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EX-QNRF-MME-26: Green hydrogenated mineral water from Qatari groundwater and brine for improved human, farm animal and plant health in Qatar

Al-Ansari, T. A. H. A. (Principal Investigator), Bicer, Y. (Lead Principal Investigator), Sezer, N. (Principal Investigator), Erdoğan, D. H. M. (Principal Investigator), Yetis, D. H. (Principal Investigator), Al-Kuwari, D. R. (Principal Investigator), Bicer, D. Y. (Consultant) & Ahmed, P. T. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/25 → 1/04/28

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-AICC-12: The SATCOM on the Move Antenna System Working with MEO Satellites Based on New Generation Electric Driver

Al Sulaiti, F. M. Y. J. (Principal Investigator), Beitelmal, A. H. (Principal Investigator), Samara, A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Hail, S. A. A. (Principal Investigator), Swaileh, W. A. (Consultant) & Khraisheh, M. (Principal Investigator)

15/02/25 → 15/02/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-CCEC-1: Revolutionizing Vertical Greenwalls: Utilizing Agricultural Waste Hydrogel and Symbiotic Soil Pellets for Water Efficiency and Nutrient Management with Greywater Irrigation

Saththasivam, J. (Lead Principal Investigator), Mckay, G. (Principal Investigator), Ahmad, D. N. B. (Principal Investigator) & Nair, A. P. D. (Principal Investigator)

1/01/25 → 1/01/28

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-CCEC-19: Qatar TIMES - Embedding the model in the national climate policy-making process

Contestabile, M. (Lead Principal Investigator), Mendez Delgado, C. M. (Research Associate), Hawkes, A. (Principal Investigator), Mittal, S. (Post Doctoral Fellow) & Ram Singhasan Singh Yadav, P. K. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/01/25 → 1/01/28

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

QCRI-CORE-000023: Building a resource for Equine Genome Research in Qatar and Morocco

Bensmail, H. (Lead Principal Investigator)

1/09/24 → 1/07/28

Project: Basic Research

EX-QNRF-HSREP-11: Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Measurements and Derivation of UV Index.

Bachour, D. A. (Lead Principal Investigator)

29/07/24 → 29/07/25

Project: Basic Research

EX-QNRF-HSREP-8: Idling Cars, Active Minds: How Car Idling Impacts Air Quality in Schools

Siddique, A. (Lead Principal Investigator)

29/07/24 → 27/07/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-SRG-02-2: AI-EDAPT: Artificial Intelligence for Educational Adaptation, Personalization, and Transformation

Yahiaoui, R. (Principal Investigator), Koc, M. (Principal Investigator), Dimitropoulos, G. (Principal Investigator), Alam, F. (Principal Investigator), Mikros, G. (Lead Principal Investigator), Riazi, A. (Principal Investigator), Giustini , D. (Principal Investigator), Bower, M. (Consultant), Ali, L. (Graduate Student), Afridi, A. (Graduate Student), Thadikkal Abdul Muthalif, N. (Graduate Student), Mohamed Nour, A. (Graduate Student) & Miller, H. (Graduate Student)

1/06/24 → 30/11/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-SRG-02-1: Advancing Qatar's AI Landscape: Developing an Arabic-Centric and Ethically-Aligned Large Language Model

Abdallah, M. M. (Principal Investigator), Al Fuqaha, A. (Principal Investigator), Sencar, H. T. (Lead Principal Investigator), Messaoud, S. (Principal Investigator), Senturk, R. (Principal Investigator), Ozalkan, S. (Principal Investigator) & Abdalla, A. (Graduate Student)

1/06/24 → 30/11/25

Project: Applied Research

QCRI-CORE-000011: SentinelAI: A Full-Stack AI Safety Evaluation Platform

Khalil, I. M. I. (Lead Principal Investigator), Boshmaf, Y. (Principal Investigator), Popovic, D. (Research Assistant) & Deniz, F. (Engineer)

