Category: News
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Consultative Engagement with Makerere University Principals and Deans
On Friday July 28th, 2023, part of the Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) team under the leadership of Prof. Fred Masagazi Masaazi engaged Makerere University Principals and Deans. The aim of this engagement was to share with the Principals and Deans that the Mak-RIF team will be soon re engaging them to review
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Government of the Republic of Uganda stakeholder engagement to review the Mak- RIF Research Agenda
On Tuesday August 29th, 2023, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice Chancellor Makerere University working with Prof. Fred Masagazi Massaazi, Chairperson Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF), the Mak-RIF Grants Management Committee and Secretariat convened an engagement with representatives from Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies to review the Mak-RIF Research Agenda. This engagement took place in
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Makerere Launches Solar-powered Cooker
Makerere University has launched a Solar-powered Cooker developed by researchers from the Department of Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) in collaboration with Intellsys (U) Ltd. the MakSol Cooker was officially unveiled and launched on 14th June 2023 by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero
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Our own Badaye Technologies Limited wins two awards at the BIG BANG! University of California Davis Business Competition
The University of California (UC) Davis Big Bang! Business Competition provides a forum for innovators to collaborate as they develop and test business ideas. Badaye Technologies Limited participated in the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition March through May 2023 and was selected to the finals. Congratulations! The team at Badaye Technologies Limited won two
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Mak-RIF Team Engaging communities in Butaleja District
Project Name; Developing Community-based Integrated Bioenergy Agriculture and indigenous chicken using rice husks as biomass Principal Investigator: Prof. John David Kabasa Purpose: Dissemination and feedback sharing workshop of the project’s phase II implementation Through-out an engagement of five days, characterized by engagements during which farmers were encouraged to form clusters, one of the research team
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Mak-RIF at 12th Academia-Public-Private-Partnership Forum
Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) participated in the 12th Academia-Public-Private-Partnership Forum (APPPF) organized by the Inter-University Council for East Africa. This Forum was held on the 15th to 17th of March 2023 at the Julius Nyerere Convention Centre, Dar es salaam Tanzania under the Theme: Nurturing Sustainable skills development for graduate employability through
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Mak-RIF Team engagement with UN Women Uganda Office
Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) is grateful to the UN Women Uganda Office for hosting some of their staff members on March 13th, 2023. It is fulfilling that this initial engagement culminated into a deep discussion on how the two entities could collaborate and is likely to birth a strong working relationship between
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Mak-RIF at the National Science Week 2022
Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund participated in the National Science Week 2022 held at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds commonly also referred to as the Airstrip. This was from November 7th to 10th, 2022. The National Science Week 2022 engagement was guided by the theme, “Uganda in 2040; The Future We Want Through Science Technology
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Makerere University PhD Research Grant Awards Launched
Today, Tuesday March 7, 2023 Prof. Henry Alinaitwe, the Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor In-Charge of Finance and Administration, Makerere University representing Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice Chancellor, Makerere University launched the Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) Round 4, Track 2: PhD Research Grant Awards. This is the first of its kind cohort of awards
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Round 4, Track 4: Extensions for Multi-Year Projects Financial Year 2022/2023
BACKGROUND Funding opportunity description: Makerere University received special funding from the Government of the Republic of Uganda, to support high impact Research and Innovations. The Financial Year 2022/23 is the fourth year of this fund’s availability. The fund illustrates the increasing importance that the Government attaches to Research and Innovation as a driver of socio-economic