TETFund National Research Grant 2016 has been extended.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND is calling for proposals and application from lecturers who are interested in accessing the National Research Fund for the year 2016.

The National Research Fund was established pursuant to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act 2011 for the resuscitation of research activities in Nigeria’s Public Tertiary Institutions, which section 20 of the Act defines as Public “Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.” It is also aimed at addressing the critical needs of the Nations developmental aspirations through targeted research.

TETFund National Research Grant 2016

ELIGIBILITY

• Lecturers in any of our Public Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria are eligible.
• Multi-Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary researches, comprising Researchers from various disciplines, are most highly encouraged.
• The Lead Researcher will head the research team and will be referred to as the Principal Researcher / Investigator (PI).
• The PI will be personally responsible and held accountable for the conduct of the research.
• An added requirement is that the PI must be institution-based, with the PI’s institution regarded as the Co-ordinating Institution.

AREAS OF RESEARCH

The categories and specialized subject areas for funding are as follows:

CATEGORY / THEMATIC AREA

A. Science, Technology and Innovation

1. Agriculture, Food Security
2. Health and Social Welfare
3. Transport
4. Energy and Power
5. ICT & Telecommunications
6. Space Science

B. Humanities and Social Science  C. Cross Cutting ThemesNational Integration, National Security

1. Education and Training
2. Economic Development
3. Social Welfare
4. Population Studies

1. Environment, Housing & Urban Development
2. Entrepreneurship & Wealth Creation
3. Resource Governance
4. Science and Technology Management

NB: The Research Brief, containing details of the research areas,is to be found in the TETFund Website – www.tetfund.gov.ng

NOMINATION / APPLICATION PROCEDURE

(i) All applications are to be made strictly on the prescribed TETFund Research Grant Application Form. The application form can be downloaded from the TETFund Website-www.tetfund.gov.ng

(ii) The total budget for each research proposal shall not be above N50 million.

(iii) Any proposal that does not follow the formats presented in the Application Form shall not be considered.

(iv) Only one application may be submitted according to the prescribed format.

(v) 3 hard copies of the duly completed forms shall be submitted by the Researchers through the Head of the Institution who shall forward them, with a covering letter dully signed by him/her, to the address below:

The Executive Secretary
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)
6 Zambezi Crescent
Off Aguiyi Ironsi Crescent
Maitama
Abuja

Application Forms not duly endorsed by the Head of the Co-ordinating Institution shall be rejected.

SELECTION / CONSIDERATIONS

i. All submitted proposals will be subjected to appraisal by the National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) who shall make appropriate recommendations to the Board of Trustees of the Fund for consideration and approval.

ii. The PIand at least a member of the Research Teamof an adjudged fundable proposal shall be invited to defend their proposals before the NRFS&MC before a letter of award is issued by the TETFund, if the proposal is finally recommended for funding.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The deadline for submission of proposals has been postponed from Friday 26th February 2016 to Friday 22nd April, 2016.

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Seps to Re-print your JAMB Registration slip

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Examination is commencing on the 27th of February 2016. And not 29th Feb. So if you have not printed your Jamb Examination Slip by now, you are going late. Follow our steps below to quickly print yours before it is too late.

Steps to Re-Print your Jamb Registration Slip

1. You will need a PC or Mobile Phone connected to the internet at home! Make sure you are up around 3.00am to 6.00AM) the reason why you should wake up early is to try and download your PDF file from this guide here.
If you have successfully downloaded yours in a PDF file, you can go to any Cybercafe/Business centre nearest to you (with your phone cable) to print your slip from your phone OR if you save it in your email, you can go the cafe and ask the operator to print it out.
2. If you are not successful, you are advised to go to the nearest accredited Jamb computer based test (CBT) centre nearest to you as it appears they may have a special link they use to make such print outs.
If they ask you to drop your details and a small fee (just go with N500), please do. You may be asked to come back the next day or thereabout.
If you follow the above steps, you will not have a problem printing your Jamb slip.
Don’t forget to share this information with your friends on twitter and Facebook.
From our reliable sources, JAMB may likely begin exams on the 27th Feb, 2016, as indicated on some of the exam slips printed by some Jambites/candidates.
 This means all candidates MUST have printed their Jamb Registration Slip before now or 27th February 2016. If you print yours late, you might just find out that your date is yesterday!

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