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5/7/25, 4:50 PM DGHR holds first awareness workshop for ‘Research Awards 2025’ | Web Release
and practical knowledge production across diverse domains, with an aim to build a highly flexible and sustainable
government ecosystem.

Al Falasi added: “The Research Awards serves as a strategic platform to advance critical thinking and facilitate robust

national knowledge production, further supporting key decision-making processes and policy formulation. The award
aims to encourage talented individuals, including government employees and university students, to conduct scientific

research that addresses both present challenges and leverages future opportunities. It also seeks to combine scientific
research and institutional development, as a means to enhance government efficiency. Hence, the initiative reflects our

broader vision to promote human capital development and invest in national capabilities, further consolidating Dubai’s
position as a global leader in efficiency, sustainability and knowledge-based governance.”

The workshop was presented by Dr Amira Kamali, Human Resources Consultant at DGHR, who highlighted the

award’s strategic goals, its categories, submission mechanisms and evaluation criteria. She further underscored the
award’s significance as a dynamic avenue to bolster applied research activities within the government sector. The
workshop featured four specialised scientific sessions, which explored key challenges and opportunities in the human

resources domain, with the participation of distinguished academics. These included the ‘Employee Wellbeing in the
Work Environment’ session by Dr Hamda Khansaheb from MBRU; ‘Human Resources Management: Reality,

Challenges, and Future’ session led by Dr Yousif Al Ghalayini from MBRSG; session on ‘Developing Human Resources
Systems and Policies in Dubai Government’ by Dr Ayman Ibrahim from RIT Dubai; as well as ‘Job Skills and Lifelong

Learning’ session led by Professor Mostafa Hassan from HBMSU.

The final deadline for receiving research submissions for the award is August 9, 2025, with winners slated to be
announced in October this year. DGHR will also organise yet another awareness workshop in May to further raise

awareness on the award’s objectives, increase participation of government employees and university students, and
provide the requisite support needed to prepare research proposals.

Furthermore, the Research Awards reflects the wise leadership’s long-standing vision to develop effective strategies for
human resource empowerment and adopt globally accredited best practices in institutional work. This goal can only be

realised through the active participation of national talents in creating innovative, sustainable and future-ready work
models.

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