TETFund Disburses N6.3bn Grant To 217 Researchers

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has disbursed over N6.4 billion to a total of 217 researchers under its 2020 National Research Fund grant cycle for the conduct of cutting-edge research in public tertiary institutions in the country.

Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, made this known in Abuja, at the formal inauguration of the biennial TETFund National Research Fund Screening & Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC), as well as the Technical Advisory Group (TAG).

While the NRFS&MC is chaired by Prof. Abubakar Kundiri, TAG has Prof. Charles Aworh as the chairman with a mandate to screen proposals on manuscripts for development into academic textbooks and advise TETFund on fundable manuscripts among other things.

Bogoro who explained that the grant cycle of the 2020 exercise was concluded in January 2020, added that the awardees were selected from public tertiary institutions and research institutes after rigorous screening by the National Research Fund Screening & Monitoring Committee headed by a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Bamiro.

While urging members of the committees inaugurated to adhere strictly to merit, he warned against compromise in the selection process, stressing that any member found wanting would be deleted from the committee.

He recalled that the Fund had from 2012 to 2019, also awarded a total of 240 research grants at a total cost of ₦6,708,367,736.25, which he observed was almost the awards for 2020 alone.

Clement Idoko

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