Members of the Qatar National Research Fund and British delegates at a special session in London.
DOHA: A senior delegation from Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) recently visited the UK and Ireland for a week of high-level engagements designed to raise awareness of the unique range of research programmes and collaborative opportunities available in Qatar.
At a special session in London, QNRF’s Executive Director, Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie and its acting Director Technical, Dr Munir Tag presented to an audience of over 50 senior officials from universities and research institutions.
The session, organised by the UK Higher Education International Unit and hosted by the British Library, focused on the opportunities and challenges for UK researchers applying for QNRF grants, and included speakers from UK government agencies as well as universities that have already been awarded QNRF grants.
“QNRF is Qatar’s prime enabler of research and we understand the importance of partnerships and collaborations with the international research community,” said Dr Al Taie.
“Such collaboration will not only lead to a valuable exchange of knowledge; research is also more meaningful when a rich variety of perspectives are combined.
“As Qatar and the UK celebrate a year of partnership with Qatar UK 2013, there couldn’t be a better time to highlight the opportunities for collaboration between scientists in Qatar and the UK, and to recognise the outstanding collaborations already underway.”
Under QNRF’s flagship National Priorities Research Programme (NPRP), in recent years 45 UK institutions have been awarded collaborative grants with Qatari partners for a total of 78 research projects.
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