The Federal Government, on Tuesday, approved the award of N4.2bn grant for the funding of 158 research projects under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund National Research Fund 2024 Grant Cycle.
The approval followed the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee, which recommended the funding of the 158 research proposals after a rigorous screening exercise, which commenced with the receipt of 6,944 Cocept Notes from various researchers.
A statement signed by TETFund’s Director of of Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, said the breakdown of the approval indicates that the sum of N2,349,951,630.43 was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation thematic group; N1,028,966,204.32 for Humanities and Social Science, while Cross Cutting received N870,708,982.94.
Beneficiary Institutions with the highest number of awards include the Federal University of Technology, Minna with a total of 15 awards amounting to N400,035,708.51; Ahmadu Bello University with 13 awards totaling N359,809,744.18, and Federal University of Technology, Akure with 12 awards at N341,608,592.80.
Others are Federal University of Technology, Owerri with 11 awards at N256,350,698.80; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi with 10 awards at N273,406,318.80 and University of Ilorin with 8 awards totaling N220,538,834.12,” the statement said
It added that the approved research works include Development of Sustainable Eco-Friendly Walling System for Low-Cost Housing in the Rural Communities of Nigeria; Development of hybrid cubic fertilizer using plant based binders for efficient nutrient release and utilization; Development of an Intelligent Aerial Robotics System for Efficient Weed and Disease Management in Maize-Cowpea Farmland in Nigeria; Development of an Artificial Intelligence-Enable Internet of Medical Things for Military Physiological Monitoring and Activity Recognition System at War Zone, and Development of a Novel Intelligent Electrical Energy Management Metering among others.
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