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Overview
of R&D and Innovation Funding
System in Qatar
Dr. Parakalan Krishnamachari
Program officer, Material Engineering
QNRF
QSTP 40 companies
+ START UP
Qatar’s R&D Ecosystem - 2016
Strategy
&
Funding
Hig
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education
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13 International Branch Campuses
The Branch Campuses in Qatar
• Inaugurated in 2005
• Home for international technology companies in Qatar
• Incubator of start-up technology businesses
• A "free zone", allowing foreign companies to set up a 100 percent owned entity free from tax and duties
QSTP Current Members
Qatar National
Research Fund (QNRF)
QNRF Key Figures
• Established in 2006.
• Main funding agency in Qatar
• Funding based on competitive calls
• More than 900 collaborative research projects awarded since 2006
• About M 950 USD committed
6 Priority themes in NPRP 10 in Energy & Environment Pillar
1. Oil and Gas (exploration, production and transformation)
2. Solar energy
3. Cooling and energy efficiency
4. Advanced Materials for High Added Value Products and Process
5. Water production, storage, re-use and management
6. Improve the environmental quality
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National Priority Research Program
(NPRP) - 10th cycle
Project DurationQNRF Total Maximum Basic Grant
(USD)
1 year project200,000
2 year project 400,000
(max $250K/y)
3 year project 600,000(max $250K/y)
4 year project 700,000 (max $250K/y)
Co-funding
In cash ( will include fund matching)
In kind
Fund-matching is only allowed if all the
below requirements are achieved:
Co-funding “In-cash”
Reaching QNRF’s maximum basic grant
QNRF will fund match on a one-to-one
basis up to 50% of the QNRF maximum
basic grant
Accelerate innovation, economy diversification, support Qatar’s development and competitiveness
Targeted Projects for IP generation and service developments
Develop partnership with research end-users
Industry in Qatar
Public institutions (e.g. ministries)
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National Priority Research
Program (NPRP) Model
Inside Qatar Outside Qatar
• Collaborative institution can be located
outside Qatar
• Funding allocation:
o Up to 35% can be spent outside Qatar
• Allocation of research efforts:
o Up to 50% can be performed outside
Qatar
• Submitting institution
must be located inside
Qatar
• Collaborative institution
can be located inside or
outside Qatar
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QNRF Awarded Institutions
QATAR92 institutions
AMERICAS215 institutions
EUROPE216 institutions
ASIA70 institutions
AFRICA18 institutions
OCEANIA27 institutions
546 international institutions
Collaborative Institutions in the GCC
Contacts
Enquires Related to: Support System
Submission policies and procedures
Support.qnrf.orgIT and technical difficulties
Themes and Hotspots areas and alignment
IP policy QF R&D IPTT [email protected]
Regulatory requirements Daniela RaduEthical Compliance Specialist
http://www.qnrf.org/en-
us/Funding/Research-Programs/National-
Priorities-Research-Program-NPRP
•Back up/additional info slides
The Research System
of Qatar
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Proposal submission
(12 weeks)
RO vetting
(13 weeks)
QNRF
Proposal
Screening
(4 weeks)
Proposal Peer Reviewing,
Programmatic Evaluation,
Score Analysis & Funding
Decision
(13 weeks)
Receiving Complementary documents for
funded projects(8 weeks)
RO Vetting(8 weeks)
29th Nov. 2016
21st Feb. 2017
28th Feb. 2017 March 2017(Ineligible Proposal
Notification)
June 2017(Award
Announcement)
August 2017
3 Months 4 Months 2 Months
NPRP10 Timeline
Proposal Submission Screening & Evaluation Pre-Funding
Energy & Environment Project Portfolio
32%
10%
8%12%
27%
3%8%
Oil & Gas
Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Protect. NaturalEnvironmentEnv. Sustainability
Global ClimateChangeCross cutting res.
The Water – Energy Nexus in GCCThe Nexus for GCC Development
Energy
Food Water
climate
change
Call to be launched
December 7th, 2016
Eligible to Qatar-based
research teams
QNRF co-funding
https://belmontforum.org/
Key Figures (2007-2014)
• 333 NPRP projects awarded
– 36% of the NPRP funding
– US$289 M
• 4 NPRP-EP projects (US$15 M)
• Capacity building programs
– 182 UREP - undergraduates
– 2 GSRA - graduates
– 9 PDRA - post-docs
– 1 JSREP – young researchers
