Emergency Response Grant (ERG)

Qatar University is deeply concerned by the health and safety of the nation. Due to the potential exceptional impact of emergency situations, QU is committed to working with its faculty and researchers to contribute to the current research investigations.

QU Emergency Response Grant (ERG) is a specific established grant dedicated to emergency circumstances. ERG provide bridge support to new and early stage investigations that provide a basis for more extended research. ERG naturally has a short lifecycle to accelerate the start of the awarded projects, due to the critical nature of the situations.

ERG Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is part of the international research effort to respond to COVID-19 and supports a rapid initiation of scientific research.

1. Establish dedicated research projects and teams to tackle Coronavirus Disease
2. Study the virus from different perspectives, such as incubation duration, stages, shapes and strains
3. Contribute to enhance proper protection plans and awareness
4. Highlight QU role in addressing emerging concerns

The grant duration is up to 1 year, with a budget up to QR 150,000 per Research Track (one or more proposals could be funded per track). A bi-annual progress report will be submitted by the awarded projects and evaluated by ORS.

The research team members of each proposal are QU faculty members (from colleges, and research centers), researcher(s), and graduate students (if necessary, researchers from outside QU but inside Qatar could participate in the proposals).

• ERG 2020 – Guidelines
• ERG 2020 – Application Template
• ERG 2020 – Budget Sheet