The National Research Fund grant cycle started by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has actually gotten approval for N5,128,180,623 to money 185 effective research study propositions.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, communicated this approval, following the suggestion from the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee. The whole procedure begun in March 2023, where 4,287 Concept Notes were gotten from potential candidates, and strenuous screening was performed.
This was included in a declaration provided by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
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According to the declaration, “The breakdown of the approval exposes that N3,784,635,923.00 was designated for the Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation thematic group. In addition, N759,875,400.00 was appointed for Humanities and Social Science, while the Cross-Cutting thematic group got N583,669,300.63. with private grants varying in between N8 million and over N46 million.”
Noteworthy authorized research study works for the Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation thematic group consist of the Application of the Hydro-Biogeochemical Framework for Sustainable Water Quality Management, the Development and Use of Doubled Haploid Maize Lines, Intelligent Multichamber Evaporative Cooling Preservative System, and the Development of Electric Vehicle with Special Tracking Features.
Under the Cross-Cutting thematic group, jobs such as the Utilisation of Scrap Tires and Plastic Wastes for Renewable Energy Storage Systems, the Development of Appropriate Technology for the Production of Aluminum Alloy Sacrificial Anodes, and the Investigation of Pulse Electric Field for Wound Healing and Cancer Treatment were authorized.