Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N5.1bn grant for 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) 2023 Grant Cycle.
N3.7bn was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology
and Innovation (SETI) thematic group; N759 million, for Humanities and Social
Science, while Cross Cutting received N583 million, with individual grants
ranging between N8 million and over N46 million.
NRF Grant was introduced by TETFund to encourage
cutting-edge research which explore research areas relevant to societal needs
of Nigeria, such as power and energy, health, security, agriculture, employment
and wealth creation etc.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, in a
statement, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, said the approval followed the report of the
TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC)
which recommended the funding of the 185 research proposals after a rigorous
screening exercise that commenced in March 2023 with the receipt of 4,287
Concept Notes from prospective applicants.
He listed some of the approved research works under the
Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) thematic group to
include; Application of the Hydro-Biogeochemical Framework to Develop a
National Rural Water Quality Assurance Plan for Sustainable Water Quality
Management In Nigeria; Development and Use of Doubled Haploid Maize Lines for
Improved Maize Yield and Tolerance to Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda);
Development of an Intelligent Multi chamber Evaporative Cooling Preservative
System for Post-Harvest Storage of Selected Fruits in Nigeria and Development
of Electric Vehicle With Special Tracking Features, among others.
Acting Director, Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, who
signed the statement on behalf of the Executive Secretary, added that the
projects under Cross Cutting thematic group include; Utilisation of Scrap Tires
and Plastic Wastes as aggregate Conductive Material for Renewable Energy
Storage System; Development of Appropriate Technology for Production of
Aluminum Alloy Sacrificial Anodes for Applications in Nigeria Oil and Gas
Industry; as well as Development of an Economical Low Voltage Programmable Electroporator
and Investigation of Pulse Electric Field for Wound Healing and Cancer
Treatment; etc.
He also confirmed that research proposals approved under the
Humanities and Social Science are Digital Financial Inclusion; Rural
Households’ Consumption Structure and Well-being in Nigeria; Equity and
Inclusion; Creating Access to Library Resources for Students Living with Vision
Impairment in e-Learning Environment in Nigerian Universities; and Mitigating
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Frontline Nigerian Army Personnel using
Stress Inoculation Therapy; and others.
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