R&D Funding in the Gulf

Kuwait

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences www.kfas.com

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) http://www.arabfund.org/

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) www.kuwait-fund.org

Oman

Oman Scientific Research Council https://www.trc.gov.om/trcweb/

Ministry of Higher Education http://www.mohe.gov.om

The International Research Foundation (IRF), www.irfoman.org

Qatar

Qatar Foundation www.qf.org.qa

Qatar National Research Fund http://www.qnrf.info/s2/index.php

KSA

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), KSA www.kacst.edu.sa

UAE

National Research Foundation www.nrf.ae

Mohamed Bin Rashind Al Maktoum Foundation www.mbrfoundation.ae/

Emirates Foundation www.emiratesfoundation.ae

The Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) www.astf.net

The ICT fund of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority www.tra.ae