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Two proposals from Texas A&M University at Qatar have been awarded a total of $9.16 million funding from the sixth batch of National Priorities Research Program – Exceptional Proposals (NPRP–EP). The NPRP-EP program is an extension of Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a center of Qatar Foundation Research & Development. The National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) offers a maximum budget of $5 million for a period of up to five years to proposals of exceptional scientific merit requiring resources in excess of the normal level of funding available under the NPRP. The NPRP-EP was created to enable scientists with exceptional ideas, approaches, procedures and models to undertake grand projects aimed at solving key issues for Qatar and the world.

The third International School on Research Impact Assessment (ISRIA) hosted by QNRF, took place in Doha, from November 8^th to 12^th and brought together more than 80 delegates from 10 counties, to shape the understanding, planning, valorization and dissemination of research outcomes and the impact they have on a local and global scale.

 PLM15 International Conference will be organized by Qatar University, in Doha, Qatar on October 19-21 2015.

The Path Towards Personalized Medicine (PPM) presentation will be held on the 19th of October from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the Tornado towers 5th floor event hall.

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) will be hosting the Third Edition of the International School on Research Impact Assessment at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) from the 8^th to the 12^th of November, 2015.

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) will be hosting a Research Outome Seminar regarding raising awareness on the impact of smoking on public health; five scientists will present their recent studies about smoking in Qatar, followed by a 40 minutes panel discussion

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.

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).

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.