1/05/24 → 30/08/26

Project: Applied Research

QCRI-CORE-000010: TokenX: Monetizing Web Content with Blockchains and LLMs

Boshmaf, Y. (Lead Principal Investigator), Jung, S.-G. (Engineer), Zhang, Y. (Engineer) & Lucas, J. K. (Engineer)

1/05/24 → 30/08/26

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-34: Functional characterization and pharmacological targeting of calcium signaling pathways for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders

Al Haj Zen, A. (Principal Investigator), Park, Y. (Lead Principal Investigator), Da'as, S. (Principal Investigator) & Ali Bakht Jamal, G. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-60: Dynamic solar cadaster in support of high PV penetration in urban areas in Qatar

Bachour, D. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Perez Astudillo, D. (Principal Investigator), Sanfilippo, A. P. (Principal Investigator), Ziaullah, A. W. (Research Assistant), Hussain Mahir, I. (Graduate Student), Menard, L. (Principal Investigator) & Blanc, P. P. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-24: Improving solar radiation forecasting by explicit inclusion of atmospheric aerosol microphysics and chemistry: Application to Education City, Doha, a 100% solar-powered community

Bachour, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Perez Astudillo, D. (Principal Investigator), Fountoukis, C. (Lead Principal Investigator), Alfarra, M. R. (Principal Investigator), Kazantzidis, A. (Principal Investigator), Panagopoulos-Kontostavlakis, O. (Principal Investigator), Tzoumanikas, P. (Principal Investigator), Aissa, B. (Principal Investigator), Abedrabboh, O. (Research Associate) & Hajighorbanidoulabi, Z. (Graduate Student)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-10: Novel Diagnostic Applications for Disease-Associated aggregates of Parkinson's disease and Related Disorders

El-Agnaf, O. M. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Poovarangil Sudhakaran, I. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Mollenhauer, B. (Principal Investigator), Adeli, G. R. M. A. (Principal Investigator) & Emara, M. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-62: Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the protective effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor agonists on Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in mice

Arredouani, A. (Lead Principal Investigator), AL Akl, N. (Research Associate), Khalifa, O. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Moustaid-Moussa, N. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator) & unamed (Research Assistant)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-AICC-6: Solar Trade (ST): An Equitable and Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Renewable Energy Ecosystem – “Opportunities for Fintech to Scale up Green Finance for Clean Energy”

Sanfilippo, A. P. (Principal Investigator), Bicer, Y. (Principal Investigator), Boumaiza, A. (Lead Principal Investigator), AbdulJabbar, A. (Research Associate), Al Fagih, L. (Principal Investigator), Aysan, A. F. (Principal Investigator), Yildirim, N. (Consultant), DUMAN, A. (Principal Investigator), Almulla, M. A. A. A. (Engineer), mehmetyazici (Principal Investigator), Elbeheiry, N. (Engineer), Taşaltın, N. (Lead Principal Investigator), Thomas, S. T. C. V. (Engineer), Qarnain, S. S. (Principal Investigator), Erbasi, Z. (Principal Investigator), Ozmen, S. (Principal Investigator), Ahmad, F. (Post Doctoral Fellow) & Mohammed, F. (Research Associate)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-25: Physical chemistry and interfacial properties of corrosion inhibitors: Understanding fundamental processes to support inhibitor selection and successful field deployment

Costa Folena, M. (Principal Investigator), Barker, R. (Principal Investigator), Abdeen, D. D. (Principal Investigator), Laycock, D. N. (Principal Investigator), Mroue, K. (Lead Principal Investigator) & da Silva de Sa, J. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-49: Characterization of all SARS-CoV-2 Mpro & PLpro protease cleavage sites and variants for identifying lead dual protease inhibitor compounds using novel dual color, BRET-based biosensors

Kolatkar, P. R. (Principal Investigator), Aouida, M. (Principal Investigator), Islam, Z. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Biswas, K. H. (Lead Principal Investigator), Geethakumari, A. M. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Khatib, H. A. (Principal Investigator) & Sultana, A. (Research Assistant)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Basic Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-106: ProFL: Private and Robust Federated Learning given Non-iid Data

Khalil, I. M. I. (Lead Principal Investigator), Phan, H. (Principal Investigator), Mouhcine, H. (Research Assistant) & Vu Tuan, N. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-54: Towards better cancer care in pediatric oncology: exploring the biomarker and therapeutic potential of cancer testis antigens.

