The Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund) has constituted the National Contact Point (NCP) to serve as a channel for information dissemination on opportunities.
This is part of the commitment towards actualising the African Union (AU) and European Union, (EU) partnership on research and innovation.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, who disclosed this at the launch and presentation of the Nigerian Contact Network and presentation of work programme for 2023-2024, in Abuja, said the NCP would also provide for researchers in various workshops.
He said Nigeria had not been able to participate effectively in the EU research funding framework programme until now.
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Echono also said the Fund was providing further support to the NCP Network to enable it to mobilize the Nigerian research community effectively to benefit from the platform and training programme to be deployed by the EU delegation
He said the Fund had initiated the process to ensure that the researchers from Nigerian higher education institutions participate effectively in the EU Research and Innovation framework programme, notably the Horizon Europe.
He added that the Fund had initiated several interventions aimed at resuscitating research activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions and that the interventions were intended to facilitate cutting-edge research which would contribute to national developmental efforts as well as tackle global challenges.
In her remark, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Ms Monisola Udoh, said the ministry was committed to fostering and supporting the collaboration of the Horizon Europe/Nigerian National Contact Point network.
