President Bola Tinubu has approved a total of N5,128,180,623.63 for the funding of 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) 2023 Grant Cycle.
The decision aims to boost Research and Development for economic and technological development in Nigeria.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, conveyed the approval following the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC).
The grants cover Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI), Humanities and Social Science (HSS), and Cross Cutting (CC) thematic groups, with individual grants ranging between N8 million and over N46 million.
The NRF Grant supports research in areas relevant to societal needs in Nigeria, aligning with TETFund’s mandate.
