Stars of Science

Overview

Since 2009, Stars of Science has been the Arab world’s first and foremost edutainment television initiative, a Qatar Foundation program built on innovation and grounded in QF’s enduring values and objectives. Hosted at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), the program has spent more than a decade empowering young Arab innovators to transform bold ideas into tangible, real-world solutions, helping to foster a culture of innovation among Arab youth and across the region.

Now entering its landmark Season 18, the program returns reimagined for a new era with a refreshed format, a modern new look, and the same mission at its heart: to spotlight the region’s most promising innovators as they build technologies that improve lives, create opportunity in their communities, and advance sustainable development across the Arab world.

Timeline & Structure

Across the competition, participants develop their ventures in a shared innovation ecosystem. An expert panel mentors and selects the most promising innovators and their ventures, across successive rounds of development, prototyping and testing. The strongest advance to a final stage, where their ideas are judged on real-world impact and investability. The season’s standout innovators get the opportunity to pitch in front of VCs and angel investors and ultimately secure a place in QSTP incubation program to build their ventures for the long term.

Watch Season 17