Developing a National Research Data Service for Qatar Armin Straube Photo: © iStock

The research landscape in Qatar: Infrastructure Qatar University Qatar Foundation’s Education City with: Hamad bin Khalifa University Branch campuses of international universities Specialized research institutes Qatar National Library (QNL) Photo: © iStock Doha Corniche

The research landscape in Qatar: Policies 2006: Qatar National Research Fund 2008: Qatar National Vision 2030 2014: Qatar National Research Strategy with four Grand Challenges: Water Security Energy Security Cyber Security Health 2017: Cooperation between QNRF and QNL to establish national RDM services Five Organizational Stages (Kenney &McGovern 2003) 1 Acknowledge: Understanding that digital preservation is a local concern; 2 Act: Initiating digital preservation projects; 3 Consolidate: Seguing from projects to programs; 4 Institutionalize: Incorporating the larger environment; and 5 Externalize: Embracing inter-institutional collaboration and dependency. Photo: © iStock Al Zubarah Fort

MOU 9 Aug 2017 & Strategic collaboration between QNRF & QNL to set out a framework, which will facilitate development of efficient processes for managing, preserving and disseminating research data during and after research funded projects lifetime.

Expected deliverables from such collaboration in order to make the outcomes of QNRF funded projects findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) FAIR