Nigerian Tribune, gathered that FUTA alone won 17 grants out of the 185 research proposals scheduled for funding under the 2023 Grant Cycle. With 17 grants, FUTA, posted one of the best showings among other niversities with its researchers winning funding grants to the tune of N426,656,552.45. Following closely on the feat are OAU and Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-MINNA), with both having 16 proposals approved by the intervention agency. He said for the current grant cycle, N5.1 billion will be released for the funding of 185 successful research proposals. Suffice to state that the TETFund research awards are of two types namely, National Research Fund (NRF) and Institution Based Research (IBR) with different modalities for selection and awards.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 08, 2024 13:09 UTC