Qatar students receive $280,000 grant for research

Qatar's Undergraduate Research Experience Program has awarded 28 Cornell Medical College-Qatar students $280,000 in grants in the latest, seventh round of funding. The grants are part of $1.7m provided to research institutions in Qatar this year by the Qatar National Research Fund. The students will investigate 11 different topics related to cancer treatment and diagnosis, diabetes care, science learning, purifying drinking water, infectious diseases, the function of specific genes, gene therapy for diseases and the growth and development of children in Qatar.