RIE NEWS, FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES NO. 19 (2020)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BLOG
The Office of RIE created the Research and Innovation Blog, https://uonresearch.org/blog/
All articles should be sent as a Word Document to madaragot@uonbi.ac.ke copied to dvcrie@uonbi.ac.ke. All images should be embedded in the document AND also sent as separate attachments. NOTE THAT BLOG CONTRIBUTIONS ARE REQUESTED FROM UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY ONLY.
Blogs added this week:
1. Impact of COVID-19 to the Economy of Kenya https://uonresearch.org/blog/impact-of-covid-19-to-the-economy-of-kenya/
2. Monitoring Social Returns on Public Roads Investments through Value for Money Auditing https://uonresearch.org/blog/monitoring-social-returns-on-public-roads-investments-through-value-for-money-auditing/
RESEARCH WEEK 2020
Research Week 2020 is going virtual. Dates are the same, only 30 days left to submit abstracts. Visit https://uonresearch.org/researchweek2020 for more details. Follow us on twitter @RPEUoN for regular updates.
FUNDING
New grants added this week.
1. Research and Innovation Grants
Research/Innovation Grants - Nutrition in Secondary Cities
Location: Switzerland
Company: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/nutrition-in-secondary-cities/
Research/Innovation Grants - Agro-biodiversity for Food Security and Nutrition
Location: Swtizerland
Company: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/agro-biodiversity-for-food-security-and-nutrition/
Research/Innovation Grants-Human Rights in Food Systems
Location: Switzerland
Company: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/human-rights-in-food-systems/
Research/Innovation Grants - AI 4 Development - Indabax Innovation Call for Proposals
Company: Deep Learning Indaba
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/ai-4-development-indabax-innovation-call-for-proposals/
Research/Innovation Grants - Applications for Research of Human Origins
Location: United States
Company: Leakey Foundation
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/applications-for-research-of-human-origins/
ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases - Mini-Grants 2020-2021
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund has awarded the University of Nairobi on behalf of the ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases (ACE-NCD) a capacity building grant. Part of the funds is to provide mini-grants in support of scoping studies and pilot studies that lead to strengthening research collaboration among researchers in the ACE-NCD universities, and strengthen proposals submitted by ACE-NCD teams to conduct cutting-edge research that addresses one of the thematic areas listed below. Under this call activities must be undertaken and funds must be spent before March 31, 2021.
ACE NCD Universities are the Makerere University, University of Ghana, University of Ibadan, University of Nairobi, and University of the Witwatersrand. Example activities include focused research workshops to develop sustainable strategies and partnerships for future activities, with clearly identified outcomes; preliminary data collection, analysis or research-focused proof of concept. It is expected that the outcomes of mini-grant activities will inform more substantive funded research into and impact on addressing NCDs in Africa. https://uonresearch.org/acencdminigrant/
5. Consultancies
Consultancies - Undertake the Design and Development of a Comprehensive COVID-19 Tourism Strategy (War Room Strategy)
Location: Kenya
Company: Tourism Research Institute
Consultancies - Development of a Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan
Location: Kenya
Company: NEMA
View Details: https://academia-ke.org/grant/development-of-a-gender-mainstreaming-action-plan/
6. Global Development Awards
None added in the past week, but review those available on the portal.
7. Student and Staff Mobility
None added in the past week, but review those available on the portal.
8. Sponsored Training
None added in the past week, but review those available on the portal.
9. Travel Grants
None added in the past week, but review those available on the portal.
KENYA POLICY BRIEFS
SUBMIT YOUR POLICY BRIEFS for the September 2020 and January 20121. Issue 2 shall be out next week, visit https://uonresearch.org/journal/ to view the current Issue and to submit your manuscript. We welcome you on this journey and encourage you to share and tweet this information through your networks.
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