FG approves N5.1bn for TETFund research grants

Federal Government has approved the sum of N5,128,180,623 for the funding of 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund National Research Fund 2023 Grant Cycle.
The approval which was conveyed by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman on Wednesday, followed the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee which recommended the funding of the 185 research proposals after a rigorous screening exercise that commenced in March 2023 with the receipt of 4,287 Concept Notes from prospective applicants.
According to the statement, a breakdown of the approval indicates that the sum of N3,784,635,923.00 was approved for the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation thematic group; N759,875,400.00 for Humanities and Social Science while Cross Cutting received N583,669,300.63 with individual grants ranging between N8 million and over N46 million