UAEU is pleased to announce a new cycle of the SURE Plus program in Summer 2020. The purpose of the SURE program is to promote and support the engagement of undergraduate students in research, thus providing students with exposure to, and training in, conducting research while working in teams with other undergraduate and graduate students, under the supervision of qualified faculty. Further details can be found here.

The UAEU is pleased to announce a new round of competitive research funding opportunity through the UAEU Research Centers. This program supports cutting-edge interdisciplinary research proposals in the focus area of the following UAEU Research Centers:

• Emirates Center for Happiness

• Khalifa Center for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

• National Water and Energy Center

• Emirates Center for Mobility Research

• UAEU Center for Public Policy and Leadership

• Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Center for Health Sciences

• National Space Science and Technology Center
• Big Data Analytics Center

For more details about this competition and to download the application form, click here.

UAEU is pleased to announce a new round of research funding opportunities through the UPAR program. This program supports cutting-edge research from UAEU faculty. There are two types of application both of different durations. Further details can be found here.

The purpose of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Research Program is to increase the awareness of UAEU students and community towards United Nations SDGs and to provide seed money to the research groups (mostly students) to explore, test and implement their research idea for resilient, inclusive, and sustainable solutions under the mentorship of a faculty or instructor/ researcher. Further details can be found here.

UAE University is allocating an annual fund for an initial, renewable, duration of 3-years to support joint-research projects with other members of the AUA and with a specific focus on areas of strategic importance to UAE. A portion of this fund may also be allocated to support joint-research in basic science areas that would contribute to the advancement of knowledge. Further details can be found here.

A joint research program between the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and Abu Dhabi University (ADU) is proposed. The purpose of this initiative is to develop research collaboration between the two universities, advance the body of knowledge, support cutting-edge research in the areas of interest of the two universities, and improve community well-being. Further details can be found here.

A joint research program between the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and Zayed University (ZU) is established. The purpose of this initiative is to develop a research collaboration between the two universities, advance the body of knowledge, and support cutting-edge research collaborative through a competitive process. The focus of this collaboration will be devoted to specific areas of the research that are of interest to the two universities. Further details can be found here.

KU-UAEU is a collaborative joint research funding program that aims to develop true collaborative research activities involving both KU & UAEU faculty and is focused on delivering joint outputs.

Research projects can focus on basic or applied investigation. The research activity supported under this program is expected to lead to advances in the frontiers of knowledge, and where relevant, practical applications. Proposals are expected to result in demonstrable outputs such as joint publications, graduate student training, or advance the potential for commercialization or generate IP.