Past-Award Database

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      Past-Grantee Database

      Investigating the Rock Art Petroglyphs of Ras Al Khaimah: A Multidisciplinary Approach Involving Digital Fieldwork Mapping, Photogrammetry, Tourism Development and Exhibition at Al Jazeera Al Hamra

      Recipient name: William Gerard Zimmerle

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi

      Priority Area(s) Art & Culture, Community Development, Urban Planning

      Conservation of Ras Al-Khaimah's Mangrove Landscape: a study of their cultural significance and physical condition

      Recipient name: Niveen Kaseem

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: University of Birmingham in Dubai

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Sustaining food, environment, and people in Ras Al Khaimah (sustainable-RAK): Industry 4.0-enabled zero-food waste strategy

      Recipient name: Ahmed Al Hamadani

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham Dubai_x000D_

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Addressing Workplace Stressors and Burnout in Ras Al Khaimah Healthcare Sector; Policy and Practice Implications_x000D_

      Recipient name: Ella Daneshwar

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: University of Hohenheim

      Priority Area(s) Business Administration and Economics (Focus: Healthcare)

      Assessing Artificial Intelligence Readiness of Public Health Institutions and Users in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE: Towards Achieving Vision of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031

      Recipient name: Kabelo Leonard Mauco

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania- Center for Global Health Associate Scholar_x000D_

      Priority Area(s) Public Health

      Shaping evidence-based hygiene policies for a healthier Future: assessing Hand Hygiene awareness in Ras Al Khaimah’s educational institutions and public spaces

      Recipient name: Patrick Saliba

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: University of Barcelona

      Priority Area(s) Public Health

      Investigating the Adoption of AI in Teacher Education: The Perspectives of Teacher Candidates and Educators in the UAE

      Recipient name: Ayman Massouti

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2025

      University Affiliation: Western University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      From Awareness to Action: Transforming Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in Ras Al Khaimah through Education and Intervention

      Recipient name: Dr Syed Arman Rabbani

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2024

      University Affiliation: RAK Medical and Health Sciences University

      Priority Area(s) Public Health & Philanthropy

      Human Health During Environmental Change in Bronze Age Ras al-Khaimah

      Recipient name: Dr Jaime Ullinger

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2024

      University Affiliation: Quniinipiac University

      Priority Area(s) Public Health

      Entangled precarities: stray cat care, human-nonhuman kinship, and urban belonging in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Dr Neha Vora

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2024

      University Affiliation: American University of Sharjah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Public Health

      Beyond Giving: The role of UAE Institutional Philanthropy in Driving Local Community Development

      Recipient name: Ms Camilla Della Giovampaola

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2024

      University Affiliation: Geneva Graduate Institute

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Northern Emirati Dialects

      Recipient name: Mark Shockley

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2023

      University Affiliation: Universiteit Leiden

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Embarking the Hydrogen Journey in Ras Al Khaimah: Opportunities and Limits for Circular Carbon Economy in Domestic Transportation

      Recipient name: Mohamed Al Zarooni

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2023

      University Affiliation: University of Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Documenting Al Julfar Incense Burners as Indigenous Heritage for Burning Traditional Arabian Scents in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: William Gerard Zimmerle

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2023

      University Affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi

      Priority Area(s) Art & Culture

      Expatriate Teachers in the UAE, Particularly Ras Al Khaimah: Motivations and Professional Experiences of Irish Teachers

      Recipient name: Anna Dillon

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2023

      University Affiliation: Emirates College for Advanced Education

      Priority Area(s) Education

      National Identity and School Education in the United Arab Emirates since 2008

      Recipient name: Irfan Nazir

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2023

      University Affiliation: Jawaharlal Nehru, University of New Dehli

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Everyday Urbanism between Authenticity and Modernity: A study to Revitalize Ras Al-Khaimah Traditional Market

      Recipient name: Sahera Bleibleh

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2022

      University Affiliation: United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

      Priority Area(s) Urban Planning

      Enhancing Urban Identity of Ras Al Khaimah through Street Corridors & Landscapes

      Recipient name: Amna Chaudhry

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2022

      University Affiliation: Amity University Dubai

      Priority Area(s) Urban Planning

      Mapping teachers’ preparedness to teach and support children on the autism spectrum in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Prithvi Perepa

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2022

      University Affiliation: University of Birmingham

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Exploring the Musical Traditions of the Shihuh

      Recipient name: Carlos Guedes

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2021

      University Affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Mapping the Growth of Mangrove Forests in the United Arab Emirates from 2010 to 2020

