{"id":1754,"date":"2020-11-16T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mydu.du.edu.om\/du-icons\/?page_id=1754"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:52:06","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mydu.du.edu.om\/du-icons\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1754\" class=\"elementor elementor-1754\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c77583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c77583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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                       <h3 class=\"elementskit-info-box-title\">\n                    RESEARCH AT DU                <\/h3>\n                                    <p>\n <\/p>\n                                        <div class=\"box-footer enable_hover_btn\">\n                    <div class=\"btn-wraper\">\n                                                            <a href=\"http:\/\/research.du.edu.om\/introduction\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"elementskit-btn elementor-animation-\">\n                                        Visit\n                                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tsicon tsicon-view\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/a>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"icon-hover\">\n            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>        <\/div>\n\n        \n                            \n           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class=\"funfact-symbol\">+<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <p class=\"funfact-text\">Web of Science Publications<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"funfact-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"funfact-head\">\r\n            <span class=\"counter-value\" data-target=\"276\">0<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"funfact-symbol\">+<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <p class=\"funfact-text\">Conference Grants<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <!-- Row 2 -->\r\n    <div class=\"funfact-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"funfact-head\">\r\n            <span class=\"counter-value\" data-target=\"1412\">0<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"funfact-symbol\">+<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <p class=\"funfact-text\">Incentives for publications<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"funfact-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"funfact-head\">\r\n            <span class=\"counter-value\" data-target=\"126\">0<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <p class=\"funfact-text\">Externally 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