Innovation at HBKU

Innovative Business Discovery and Acceleration Fund (IBDA)

The Innovative Business Discovery and Acceleration Fund (IBDA) provides HBKU and non-HBKU individuals and early-stage startups with financial support and mentorship to transform their nascent ideas into sustainable, market-ready businesses with the potential for long-term success.

REYADA Program Fund (RPF)

The REYADA Program Fund (RPF) aims to support Qatar Foundation (QF) entrepreneurs with industry-driven innovations, and to increase local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.

Application to this fund is execlusive to entrepreneurs who have attended capacity building workshops of the REYADA Program.

HBKU Innovative Start-Up Fund (ISF)

The HBKU Innovative Start-Up Fund (ISF) aims to support HBKU entrepreneurs with industry-driven innovations, targeted at increasing the local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.

Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF)

HBKU Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF) aims to support local, collaborative academia and industry-driven innovations, targeted at increasing the local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.

Social Innovation Fund (SOCIF)

The HBKU Social Innovation Fund (SOCIF) aims to support local faculty and researchers with industry-driven innovations, targeted at increasing the local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.

Student Innovation Fund (SIF)

The HBKU Student Innovation Fund (SIF) aims to support local students with industry-driven innovations, targeted at increasing the local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.

HBKU students are encouraged to submit proposals on novel solutions, products, business models, and policies to one of the two opportunities available under SIF.