Qatar National Research Fund
| 05/15/2012 |
Qatar National Research Fund to award $140.5 million to new research projects |
| 05/02/2012 |
First Award Announced under Qatar National Research Fund’s "National Priorities Research Program – Exceptional Proposal" Initiative |
| 03/21/2012 |
Qatar University students' project takes first place in QNRF's Fourth Annual UREP competition |
| 01/31/2012 |
QNRF Announces The UREP 11th Cycle Awards |
Qatar National Research Fund, QNRF, announced today the outcome of the 11th cycle of its funding Program, the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP).
In 1997, a movie called Gattaca hit the screens and got everyone talking about what life would be like if you could predict a person’s future based on their genes. The ethical implications of precise genetic prediction would be massive, as babies would be judged harshly before birth. Research has come a long way since the 90s, however, and Gattaca is now more comic than compelling.
Qatar is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. At the heart of the vision for the country's development is a decreased dependence on natural resources and an increased reliance on a knowledge economy. This vision demands much in terms of aligning infrastructure to support education and research. But more than that, it demands the right people to bring, discover and transfer knowledge. Attracting them is one thing, retaining them is another. For the first time, a researcher in Qatar is putting Doha under the microscope to make suggestions about its development. QNRF has launched "Research Matters" a radio program being broadcast locally by QF Radio, from Education City, Doha, on 93.7FM, and over the internet. To listen to the latest episodes please click here.
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Majd F. Sakr, Ph.D., is the Assistant Dean for Research at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). He is also the co-founder of the Qatar Cloud Computing Center. In addition to working at CMU-Q and Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, he has held appointments at the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut and at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.
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