Qatar University receives 14 research grants from QNRF
Date
6/25/2020 2:32:22 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Qatar University (QU) responded to an emergency call by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) about coronavirus, when the faculty members and researchers applied many proposals to address their research areas, also to support the national research priorities objective.
QU has been awarded 14 proposals among total of 21 awarded proposals by QNRF to all institutions inside Qatar.
The awards were for different colleges and centers inside QU. The research centers received five awards, two awards for the Biomedical Research Center, two awards for the Center of Advanced Materials and one award for the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute. The other awards where distributed among QU colleges and other centers.
The big portion of the awards was in supporting the health research areas, where QU received nine awards under the health research area, three for the social and cultural life, one for transport and communication research area and one award for the economy research area.
Director of Research Support at QU Prof. Mohamed Al Salem said: 'The rapid response call is an emergency call launched by Qatar National Research Fund that is designed to study sudden and significant situations and help Qatari society and its institutions mitigate their impact. It's really challenging and innovative to write proposals during this international pandemic, we are proud of Qatar University success in this call along with the other calls and research opportunities that tackles the current pandemic COVID-19.
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