Research Division Annual Report 2009 Qatar Foundation leads Qatar’s drive to become
a knowledge-based society by educating its
rising generation to the highest standards and
building its capacity for science, research
and technology development.The Research Division of Qatar Foundation
contributes to this mission by developing institutes,
partnerships and scientists that will position Qatar
as an international leader in targeted fields of research,
while supporting and coordinating research activities
of the foundation’s member organisations.
QF Research
Division Newsletter Issue # 1 Fall 2009
Our role is to plan, coordinate and
monitor research at Qatar Foundation.
Broadly this encompasses three realms:
One, we coordinate and monitor the research
programs within Education City.
Two, we are establishing QF’s own
research centres, the Qatar Research
Institutes, that will be staffed by scientists
employed by QF and focus on delivering
our targeted research strategy.
QF Lures Science Graduates 2009-05-04
Qatar Foundation has called for university students about to graduate with science degrees to join its Qatar Science Leadership Program, as it seeks to nurture young Qatari scientists to lead its new research centres.
The QSLP provides two years of professional career development that aims to turn fresh scientists into research leaders. There are two streams, one for research administrators and one for scientists. Participants are sponsored by Qatar Foundation throughout the program More..
Qatar Foundation researchers sequence date palm genome 2009-04-14
Following a long research process, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar managed to sequence the genome of date palm, revealing its genetic secrets.
Joel Malek, director of the Genomics Laboratory at WCMC-Q commented: “We have generated a draft DNA sequence and initial assembly of the date palm using the most advanced technology.” This breakthrough will have a significant impact on the industry because it gives valuable clues to researchers working to improve fruit yield and quality More..
