Research

Externally Funded Grant Recipients

Many ZU Faculty have received grants and funding from external organisations:

Funding Agency

Project Title

Principal Investigator(s)

Value (AED)

Project

Status

Emirates Foundation

Health awareness book campaign for young children

Sharon Bryant

250,000

Ongoing

Emirates Foundation

Exploring prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency among Emiratis

Fatme ElAnouti

200,000

Awarded and ongoing

Emirates Foundation

Digital modeling and historical geography of the UAE

Ron Hawker

37,532

Ongoing

Emirates Foundation

Physical disability as a special need in the UAE

Chris Nuttman

200,000

Awarded

Emirates Wildlife Society

The environmental footprint

Nico Vellinga

Pro-bono

Ongoing

IBM

Web services discovery using social networks; issues and solutions

Zakaria Maamar

55,050

Ongoing

Khalifa Fund

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Sub-Emirati Entrepreneurship Report

Declan MacCrohan

Murag Ergul

Nico Vellinga

141,120

Ongoing

Ministry of Foreign Trade

Identifying the economic implications, opportunities, benefits and threats of the global financial crisis in the UAE

Nico Vellinga

Jay Squally (AUS)

123,000

Delivered

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and Khalifa Fund

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

Declan MacCrohan

Murag Ergul

Nico Vellinga

500,000

Ongoing

National Research Fund (NRF)

Population structure, reproduction and sustainable management of the Ghaf tree in the UAE

David Gallacher

Not announced

Highly Competitive

National Research Fund (NRF)

Governance of temporary labour migration: a case study of the UAE

Habibul Khondker

Not announced

Highly Competitive

National Research Fund (NRF)

The UAE family under global transformation

Rima Sabban

Not announced

Highly Competitive

National Research Fund (NRF)

Theoretical and technological innovation in the identification and exploration of depression

Justin Thomas

Not announced

Highly Competitive

National Research Fund (NRF)

Leadership in an era of change: public school reform in the UAE

Janet Thomas

Not announced

Highly Competitive

National Research Fund (NRF)

Modeling for policy analysis in the UAE

Nico Vellinga

Not announced

Highly Competitive