Decock, J. V. C. M. (Lead Principal Investigator), De la Fuente van Bentem, A. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Ozer, E. (Principal Investigator), Hendrickx, W. (Principal Investigator) & Ashraf, J. V. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-PPM-13: Polygenic, metabolic, and clinical risk score utility for cardiometabolic traits in Middle Eastern populations

El-Shrif, M. M. M. (Principal Investigator), Saad, M. (Lead Principal Investigator), Nemer, G. (Principal Investigator), Bashir, M. (Principal Investigator), Ali, M. T. (Principal Investigator) & Shaar, A. H. (Research Assistant)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-PPM-22: Multi-Omics Profiling of moderate-to-severe Atopic Dermatitis and its response to systemic therapy: ‘Phenomics’ approach towards Precision medicine-based Treatment

Abdesselem, H. B. (Lead Principal Investigator), Ahmad, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Khan, D. A. (Principal Investigator), AlHammadi, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Al-Marri, D. F. (Principal Investigator), Ahmad, D. F. (Principal Investigator), Buddenkotte, D. J. (Principal Investigator), Alchalabi, D. R. (Principal Investigator), Khawaga, D. S. A. (Principal Investigator), Gross, M. L. (Principal Investigator), Steinhoff, P. M. (Lead Principal Investigator), Schenk, P. M. (Principal Investigator) & Nemer, G. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-110: "PLASTICIZERS-CONTAINING WATER: BETWEEN TOXICITY ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT MEMBRANES FOR THEIR REMOVAL"

Kochkodan, V. (Lead Principal Investigator), Leitão-BenHamadou, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Naija, D. A. (Lead Principal Investigator) & Yalcin, D. H. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-76: Synthesis And Evaluation of A Novel 2D Diphosphate Nanocrystalline Hydrogel With Antimicrobial and Biocompatible Properties

Mahmoud, K. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Al-Dewik, D. N. (Principal Investigator), elhadad, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Nasrallah, D. G. (Lead Principal Investigator), Gopu, D. S. (Principal Investigator), Al-Otoom, P. A. (Principal Investigator), Tamimi, P. F. (Principal Investigator), Duggal, P. M. (Principal Investigator), Laurenti, P. M. (Principal Investigator) & Abu-Rub, F. (Graduate Student)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-2: Next-generation Electric Vehicle Charging Station: A Sustainable Solution with Grid Support Functionalities Using Solar PV and Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Maher, K. (Principal Investigator), Bayhan, S. (Lead Principal Investigator), Krama, A. (Principal Investigator), Sezer, N. (Principal Investigator), Malinowski, M. (Principal Investigator), Sharida, A. A. H. (Research Associate) & Abu-Rub, H. (Principal Investigator)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-88: Combating financial fraud

Khalil, I. M. I. (Principal Investigator), Al-Sabah, M. S. F. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Sencar, H. T. (Principal Investigator), Yoosuf, S. (Research Assistant) & Tanveer, T. A. (Research Assistant)

1/04/24 → 1/04/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-ARG-119: Bi-level Uncertainty-aware DER Aggregation Planning including Multi-period Load Forecasting with Electrical Transportation, Renewable Resources, and Community Batteries

Che Wanik, M. Z. (Lead Principal Investigator), alzaini, M. M. (Principal Investigator), IQBAL, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Al-Emadi, D. N. (Principal Investigator), Muyeen, P. S. M. (Lead Principal Investigator), Khandakar, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Shah, D. R. (Principal Investigator), Chetty, P. M. (Principal Investigator), Amjady, P. N. (Principal Investigator) & Islam, P. S. (Principal Investigator)

