N5,128,180,623.63 has been authorised by the federal government to support 185 research projects that were found to be successful under the Tertiary Education Trust support (TETFund) National Research Fund, NRF 2023 Grant Cycle.
The government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is continuing its efforts to advance research and development for Nigeria’s technical and economic advancement with this permission.
Following a thorough screening process that began in March 2023 with the receipt of 4,287 concept notes from potential applicants, the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee, or NRFS&MC, recommended the funding of the 185 research proposals. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, conveyed the approval.
The TETFund’s acting director of public affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, said in a statement:
“A breakdown of the approval indicates that the sum of N3,784,635,923.00 was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) thematic group; N759,875,400.00 for Humanities and Social Science (HSS) while Cross Cutting (CC) received N583,669,300.63 with individual grants ranging between N8 million and over N46 million.”
“Some of the approved research works under the Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) thematic group 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 Multichamber Evaporative Cooling Preservative System for Post-Harvest Storage of Selected Fruits in Nigeria; and Development of Electric Vehicle With Special Tracking Features, among others.
“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; Development of an Economical Low Voltage Programmable Electroporator and Investigation of Pulse Electric Field for Wound Healing and Cancer Treatment; etc.
“Approved under 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, the statement read.
cc: Vanguard Ng
