Subject: Uganda: Makerere Gets Sh3 Billion for Research
Uganda: Makerere Gets Sh3 Billion for Research
By Conan Businge, 18 October 2013
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MAKERERE University is benefiting from a $1.2 million (about sh3.1bn) grant to University of Cambridge, meant to boost its research from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Alborada Trust of United Kingdom.
Other contributors to the grant include the Isaac Newton Trust (Trinity College, Cambridge), the A.G. Levanters Foundation, and three other partner Universities; under the Cambridge Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx).
The CAPREx initiative enables researchers at Makerere University to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and the University of Ghana, Legon; for a period of three years.
CAPREx aims at building on the University of Cambridge's existing independent collaborations with both Universities in East and West Africa. It enhances post-doctoral academic research excellence in the subject areas chosen by the African partners, on top of developing joint research projects.
There are 40 academic research fellowships available for researchers from Makerere and Ghana to apply for over the three years.
Another key aspect of CAPREx is to strengthen the capacity for research management and administration at the African partner Universities.
The Research Operations Office at the University of Cambridge is providing training to 12 African staff (over the three years) at the University of Cambridge, and also organising training workshops in each African University.
CAPREx enhances Makerere University's 10-year strategic plan for 2008/9-2018/19, in which the University is repositioning itself to become research-driven and the leading institution for academic excellence and innovation in Africa.
To help fulfill this strategy, Makerere University chose to use CAPREx as a means of strengthening research in the social sciences and humanities, while the University of Ghana chose to focus on engineering and biological sciences.
The Deputy Director of Research and Graduate Training at Makerere University, Professor George Nasinyama said, "CAPREx aims at equipping African partner University staff with the skills, resources, networks and vision to become internationally competitive and successful researchers."
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