1/02/24 → 1/02/27

Project: Applied Research

EX-Silverstein -1: Therapeutic Nanobody Development for Targeting α-Synuclein Aggregation in Parkinson's Disease, with Focus on Parkinson's Disease with GBA Mutation

El-Agnaf, O. M. A. (Lead Principal Investigator) & Mahmoud Mesleh, A. G. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/01/24 → 1/01/26

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

QCRI-CORE-000021: Polygenic, metabolic, and clinical risk score utility for cardiometabolic traits in Middle Eastern populations

Saad, M. (Lead Principal Investigator), El-Shrif, M. M. M. (Principal Investigator), Kunji, K. M. H. M. (Principal Investigator) & Nemer, G. (Principal Investigator)

1/01/24 → 31/12/26

Project: Basic Research

QBRI-CORE-000011: Development of ?-synuclein-Specific Nanobodies for Targeting Aggregation in Parkinson's Disease

El-Agnaf, O. M. A. (Lead Principal Investigator) & Bezard, D. E. (Principal Investigator)

1/01/24 → 31/12/26

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

QBRI-CORE-000012: Unlocking precision medicine in breast cancer: Generation of a Breast cancer Cancer Testis antigen Atlas (BCTa) for biomarker discovery and therapeutic target identification.

Decock, J. V. C. M. (Lead Principal Investigator)

1/01/24 → 31/12/26

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

EX-QNRF-PPM-25: Exploring the Interplay of Pharmaco-genomics, Metabolomics, and Microbiomics: As a novel Precision Medicine Approach for SSRIs in Qatari with Depression.

Ouararhni, K. (Principal Investigator) & Jithesh, P. V. (Lead Principal Investigator)

1/01/24 → 1/01/27

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

QBRI-CORE-000013: Sox transcription factors: balancing pancreatic development and dysfunction in cancer

Kolatkar, P. R. (Lead Principal Investigator)

1/01/24 → 31/12/26

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

QCRI-CORE-000012: FANAR Safety and Alignment

Sencar, H. T. (Lead Principal Investigator), Chawla, S. (Principal Investigator), Messaoud, S. (Principal Investigator) & Altinisik, E. (Engineer)

1/11/23 → 30/11/25

Project: Applied Research

QCRI-CORE-000013: LLM and Software Vulnerabilities: Backdooring code generation LLMs and effective detection of Software Vulnerabilities

Khalil, I. M. I. (Lead Principal Investigator), Lekssays, A. (Principal Investigator) & Phan, P. H. (Principal Investigator)

1/10/23 → 30/10/25

Project: Applied Research

QCRI-CORE-000009: Cyber Threat Intelligence through LLM

Sencar, H. T. (Lead Principal Investigator) & Lekssays, A. (Principal Investigator)

1/08/23 → 30/08/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-61: Drug screening for autism spectrum disorder using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)

Ali Moussa, H. Y. (Research Associate), Al Haj Zen, A. (Principal Investigator), Park, Y. (Lead Principal Investigator) & Shin, K. C. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/06/23 → 30/09/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-20: CRISPR-Cas9 functional screen to identify novel prognostics and therapeutics lncRNA targets in triple negative breast cancer

Shaath, H. (Research Associate), Albagha, O. (Principal Investigator), Alajez, N. (Lead Principal Investigator), Alam, T. (Principal Investigator) & Radhakrishnan, V. B. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/06/23 → 30/11/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-22: CipherBot: An AI-based Bilingual Interactive Platform for Supporting Progressive Education through Collaborative Storytelling

Jansen, B. J. (Lead Principal Investigator), Jung, S.-G. (Engineer), Mohammad Azem, J. Y. (Research Assistant) & Tok, E. (Principal Investigator)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-18: Design and development of a prototype that harvests water from air for food production

Al-Ansari, T. A. H. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Mahmoud, K. A. (Principal Investigator) & Ibrahim, Y. (Graduate Student)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-9: Sustainable aviation fuel from direct CO2 capture and green hydrogen

