RIE NEWS, FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES NO. 21 (2020)
Dear University Community,
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BLOG
The Office of RIE created the Research and Innovation Blog, https://uonresearch.org/blog/
All articles should be sent as a Word Document to madaragot@uonbi.ac.ke copied to dvcrie@uonbi.ac.ke. All images should be embedded in the document AND also sent as separate attachments. NOTE THAT BLOG CONTRIBUTIONS ARE REQUESTED FROM UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY ONLY.
Blogs added this week:
- Implications of Cancelled KCSE 2020 Exams on the Financial Viability of Public Universities, https://uonresearch.org/blog/implications-of-cancelled-kcse-2020-exams-on-the-financial-viability-of-public-universities/
- The Status of Spouse Abuse in Nairobi City County https://uonresearch.org/blog/the-status-of-spouse-abuse-in-nairobi-county/
RESEARCH WEEK 2020
Research Week 2020 is going virtual. Dates are the same, only 30 days left to submit abstracts. Visit https://uonresearch.org/researchweek2020 for more details. Follow us on twitter @RPEUoN for regular updates.
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
Several of our researchers have been successful in winning research grants. You can read up on recent grants awarded below:
- Making Every Women and Girl Count: Graduate Students Research and Dissemination Programme https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/latest-news/making-every-women-a
Research Week 2020 is going virtual. Dates are the same, only 30 days left to submit abstracts. Visit https://uonresearch.org/researchweek2020 for more details. Follow us on twitter @RPEUoN for regular updates.
- Design, Prototyping, Testing and Certification of Oxygen Concentrators, https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/latest-news/design-prototyping-testing-and-certification-oxygen-concentrators.
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If you have recently been awarded a grant, please let us know (dvcrie@uonbi.ac.ke) so that we can feature you and your research team.
FUNDING
Newly added funding opportunities. Categories are:
1. Research and Innovation Grants
2. Research Infrastructure Grants
3. Awards and Prizes
4. Fellowships and Scholarships
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5. Consultancies
6. Student and Staff Mobility
7. Sponsored Training
8. Travel Grants
1. Research and Innovation Grants
Research/Innovation Grants - NIHR Global Health Research Units
Location: United Kingdom
Company: National Institutes of Health Research
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/nihr-global-health-research-units/
KENYA POLICY BRIEFS
SUBMIT YOUR POLICY BRIEFS for the September 2020 and January 20121. To view the current Issue and to submit your manuscript. We welcome you on this journey and encourage you to share and tweet this information through your networks.
Madara Ogot
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, and
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office. +2540204913164
Office of Deputy Vice- Chancellor, RIE
University of Nairobi.
