Applications soar 61% for Qatar National Research Fund Graduate Student Research Awards Applications soar 61% for Qatar National Research Fund Graduate Student Research Awards Wael Khedr / Sunday, August 31, 2014 0 31988 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a centre of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), saw a 61 % increase in the second cycle of its Graduate Student Research Award applications. The number of proposals rose from 16 to 26, which highlights the growing research sector in Qatar. The majority of research submissions were from Qatar University in the field of engineering and technology, followed by the natural sciences, agricultural sciences, and social sciences. Read more