The national authority for scientific research was announced  by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for higher education and scientific research , last week (7 March) with an annual budget of 100 million UAE dirham (around US$27.2 million). The authority hopes to receive additional contributions from the public and the private sector. Zakaria Maamar, associate professor at the College of Information Technology at Zayed University, UAE, told  SciDev.Net  that, "This initiative is another boost to the research and development activities that are carried out in the UAE. It will definitely provide researchers with the appropriate funds to sustain such activities and promote best practices in the community." Said Elnaffar, assistant professor at the college of information technology at the United Arab Emirates University, told SciDev.Net that, with this initiative, the UAE is taking the lead and setting a good example by building a strong development infrastructure founded on knowledge discovery and research 
The national authority for scientific research was announced on March 7 by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for higher education and scientific research . NASR will begin with an annual budget of AED100 million (approximately US$27.2 million). The authority hopes to receive additional contributions from the public and the private sector. Zakaria Maamar, associate professor at the College of Information Technology at Zayed University, UAE, told Science and Development Network ( SciDev.Net ) that, "This initiative is another boost to the research and development activities that are carried out in the UAE. It will definitely provide researchers with the appropriate funds to sustain such activities and promote best practices in the community." Said Elnaffar, assistant professor at the college of information technology at the United Arab Emirates University, told SciDev.Net that, with this initiative, the UAE is taking the lead and setting a good example by building a strong development infrastructure founded on knowledge discovery and research .
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