      Recipient name: Mary Killilea

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2021

      University Affiliation: New York University

      Priority Area(s) Urban Planning

      Burnout and COVID-19: Exploring Stress Processes in Expatriate Teachers Delivering Education During the Pandemic in Rural and Urban Settings in the UAE

      Recipient name: Antje von Suchodoletz

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2021

      University Affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi

      Priority Area(s) Education, Health & Wellbeing

      Women in Organizations - from Theory to Practice in the United Arab Emirates (Ras Al Khaimah and the Northern Emirates)

      Recipient name: Linzi Kemp

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2021

      University Affiliation: American University of Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Promoting Happy Schools and Communities: Supporting Children and Young People’s Wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Jose Marquez

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2021

      University Affiliation: University of Cambridge

      Priority Area(s) Education, Health & Wellbeing

      Food and Culture in Ras Al Khaimah: Social Memory and Cultural Heritage in Emirati Domestic and Professional Kitchens

      Recipient name: Eloisa Martin

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: United Arab Emirates University

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Cervical Cancer and Participation in Cervical Cancer Screening among Women in Ras Al-Khaimah & Migrant Women in Sydney

      Recipient name: Zakia Hossain

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: University of Sydney

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Implementing diabetes risk screening and prevention program in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Hamzah Alzubaidi

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: University of Sharjah

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Women’s Use of Public Space in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Fathia Elmenghawi & Alexandria Proff

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: American University of Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development

      Influence of Letter Size and Spacing on the Neural Correlates of Reading Acquisition in Arabic Script

      Recipient name: Tracy Centanni

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: Texas Christian University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Special Education Policy in the United Arab Emirates: Implementation and Perception in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Mary Jean DeCarlo & Alia Ammar

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: Drexel University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      When Entrepreneurship Becomes a National Enterprise: The Case of the Arabian Gulf

      Recipient name: Seungah Lee

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant, Fulbright Scholar

      Award Year: 2020

      University Affiliation: Stanford University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      The Role(s) of Private Higher Education in the UAE: A Policy Analysis of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Elizabeth Buckner

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: University of Toronto

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Re thinking Directions and Trajectories of Social-Emotional Learning in the Ras Al Khaimah: Lessons for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

      Recipient name: Tavis Jules

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: Loyola University Chicago

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Resisting Antibiotic Resistance in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Cijo Vazhappilly

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: American University of Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Exposing Routes: Life Histories of African American Teachers Teaching Abroad

      Recipient name: Tiffany Smith

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: University of Minnesota

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Theatre in Ras Al Khaimah: History and Educational Impact

      Recipient name: Katherine Hennessey

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: American University of Kuwait

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Artificial Reefs for Ecotourism in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: John Burt

      Award Type: Organization Collaboration

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi

      Priority Area(s) Urban Planning

      Implementation of the Emirates School Model's Policy on Bilingual Education

      Recipient name: Alexandra Hall Chen

      Award Type: Organization Collaboration

      Award Year: 2019

      University Affiliation: University of Oxford

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Sustainable Transformation of Ras Al Khaimah into Zero Waste Emirate: Challenges and Opportunities

      Recipient name: Uday Kumar

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: American University of Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development

      Teachers' Pedagogical Transfer through Intercultural Exchange: A Qualitative Case Study of the 2018 UAE Teacher Exchange

      Recipient name: Emily Anderson

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: Centenary University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Early Diagnosis of Autism in Urban, Semi-Urban, and Rural Areas of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Agata Wentz

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: Pedagogical University of Krakow

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      International Education Hubs in the Global Education Industry: Changing Policy and Governance in Higher Education

      Recipient name: Marvin Erfurth

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: University of Munster

      Priority Area(s) Education

      The MAR'A Project: Middle Eastern Women Research Association

      Recipient name: Mira Mousa

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: University of Oxford

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Education of Tolerance: An Analysis of the UAE Islamic Education Curriculum

      Recipient name: Mariam AlHashmi

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: Zayed University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      The Interface of Youth National and Global Identities Among International Students in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Abdualla Omaigon

      Award Type: Organization Collaboration

      Award Year: 2018

      University Affiliation: University of Oxford

      Priority Area(s) Education

      History Flows Towards the Sea: Establishing a Cultural Route of Waterworks in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

      Recipient name: William Raynolds

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2017

      University Affiliation: Columbia University

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Culture & Heritage

      Space, Scale and Language Policy Performativity in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: William Cook

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2017

      University Affiliation: York University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Provision of Affordable Housing in Ras Al Khaimah: Evaluation of the Sheikh Saud and Sheikh Zayed Housing Programs

