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Oluwafemi Awodele
1 week ago
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The Federal Government has approved the award of N4,249,626,817.69 grant for the funding of 158 research projects under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund National Research Fund 2024 Grant Cycle.
The approval followed the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee, which recommended the funding of the 158 research proposals after a rigorous screening exercise, which commenced with the receipt of 6,944 concept notes from various researchers.
A statement signed by TETFund’s Director of Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, said the breakdown of the approval indicated that the sum of N2,349,951,630.43 was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation thematic group; N1,028,966,204.32 for Humanities and Social Science, while Cross-Cutting received N870,708,982.94.
more: https://punchng.com/fg-backs-158-varsity-research-projects-with-n4-2bn/
