moza Attends Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 Sheikha Moza Attends Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 0 19107 Article rating: 3.0 Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, and Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, today attended the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18). The event, which opened this morning at the Qatar National Convention Centre, is being held under the theme ‘R&D: Focusing on Priorities, Delivering Impact’. Read more
QNRF and Turkish agency select two research projects on cyber security QNRF and Turkish agency select two research projects on cyber security Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 0 19323 Article rating: No rating Two research proposals on cyber security were awarded yesterday as part of a joint initiative between the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and Turkey’s leading research agency. Read more
Georgetown University: Researchers to Share Findings of Study on Food Waste in Qatar Georgetown University: Researchers to Share Findings of Study on Food Waste in Qatar Haya H Al Muhannadi / Sunday, March 18, 2018 0 7193 Article rating: No rating The SAFE-Q researchers conducted a detailed analysis of the causes of food waste occurring during the handling, distribution, transportation, and storage of food. Read more
QU forum explores opportunities for collaboration QU forum explores opportunities for collaboration Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, January 11, 2018 0 8371 Article rating: No rating Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) organised its “Academic-Industry Networking Forum”, to identify opportunities for collaboration between academia and stakeholders. Read more
Meet mulls Arab Spring, ‘De-Centering of American Studies’ Meet mulls Arab Spring, ‘De-Centering of American Studies’ Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, January 9, 2018 0 8865 Article rating: No rating The larger legacy of American Studies is a critique which is always about challenging and de-centring received wisdom, a prominent scholar told yesterday the opening session of the conference ‘From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park: The Arab Spring and the De-Centering of American Studies’ organised by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Read more
International recognition for WCM-Q and HMC research International recognition for WCM-Q and HMC research Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, January 4, 2018 0 17477 Article rating: No rating Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have received a top international award for their work on cardiovascular metabolism. Read more