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Live programs (4)

Smart SEAstems for Marine Reclamation Challenge
MoECCSmart SEAstems for Marine Reclamation Challenge
How might we design and deploy smart, scalable systems that protect, monitor, and actively sustain the marine environment while enabling practical adoption across diverse maritime and coastal contexts?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development. Additional support includes access to designated marine testing sites, relevant data, mentorship, and necessary hardware components for deployment.
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Aqua-Intelligence: The Smart Water Quality Innovation Challenge
KAHRAMAAAqua-Intelligence: The Smart Water Quality Innovation Challenge
How might we introduce AI Powered Smart Meters to proactively and continuously measure Water Quality in KAHRAMAA’s DMA?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development , access to operational datasets , a trial environment at pilot sites and collaboration opportunities with KAHRAMAA technical, IT, and finance teams , mentorship and support for solution development , and the potential for commercial deployment within KAHRAMAA and beyond to other GCC water utilities and smart city initiatives.
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Revive & Recharge: The Second-Life EV Battery Challenge
KAHRAMAARevive & Recharge: The Second-Life EV Battery Challenge
How might we repurpose end-of-life EV lithium-ion batteries into grid connected energy storage (BESS) for Qatar’s growing renewable energy supply?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development. They will also gain access to operational standards, a pilot site, and collaboration opportunities with KAHRAMAA teams. Furthermore, successful solutions have potential for commercial deployment within Qatar's planned 500MW storage facilities or beyond.
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Beyond the Panel: The BeSolar Immersive Awareness Challenge
KAHRAMAABeyond the Panel: The BeSolar Immersive Awareness Challenge
How might we develop an immersive, scalable awareness & training environment to educate customers and train contractors on renewable energy in Qatar?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development. They will also gain access to operational standards, a pilot site, and collaboration opportunities with KAHRAMAA teams. Furthermore, successful solutions have potential for commercial deployment within Qatar's planned 500MW storage facilities or beyond.
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Programs closed for registration (7)

Immersive Edutainment for Foundational Competencies Challenge
Ministry of Education and Higher EducationImmersive Edutainment for Foundational Competencies Challenge
How can we develop an immersive, interactive game-based platform to significantly enhance student engagement and mastery of foundational competencies?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development, access to operational datasets, a trial environment and collaboration opportunities with HIA teams, mentorship and project management support, and the potential for commercial deployment within HIA and beyond.
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3-Minute Express: Automated Gate Intelligence for Damage Container Challenge
GWC Logistics3-Minute Express: Automated Gate Intelligence for Damage Container Challenge
How might we automate container gate inspections to detect damage, document evidence, and generate repair estimates in under 3 minutes per container?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for pilot development , access to relevant datasets (NDA required), and access to a pilot lane with parallel testing opportunities, and mentorship and support for solution development.
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Seamless Multi-channel Communication for Customer Engagement and Supply Chain Excellence Challenge
GWC LogisticsSeamless Multi-channel Communication for Customer Engagement and Supply Chain Excellence Challenge
How might we create an AI communications co-pilot for logistics operations by triaging, clarifying and escalating time-critical messages across communication channels?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for pilot development , access to relevant datasets, pilot suppliers and customers, access to subject matter experts from operations, procurement and customer service teams and IT infrastructure and security guidance and mentorship and support for solutions development.
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Next-Gen Airport Movement Intelligence Challenge
Hamad International AirportNext-Gen Airport Movement Intelligence Challenge
How might we accurately track and analyse passenger and staff movement across the airport journey—from arrival or entry to departure or exit—without relying on extensive novel hardware installations?
Up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for solution development, access to operational datasets, a trial environment and collaboration opportunities with HIA teams, mentorship and project management support, and the potential for commercial deployment within HIA and beyond.
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