The federal government has approved the sum of N4,736,782,352.21 for the award of 219 research grants to successful participants under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) programme for the 2021 grant cycle.
The approval followed the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) recommendation of 219 research proposals after a rigorous screening exercise of 4,810 from prospective applicants in November 2021, said a statement by Ag. Director, Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi.
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The breakdown of the approval indicated that the sum of N3,066,156,844.61 was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) thematic group, N806,381,998.00 for Humanities and Social Science (HSS) while Cross Cutting (CC) received N864,242,509.60, with individual grants ranging from N4.5 million to over N41 million.
