Scientific American - USA (2019-12)

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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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