Establishing Biotechnology Training and Research Unit Palestine Polytechnic University Hebron Outline Before submitting a proposal to QIF; Our selection process The idea of our project; Goal and objectives How much progress has been made? Achievements Keys to success; good idea, coherent plan, team-work, cooperation Before we submit a proposal to QIF Idea1 Idea2 Idea3 Idea4 Idea5 Advisory Committee One page Select or merge Concept note A Concept note B 2-3 pages Evaluation and scoring according to QIF manual 2 internal reviewers If good score Full proposal Team writing QIF The idea of our project University Labor Market Biotech Training & Research Unit Biotechnology Has a wide range of exploitations: Medical Agricultural Industrial Environmental A key player in sustainable development Its incorporation requires qualified personnel Weak practical skills Biology Medical technology Plant production Animal production Projects Goal and Objectives Providing the Palestinian market with skilled personnel in the arena of biotechnology Providing short-training courses hours Providing problem-based training 1-3 months To carry out applied research projects To build up a master program in biotechnology How much progress has been made? Short Training Courses Total # of trainees = 70 (the target was 48) Total # of training courses = 6 courses Bioinformatics Molecular Diagnostics Plant molecular taxonomy Biomedical literature data bases How much progress has been made? Problem-based training 4 graduates 4 mini projects 3 from JUST 1 from Philadelphia University How much progress has been made? Applied research projects Joint project with Louis Pasteur Institute30,000 TWAS, Italy 10,000 $US Deanship of Scientific Research (PPU)7,000 $US Joint project with Barcelona University140,000 (pending) Currently we have 3 funded research projects How much progress has been made? Master program in biotechnology Team work with Bethlehem University The first Joint master program will be launched September 2008 Share resources Empower staff Improve quality Compete each other or Work together? Good ideaBelieve in it Coherent planContinuous evaluation Team-work Respect Cooperation Good intention Keys to Success Fascinating team BU partners (Dr. Moien Kanaan) QIF & PCU teams Acknowledgment . . . . There is no way to get experience except through experience Thanks