      Recipient name: Sandeep Agrawal

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2017

      University Affiliation: University of Alberta

      Priority Area(s) Urban Planning

      Establishing the Awareness of Local Cultural Heritage in Architectural Education at AURAK: Documenting the old houses of Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Tawfiq Abu Hantash

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2017

      University Affiliation: American University Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Increasing Students’ Arabic Reading Speed in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Helen Abadzi

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2017

      University Affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington

      Priority Area(s) Education

      A Re-examination of the Role of Education: Embracing the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council Society

      Recipient name: Chloe Sim

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: Waseda University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Development & Implementation of a Public Awareness Campaign Around Breast Cancer in Ras Al Khaimah (Phase II Study)

      Recipient name: Zakia Hossain

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: University of Sydney

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Ras Al Khaimah Mangroves

      Recipient name: Hamad Assaf

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: American University Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Early Childhood Education in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Priti Verma

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: Higher Colleges of Technology

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Investigating Teachers' Experiences in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Emily Winchip

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: Nottingham University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Building International Cultural Capital: Reconfiguring Paradigms of Culture and the State in the UAE

      Recipient name: Elizabeth Dierderian

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2016

      University Affiliation: Northwestern University

      Priority Area(s) Education, Culture & Heritage

      Streamlining and Modernizing Health Workforce Governance: A Case Study of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

      Recipient name: Stephanie Short

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: University of Sydney

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Biofuel Exploration from Soil Microorganisms in the Ras Al Khaimah Mangroves

      Recipient name: Maxime Merhab

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: American University Ras Al Khaimah

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      Infrastructure and Identity: the Transformation of Space and the Formation of the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Matthew Maclean

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: New York University

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Culture & Heritage

      A Feasibility Study: Eat Well Assist

      Recipient name: Mary Steen

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: University of South Australia

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Acoustically Activated Release of Targeted Nanocarriers for Breast Cancer Treatment

      Recipient name: Ghaleb Husseini

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: American University of Sharjah

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Education Policy in the UAE, GCC, and Arab Region

      Recipient name: Elizabeth Buckner

      Award Type: Organization Collaboration

      Award Year: 2015

      University Affiliation: Columbia University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Education Policymaking in Resource Rich and Resource Poor Countries: A Comparison of the UAE And Jordan

      Recipient name: Samar Farah

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2014

      University Affiliation: Columbia University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Transforming Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Patrick Brennan

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2014

      University Affiliation: University of Sydney

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      Educational Systems - Quality and Impact in UAE Higher Education

      Recipient name: Lee Rensimer

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2014

      University Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Madison

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Healthcare Professionals and Medical Tourism in the United Arab Emirates

      Recipient name: Sarath Ganji

      Award Type: Fulbright Scholar

      Award Year: 2014

      University Affiliation: Harvard University

      Priority Area(s) Health & Wellbeing

      People of Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Anna Zacharias Jeff Topping

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2014

      University Affiliation: The National

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Nationalism in the UAE

      Recipient name: Martin Ledstrup

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2013

      University Affiliation: University of Southern Denmark

      Priority Area(s) Culture & Heritage

      Professional Development Policies and Practices in RAK’s Universities and Colleges

      Recipient name: Jane Knight

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2013

      University Affiliation: University of Toronto

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Education Reform in the UAE

      Recipient name: Ruba Tabari

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2012

      University Affiliation: University College London

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Urban Development Lab: A Unique Urban Planning Opportunity for Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: ICOS Group

      Award Type: Seed Grant

      Award Year: 2012

      University Affiliation: ICOS Group

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Urban Planning

      International Branch Campuses in the UAE

      Recipient name: Christine Farrugia

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2012

      University Affiliation: State University of New York at Albany

      Priority Area(s) Education

      The UAE Academic Workforce: Composition, Characteristics, and Professional Nature of Work

      Recipient name: David Chapman Ann Austin

      Award Type: Faculty Grant

      Award Year: 2012

      University Affiliation: University of Minnesota Michigan State University

      Priority Area(s) Education

      Perceptions of Childhood Obesity in Ras Al Khaimah

      Recipient name: Kelly Stott

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2011

      University Affiliation: Columbia University

      Priority Area(s) Education, Health & Wellbeing

      Building Citizens for the Arab Knowledge Economy

      Recipient name: Calvert Jones

      Award Type: Doctoral Grant

      Award Year: 2011

      University Affiliation: Yale University

      Priority Area(s) Community Development, Education

      No Grant found