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2009
Qatar Science
& Technology
Park (QSTP) is
established
Qatar’s leading
hub for technology
development,
innovation, and
entrepreneurship
comes to life,
bolstering the
country’s RDI
ecosystem.
2010
Robotic Surgery
Center founded
Incubated at QSTP,
the Robotic Surgery
Center has trained
over 500 residents
and clinicians
from Qatar and
MENA countries
in emergency
medicine and robotic
surgery. It’s the
first institute of its
kind in the region.
2010
‘Qatar 1B’
discovered
The Qatar Exoplanet
Survey, one of
thousands of
projects supported
by the Qatar National
Research Fund
(QNRF), begins to
find new planets!
In total, QNRF has
invested over $1.3
billion to support
research on climate
change, food
security, genomics,
bioinformatics,
and other cutting-
edge disciplines.
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2012
Qatar
Environment
and Energy
Research
Institute (QEERI)
and Qatar
Computing
Research
Institute (QCRI)
are established
Qatar
Biomedical
Research
Institute (QBRI)
is established
Qatar Foundation
launches two
groundbreaking
research centers;
one tackling
climate change,
water security,
and renewable
energy, and the
other conducting
interdisciplinary
applied computing
research in multiple
areas including
cybersecurity,
social computing,
big data, and AI.
A third center,
QBRI, focusing on
research related to
cancer, diabetes,
and neurological
disorders, follows
in 2012.
FROM IDEA TO IMPACT —
QATAR FOUNDATION’S RDI JOURNEY
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