Alkhebra Consulting offers a range of premier consultancy services in research policies and management. We are the only Qatari company in the region that offers consultancy and training services on research related strategies, research policies, research administrations, and research grant management. Research management, also referred to as research administration, is a process that requires the establishment of rigorous policies and procedures before, during, and after the completion of conducting the actual research. In the Middle East, the notion of directing and administering research is still nascent and not yet fully matured, therefore, we at Alkhebra Consulting understand the local gaps and the actual needs. Thanks to its founder and CEO, Dr. Abdulnasser Al-Ansari, who spent a lot of the past years in multiple research job positions/assignments engaging and working with the research community and who is knowledgeable of the existing challenges and needs of Qatar’s research ecosystem. As a result, the research related consultancy services offered at Alkhebra reflects extensive past and recent input from Qatar’s research leaderships, researchers, and other relevant stakeholders.
Regardless of its impact, conducting research would never reach high quality standard without having guiding principles governed by policies and procedures. Members at Alkhebra and its Associates have vast experience related to research management rules and governance. At Alkhebra Consulting, we understand that Qatar’s research environment is still emerging and not fully developed. We realize where there is lack of capability such as human capacity and where there is deficient research infrastructure such as research policies. We also have established networks and links with reputable international partners and members of the research societies such as the Society of Research Administration International (SRAI) and other international consulting firms and partners. Therefore, whenever needed, we are able to import strengths from leading international Consulting Agencies and Academic Institutions and utilize our membership with SRAI as a gateway to international research practices with expertise in research management, ethics, and compliances.
Whether you want to establish a research office to administer research or evaluate your research office operations, Alkhebra Consulting can review, analyse, assess, and recommend solutions. We offer a comprehensive review of policies and practices in areas vital to a successful research administration office.
Whenever you want to solve critical problems by means of conducting research, you have the option of introducing the problems with its terms and conditions to others through what is referred to as a call or Request-for-Proposal (RFP). Alkhebra Consulting can help you translate your requirements and expectations from research while conducting and finalizing the research project.
For Institutions that are new to conducting or managing research, Alkhebra Consulting can sit down with you and discuss your objectives and needs. We can help you set up your complete research operation with the proper infrastructure from organizational chart and governance to required human resources along with staff job descriptions and policies and procedures.
High quality competitive researches require experts to assess and review research proposals usually received in response to Request for Proposal (RFP). Alkhebra Consulting has a database of assessors composed of local and international networks with well-known experts, scientists, and other specialized consulting firms and partners. For pre-award research proposals, we can help you set up reviews composed of independent peer reviewers or organize a panel of multiple interactive reviewers. Similarly, for already awarded research proposals, we can help your Organization setup reviewers that would review and monitor the research activities and outcome for the entire lifetime of research projects.
Research management have considerably evolved in the information technology era, with years of experience, out staff can help you find ready-made information technology solutions that can electronically help you manage your research operations efficiently as per international practices and standards.
At Alkhebra Consulting, with our expertise and long experience, we can help you find suitable partners and collaborator that would fit your research needs. We have staff members who used to be researchers, research managers, frequent speakers on a variety of research related topics at national conferences, a committee member on research partnership strategies, and a contact-point leader for local and international research collaboration who worked on various international collaborative research programs.
