up to a maximum of 20,000AED for non-lab based projects and a maximum of 30,000AED for lab-based projects. Research Clusters A new initiative was established in 2016 to encourage cross-discipline collaboration among faculty. A maximum of 50,000AED per project is allocated. Laboratories College of Arts and Creative Enterprises Fabrication Lab (3D Printing, Laser, prototype digital manufacturing) College of Business Bloomberg Finance Lab College of Communication and Media Sciences du Multimedia Labs College of Natural and Health Sciences Air Quality Lab Aqueous Geochemistry Laboratory Cognition and Neuroscience Lab * Microbiology Laboratory Environmental Simulation and Remote Sensing Lab Hydroponic Lab Hyperspectroscopy Lab Instrumentation Lab Marine Science Lab Nutrient Analysis Laboratory Organic Chemistry Lab College of Technological Innovation Advance Cyber Forensics Research Lab Capstone Lab Cisco Regional Academy Lab Database Lab Digital Forensics Lab Enterprise Systems Lab Game Development Lab Graduate Lab Hardware Lab Human Computer Interaction Lab Information Security Lab Intelligent Remote Sensing and Tracking Lab Multimedia Lab Networking Lab Operating Systems Lab SMART Lab Undergraduate research The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program was launched in 2010 to encourage and support undergraduate student research. The competitive program provides students with faculty mentorship, workshops and lectures over a two and a half year period during the course of their studies. Students are expected to produce original research that is submitted to international academic journals at the end of the program. Abu Dhabi campus In 2009, Zayed University announced plans for the construction of a new campus in Abu Dhabi to meet the needs of a growing student population in the capital city. The campus was designed by German architect, Hadi Teherani, and inspired by the desert environment in which it would be constructed combining the modern and traditional to produce a striking complex with an iconic roof design. The campus was completed and operational in 2011. The new campus is located in Zayed City in Abu Dhabi and covers an area of 77 Hectares with a total built up area of 188,500sqm. The university complex consists of 28 building and facilities include “a 1,000-person theatre, a convention center, 400 seminar rooms and a four-story library with a tiered amphitheater design based on the US Library of Congress. Dubai campus The Zayed University Dubai campus moved to its current location in Al Ruwayyah, near Academic City, Dubai back in 2006. The original campus was near the northern end of the Abu Dhabi peninsula, on Delma