Research grant allocation continues to increase

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Nigeria is working hard to ensure that the annual allocation to the National Research Fund (NRF) is raised to NGN10 billion (US$24 million) in 2022, writes Clement Idoko for the Nigerian Tribune.

Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, noted the agency’s board of trustees had recently approved NGN8.5 billion as the 2021 allocation for the NRF. He spoke during a virtual meeting on ‘Democratisation of Higher Education in Nigeria through Open Access’, co-hosted by TETFund and the Training Centre in Communication, Nairobi, as part of activities to mark International Open Access Week.

Bogoro recalled that following the agency’s proposal, the board of trustees had in 2019 approved NGN5 billion for the NRF, which was raised to NGN7.5 billion in 2020 and NGN8.5 billion in 2021. He said: “Over the last two and half years now, we have raised funds available for research. There are two categories; institution-based and National Research Fund.”
Full report on the Nigerian Tribune site