Saturday, February 4, 2012

QSLP Applications accepted for QF programme

QSLP is accepting applications from Qatari postgraduates for its vocational training.Submissions are invited until May 15. Results will be announced by July 15,The Qatar Science Leadership Programme (QSLP) said in a media statement yesterday.The QSLP, an initiative of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), gives participants the opportunity to enhance their skills through professional development training courses.

The programme seeks energetic team players with dynamic leadership qualities, and backgrounds primarily relating to computer science and engineering, energy and environment, or biomedical research.They may select one of two training modules, the Research Scientist Track, or the Research Management Track.The former involves placements at elite institutions such as Oxford University and Cambridge University in Britain, and Harvard University and Stanford University in the US.Programmes will be tailored to suit Qatar’s current national needs, such as sustainable development, as well as the future planning of QF research centres.
Meanwhile, the “Research Management Track is Qatar-based, and offers hands-on experience at QF’s Research Division and its partners.