Al-Ansari, T. A. H. A. (Principal Investigator), Amhamed, A. I. (Lead Principal Investigator), Abdallah, M. M. (Principal Investigator), Bell, H. C. (Principal Investigator), Sodiq, A. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Fawaz, O. (Principal Investigator), Abubakr, R. M. S. (Research Associate), Abdellatif, Y. (Graduate Student), Nesterenko, D. N. (Technical Advisor), Thiehmed, Z. (Research Assistant) & Al-Kuwari, D. M. (Technical Advisor)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-60: Dissecting the role of uncontrolled neural stem cell division in cortical neurogenesis and glioma genesis

Alkailani, M. I. G. (Research Associate), Al-Khadairi, G. M. (Research Associate), Aittaleb, M. (Principal Investigator), Tissir, F. (Lead Principal Investigator), Mahdi, A. (Graduate Student) & Al-Shammari, A. R. M. A. (Principal Investigator)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Basic Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-10: A precision medicine approach to investigate autism-related functions of altered blood proteins as potential targets for autism therapy

Al-Shammari, A. R. M. A. (Lead Principal Investigator), Ltaief, S. (Research Associate), Farhan, M. (Principal Investigator) & Salim, S. S. U. K. (Post Doctoral Fellow)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-38: Engineering a high affinity peptide combining computational and experimental methods towards precision medicine applications

Kolatkar, P. R. (Principal Investigator), Horn, H. F. (Principal Investigator), Islam, Z. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Biswas, K. H. (Lead Principal Investigator), Geethakumari, A. M. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Kafour, N. (Graduate Student), Fatima, A. (Graduate Student) & Uddin, S. M. N. (Graduate Student)

1/06/23 → 31/05/25

Project: Applied Research

HBKU-OVPR-TG-Cycle-2-19: Large-Scale Human-in-the-Loop Histopathology Dataset Creation and AI Models for Clinical Pediatrics Applications

Schneider, J. (Principal Investigator), Agus, M. (Principal Investigator), Boughorbel, S. (Lead Principal Investigator), Architect, N. S. D. L. (Principal Investigator), Mifsud, W. (Principal Investigator) & Gilal, N. U. I. (Research Associate)

1/06/23 → 31/12/25

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-AICC-4: Autonomous PV Cleaning and Inspection System for Hot Desert Weather Conditions

Sanfilippo, A. P. (Principal Investigator), Somasekharan Pillai, D. (Lead Principal Investigator), Associate-3, R. (Consultant), COSME, M. D. (Principal Investigator), Uddin, M. N. (Principal Investigator), PASHA, M. S. N. (Principal Investigator), Caro, P. G. D. (Principal Investigator), Alashgar, D. E. A. (Research Associate), Alhamidi, Y. (Principal Investigator), Feo-Flushing, D. E. (Principal Investigator), Bouhali, O. (Principal Investigator), Associate-2, R. (Principal Investigator) & Karkoub, P. M. (Principal Investigator)

1/05/23 → 1/05/26

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-NPRPS-39: Circular Economy for Single Use Plastic Waste Utilisation

Konnova, M. (Research Associate), Engineer-1 (Engineer), Assistant-2, R. (Research Assistant), Chernilevskii, M. A. (Principal Investigator), Grigoryev, M. D. (Principal Investigator) & Anwar, M. (Principal Investigator)

15/02/23 → 15/02/26

Project: Applied Research

EX-QNRF-NPRPC-18: SP#2 Critical Digital Literacy

Alam, F. (Lead Principal Investigator), Mikros, G. (Principal Investigator), Hasanain, M. G. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Akter, F. (Research Assistant) & Noman, M. (Graduate Student)

1/01/23 → 1/01/28

Project: Applied Research

QBRI-CORE-000009: Dissecting molecular pathways associated with autism using stem cell-based models and genomics approaches

Stanton, L. W. (Lead Principal Investigator)

1/01/23 → 31/12/25

Project: Experimental Development/Translation Research

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