DOHA: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) will hold its fifth Annual Forum today at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), where the national funding agency will share its five year strategy and announce the results of its sixth National Priorities Research Program cycle.
Under the patronage of Faisal Alsuwaidi, President of Research and Development at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, the fifth QNRF Annual Forum has embraced the theme ‘Researchforward’.
Within this theme, senior representatives from QNRF will share details on the agency’s plans and future initiatives to lead a new phase of research development for Qatar over the next five years.
“QNRF is making a vital contribution to Qatar’s research community. They have paved a sustainable path for Qatar’s research advancement and made wise investments in human capacity and research infrastructure. As QNRF embarks upon a new phase in its growth cycle, it will expand its role as the prime enabler of research by directing its funding towards the national priority needs of Qatar as specified in the Qatar National Research Strategy,” said Alsuwaidi.
As a testament to QNRF’s impact on research development in Qatar, Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, Executive Director at QNRF, noted: “We are very pleased to now have more than 75 approved research offices in Qatar. Under the NPRP, we have funded more than 29 of these organisations for research worth more than $500m over the past five years, and with collaboration from more than 385 international research institutions.”
According to Dr Al Taie, QNRF is embarking on a new phase of development, aimed at further expanding the country’s flourishing research culture and driving research forward to find solutions to the ‘grand challenges’ facing Qatar and the region.
Dr Al Taie and other members of QNRF’s senior management will shed light on various aspects of the funding agency’s five-year plan at the Forum today.
Topics will include details on new funding opportunities, financial re-structuring of existing Programmes, plans to address the country’s grand challenges, increased stakeholder engagement and partnerships, enhancing QNRF’s research management capabilities and infrastructure and evaluating and leveraging research outcomes.
The highlight of the Forum will be the announcement of results of the sixth cycle of its flagship program, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP).
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