Dear University Community,
Hope you are all staying safe and well during these trying times. Please find an update of activities in the Office of RIE in the past week.
KENYA POLICY BRIEFS
In the middle of 2019, the Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise mooted publishing the Kenya Policy Briefs as a strategic vehicle to bridge the gap between research output from academia and Kenyan policymakers. Although three months late, the electronic submission, review, and dissemination platform is now fully operational and online, and the first issue, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2020, has now been published.
We initially planned to publish twice a year (January and June). To facilitate timely dissemination of research results, we have enhanced the publication schedule to three times a year (January, May and September). The May issue is already under preparation and shall be published in the coming weeks. We therefore invite you to submit manuscripts for the September issue through the online system. The January 2021 Issue (Volume 2, Issue 1) shall be dedicated to research-based policy briefs on the COVID-19 pandemic that has, in many ways, permanently changed how we work and go about our daily lives. We welcome you on this journey and encourage you to share and tweet this information through your networks.
FUNDING
The following new funding opportunities have been added to the Grants and Opportunities Portal. Please contact our office if you need any assistance in preparation of your proposals. Also note that some of the opportunities have very tight deadlines.
Opportunities are available for:
Research and Innovation Grants
Research/Innovation Grants - Research Grants on Women, Victimization, and COVID-19
Company: National Bureau of Economic Research
Research/Innovation Grants - Special Exploratory Research Grant Call on the Economic Impacts of Coronavirus
Company: Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL)
Research/Innovation Grants - Social Science Research Related to COVID-19
Company: Institute of Labour Economics
Research/Innovation Grants - NORHED II 2021-2026: Projects on Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research
Company: Norwegian Agency For Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Research/Innovation Grants - Collaborative Research on Cancer in Kenya
Company: National Research Fund
Research/Innovation Grants - Collaborative Interventions to Control Desert Locusts Invasion in Kenya
Company: National Research Fund
Research/Innovation Grants - Collaborative Research on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Company: National Research Fund
Awards and Prizes
Awards/Prizes - Kenya COVID-19 Innovation Challenge
Company: Konza Technopolis
Travel Grants
Travel Grants - Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge Exchange
Company: Biochemical Society
