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Doha
Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al Thani, vice-chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation (QF), attended Qatar National Research Fund's (QNRF) 10th Annual Forum at Qatar National Convention Centre on Tuesday.
During the event, QNRF, a member of QF, announced the winners of the 11th cycle of its National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) and the recipient of the Best Research Office Award for 2018.
The NPRP is QNRF's main funding programme, and the primary means by which it supports research projects that address Qatar's national priority areas under the four pillars of the Qatar National Research Strategy: Energy & Environment; Biomedical and Health; Information and Communication Technology; and Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities. Its 11th cycle received 284 proposal submissions, 77 of which were awarded grants for research projects.
Recipients included researchers from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, QF members Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Sidra Medicine, QF partner universities Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar and Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq), Hamad Medical Corporation, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, and Qatar University.
Tamuq also received the Best Research Office Award at the forum for its outstanding performance in managing research projects during the pre-award and post-award stages.
Speaking at the forum, Dr Abdul Sattar al Taie, executive director of QNRF, said,"At QNRF, our priority is to identify research projects that will positively impact Qatar through innovation. Year on year, we receive a host of submissions from researchers spanning the nation's academic and research institutions, which is testament to the increasing homegrown research culture that QNRF aims to nurture and support."
Keynote speaker Dr Catriona MacCallum, director of Open Science, Hindawi, gave a plenary lecture on open access publication, open data access and data management, as well as the challenges and opportunities presented by a global network of Open Science.
This year's Energy & Environment priority themes under the NPRP included research projects focused on solar photovoltaic systems, energy efficiency, water, and oil and gas. In the Biomedical and Health sector, emphasis was placed on diabetes, cancer, genetic diseases and epidemiology. Meanwhile, the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities pillar included priority themes such as population growth sustainability, economic diversification and cultural identity. The Information and Communication Technology sector focused on cybersecurity, smart grids, blockchain and artificial intelligence.
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