Qatar University (QU) in collaboration with Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco) celebrated the winners of the Qafco Research and Development Grant (QRDG) at a ceremony.
QRDG was initiated in 2020. Two of the eight projects that qualified in the first phase were announced as winning projects. The grant was split into two phases. The successful projects from the first phase were selected to finish their work during the second phase to implement the research project.
In her welcome address, QU Research and Graduate Studies vice president Prof Mariam Ali al-Maadeed stressed that the university is keen to put its expertise and research capabilities into supporting industry and producing research.
Dr Abdulaziz Bouras, acting director of the Office of Research Support, recalled that Qafco has actively contributed with the Office of Research Support at QU in designing the industrial financing programme, writing its basic objectives, technical evaluation of reports on the progress of projects of the first phase, and selecting the winning projects for the second phase of financing.
Hassan al-Mohammadi, chief administration officer at Qafco said the funding of scientific research is based on the principle of public-private partnership. "What we celebrate today is the completion of those research studies, which are not an end point, but rather a starting point for working with the recommendations of those researches and putting them into practice to overcome our future challenges,” he explained.
The ceremony also included a panel discussion moderated by Dr Maha al-Asmakh, head of the Biomedical Sciences Department at the College of Health Sciences, QU. The panellists included Dr Basem Shomar, director of Research Excellence in the Research and Graduate Studies Sector at QU; Carol Khadra, senior agricultural engineer at Qafco; Jassim al-Thani, research assistant at the Environmental Science Center at QU, and Dr Eman Saleh, a PhD graduate from QU.
The session discussed the issue of the relationship between the academic and industrial sectors. Dr Shomar talked about how to work with the industrial sector within successful strategic partnerships, and the mechanisms that QU is working on to activate the partnership with the industrial sector in the country.
Khadra spoke about the challenges of scientific research that could be a contributing factor to increasing local agricultural production from the point of view of Qafco, in addition to how scientific research projects approximate the requirements of the agricultural sector of Qatar.
Jassim al-Thani elaborated on his opinion on the results that could result from strengthening the relations between the academic and industrial sectors and how these relations can be strengthened in the long run, from his point of view as a researcher in marine sciences.
Dr Saleh spoke about her experience as a doctoral student at QU and how to develop a systematic research plan to obtain a marketable research product in the industrial field. At the end of the ceremony, all individuals participating in the first phase of the grant were honoured by Prof al-Maadeed and al-Mohammadi. The winning research teams in the second phase of the grant were announced and honoured.
In her welcome address, QU Research and Graduate Studies vice president Prof Mariam Ali al-Maadeed stressed that the university is keen to put its expertise and research capabilities into supporting industry and producing research.
Dr Abdulaziz Bouras, acting director of the Office of Research Support, recalled that Qafco has actively contributed with the Office of Research Support at QU in designing the industrial financing programme, writing its basic objectives, technical evaluation of reports on the progress of projects of the first phase, and selecting the winning projects for the second phase of financing.
Hassan al-Mohammadi, chief administration officer at Qafco said the funding of scientific research is based on the principle of public-private partnership. "What we celebrate today is the completion of those research studies, which are not an end point, but rather a starting point for working with the recommendations of those researches and putting them into practice to overcome our future challenges,” he explained.
The ceremony also included a panel discussion moderated by Dr Maha al-Asmakh, head of the Biomedical Sciences Department at the College of Health Sciences, QU. The panellists included Dr Basem Shomar, director of Research Excellence in the Research and Graduate Studies Sector at QU; Carol Khadra, senior agricultural engineer at Qafco; Jassim al-Thani, research assistant at the Environmental Science Center at QU, and Dr Eman Saleh, a PhD graduate from QU.
The session discussed the issue of the relationship between the academic and industrial sectors. Dr Shomar talked about how to work with the industrial sector within successful strategic partnerships, and the mechanisms that QU is working on to activate the partnership with the industrial sector in the country.
Khadra spoke about the challenges of scientific research that could be a contributing factor to increasing local agricultural production from the point of view of Qafco, in addition to how scientific research projects approximate the requirements of the agricultural sector of Qatar.
Jassim al-Thani elaborated on his opinion on the results that could result from strengthening the relations between the academic and industrial sectors and how these relations can be strengthened in the long run, from his point of view as a researcher in marine sciences.
Dr Saleh spoke about her experience as a doctoral student at QU and how to develop a systematic research plan to obtain a marketable research product in the industrial field. At the end of the ceremony, all individuals participating in the first phase of the grant were honoured by Prof al-Maadeed and al-Mohammadi. The winning research teams in the second phase of the grant were announced and honoured.
