Doha was founded 200 years ago, say archaeologists Doha was founded 200 years ago, say archaeologists Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, December 22, 2014 0 21185 The University College of London-Qatar’s ‘The origins of Doha’ project is a research about early settlements of Doha, through the Qatar National Research Fund. The excavations were carried out with Qatar Museums. The historic town located in (and under) central Doha appears to have been founded sometime in the first two decades of the 1800s. Read more
QNRF hosts seminar on research outcomes Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, December 16, 2014 0 21038 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), hosted its fourth Research Outcome Seminar at Education City in Doha. Themed 'Education for the Future of Qatar', the seminar saw QNRF-funded researchers share the results and benefits of their completed projects in the field of education, with the public Read more
QNRF awards three exceptional proposals QNRF awards three exceptional proposals Hamad Medical Corporation & Texas A&M University at Qatar To Benefit From Funding Programme Of Qatar Foundation Research & Development Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, December 8, 2014 0 43834 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), has announced the awards of three research proposals submitted to the sixth batch of its National Priorities Research Program – Exceptional Proposals (NPRP–EP). Hamad Medical Corporation and Texas A&M University at Qatar will benefit from funding through NPRP–EP, which offers additional resources beyond those available under the National Priorities Research Program. Read more
QNRF shares education project outcomes at public seminar QNRF shares education project outcomes at public seminar Fourth Research Outcome Seminar Focuses On Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Haya H Al Muhannadi / Wednesday, December 3, 2014 0 41913 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a centre of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), recently hosted its fourth Research Outcome Seminar at Education City in Doha. Themed ‘Education for the Future of Qatar’, the seminar saw QNRF-funded researchers share the results and benefits of their completed projects in the field of education, with the public. Read more
60 percent of graduates want to pursue higher studies 60 percent of graduates want to pursue higher studies Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, November 27, 2014 0 20762 Nearly 60 percent of Qatar University’s female undergraduate engineering students are considering pursuing postgraduate education, a survey of students revealed recently. Qatar’s quest to become a global research and development (R&D) hub for the energy industry dates back to 2006 when the government announced that it would allocate 2.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually to promote research, technology and innovation via the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). The percentage is above the 1.9 percent allocated by the UK government to R&D relative to GDP in 2010 and equal to Germany’s 2.8 percent , according to World Bank data. Read more
ICT trends, challenges discussed at meet Haya H Al Muhannadi / Saturday, November 22, 2014 0 26525 Challenges and innovations in the Information and Communications Technology industry were discussed at a conference organised by Qatar University recently. Attending the opening ceremony were Minister of Information and Communication Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) Director Dr Ahmed Elmagarmid, QCRI Principal Scientist Dr Mohammed Zaki, and Qatar National Research Fund ICT Programme Manager Dr Munir Tag. Read more
NPRP 8th cycle presentation – (Webinar) Haya H Al Muhannadi / 9/27/2014 10:00 AM 0 32182 QNRF will be holding live webinars presented about the launch and the new submission system of National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) 8th cycle on Saturday, 27th September, 2014 at 10:00am Doha time. Read more
NPRP 8th cycle presentation – (Webinar) Haya H Al Muhannadi / 9/26/2014 4:00 PM 0 31566 QNRF will be holding live webinars presented about the launch and the new submission system of National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) 8th cycle on Friday, 26th September, 2014 at 4pm Doha time Read more
NPRP 8th cycle presentation Haya H Al Muhannadi / 9/25/2014 4:00 PM 0 22649 QNRF cordially invites you to attend one its forthcoming presentations about the launch and the new submission system of National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) 8th cycle It will be held on Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 4pm in the Hamad Bin Khalifa Student Centre (HBKU SC), located within Education City – Ground floor – Student Center Cinema. Read more
NPRP 8th cycle presentation Haya H Al Muhannadi / 9/24/2014 10:00 AM 0 24702 QNRF cordially invites you to attend one its forthcoming presentations about the launch and the new submission system of National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) 8th cycle It will be held on Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 10am in Qatar University, at the new Research Complex – Ground floor – Auditorium "G020". Read more