HBKU Innovation Center announces winners of Entrepreneurship Program Fund – The Peninsula

HBKU Innovation Center announces winners of Entrepreneurship Program Fund – The Peninsula

Doha: Hamad Bin Khalifa University's (HBKU) Innovation Center has announced the first five winners of its Entrepreneurship Program Fund (EPF).

Each awardee will receive kickstarter funding of QR100,000 to advance their entrepreneurship projects.

The five winners were selected from among the 15 entrepreneurs who took part in the first round of the Entrepreneurship Program Fund, among them faculty, scientists, students, and senior administrators from CSE, QEERI, Qatar Foundation, and Education City partner universities including TAMUQ, Georgetown University in Qatar, and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. During this first phase, participants had the opportunity to complete a series of training workshops and lectures, gaining access to theoretical knowledge, resources, and networks to unlock their innovation potential.

Building on the insights and practical skills they developed during the training, the five funded projects will now develop their business ideas further and have a chance to pitch these at a Demo Day in mid-2023.

The five awardees are: IQemoQarar - Majed Hadid, PhD Student in Logistics and Supply Chain Management graduate, College of Science and Engineering (CSE), for an artificial intelligence-based decision-support application tool that uses clinical and patient health data to address booking, scheduling, and workload issues to meet the standards of cancer treatment services in Qatar.

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