research guidelines & FUNDING

The Research & Publications Office (RPO) administers a Budget which caters for Research Projects, Conference attendance and Publication charges. Prospective applicants for any of these funds should follow proper procedures. Enquiries should be made to the RPO for clarification on any of these procedures. To apply for Research funds, the following Guidelines/Procedures apply (also see, Research Proposal Template/format).

• An applicant must develop a complete research Project Proposal following the template/Format provided on this website. Proposals are expected to address the research issues prioritized by the applicant’s Faculty/Centre in its Research Strategy. It is also expected that senior academics should include young researchers in the research teams for mentoring and capacity-building purposes. Collaborative research is encouraged, hence priority for funding will be given to proposals that fulfill this requirement.
• The Project Proposal must be submitted to the Faculty/Centre Research & Publications Committee for evaluation.
• The Faculty/Centre Research & Publications Committee, chaired by the Faculty/Centre representative on the University Research & Publications Committee (URPC), will evaluate the Proposal and give feedback to the applicant for improvement of the Proposal (where applicable).
• The Faculty/Centre Research & Publications Committee will then submit the revised Proposal, together with the Minutes of their evaluation meeting, to the Secretariat of the URPC for inclusion in the Agenda for the next meeting.
• All proposals that have gone through this process will be tabled at a meeting of the URPC, chaired by the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs & Research) for discussion and approval/rejection.
• Approved Proposals will be registered with the Secretariat of the URPC and awarded money for their research activities.
• All awardees are expected to submit annual progress reports of their work before the disbursement of funds for the following year can be granted.

For further information contact any RPO Staff on the emails and phone numbers given on this website.