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UESD PORTFOLIO OF AWARDED GRANTS

The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) was established in August 2020. Over the 3 years of our establishment, the office for research management and grant administration referred to as the Research, Innovation and Consultancy Unit (RICU) has managed the following projects from researchers of our University throughout their inception to their close-out phase.

Below is a tabular representation of the projects, principal investigators, funding institutions and award values:

S/NProject NamePrincipal Investigator(s)Funding InstitutionAward Value
l.Climate Change Impact on Meteorological Hazards in the Volta River Basin, West AfricaDr. Isaac LarbiAfrica Economic Research ConsortiumUSD 15,000.00
2.Implementation of Sustainable Waste Segregation and Recycling programme in Educational Institutions in the Krobo MunicipalitiesDr.  Lloyd LarbiAfrica Environmental Sanitation ConsultGHS 60,220.00
3.Design and Performance Evaluation of Small-Scale Waste to Energy Technology for Sustainablc Waste Management and Enery GenerationDr. Sam -Quarcoo DotseAfrica Environmental Sanitation ConsultGHS 98,433.50
4.Water Security under Different Climate Change Scenarios: Modelling Salt Water Intrusion in the Coast Aquifier of the Densu River Basin in GhanaDr. Isaac LarbiInternational Foundation for ScienceUSD 11,500.00
5.Modelling the response of Hydrological Extremes (high and low flows) to the scenarios of Climate Change at the White Volta Basin, GhanaDr. Isaac Larbi & Mr. Peter Ebo KoomsonInternational Foundation for ScienceUSD 14,606.00
6.Environmental Consciousness, Energy Poverty and Social Origin: An empirical analysisDr. Michael Adjei-ManteyFuture Africa Research Fellowship (FAR-Leaf) ProgramUSD 28,000.00
7.Improving Study Programmes in Ghana by introducing Green Solutions, Sustainability Modules and Digital TransformationDr. Michael TuffourErasmus -European Education and Culture Executive AgencyUSD 108,600.00
8.Transforming the Unwalkable City: Knowledge, Practices and Interventions for a more inclusive future of walking in AfricaDr. Louis K. FrimpongVolvo Research and Educational Foundation (VREF)USD 12,129.00
9.Promoting Environmental education and justice through religious diversity in GhanaDr. Kwame B. Bour, Dr. Kwaku Adu & Dr. Stella Eunice NyarkoKorean SHE Foundation  (Global Seed Grant)USD 3,000.00

Though the University itself is a little over 3 years old, it has astute faculty with exemplary experience in grants writing and administration.  On of such individuals Professor Kofi Mensah Nyarko, the Dean of the School on Natural and Environmental Sciences.  Below is a list of grants that he has won and managed;

List of externally funded research grants:

  1. Strengthening the sustainability of Global Health Security objectives in Sierra Leone. NIH/CDC Award Number: 5NU2HGH000034-02-01 (Sept 2021- Sept 2022) –$1,351,450.00
  2. Strengthening the sustainability of Global Health Security objectives in Sierra Leone. NIH/CDC Award Number: 6NU2HGH000034-01-01 (Sept 2020-Sept 2021)- $2,976,906.00
  3. Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program’s Support to Global Polio Eradication Efforts, funded by US-CDC through AFENET (June – November, 2021) – $205,000.00
  1. Rapid Mortality Surveillance pilot project in Sierra Leone, funded by Resolve to Save Lives (Sept 2020 – July 2021) – $111,773.00
  2. Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program’s Support to Global Polio Eradication Efforts, funded by US-CDC through AFENET (February – April, 2021) – $95,080.00
  1. Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing – Community Health Workers Initiative, Sierra Leone funded by Africa CDC through AFENET (2020 – 2021) – $702,433.47
  2. Outbreak revolving fund for COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone, funded by Resolve to Save Lives through AFENET (June 2020 – February 2021) – $100,000.00
  3. Sierra Leone first few cases and contacts (FFX) investigation of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) project, funded by CDC Foundation (May – November, 2020) – $89,319.00
  4. Evaluation of administration and communication practices for multiple vaccines at a single immunization visit in the Namibia (2018-2019) – $56,600.00
  5. Anthrax Modelling Study in Ghana in Collaboration with US-CDC, Atlanta, University of Florida, USA and University of Ghana-Ghana FELTP funded by US-CDC (2015 – 2018)
  6. Training of Field Epidemiologist in Anglophone West Africa funded by the World bank through the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) WARDS Project (2014 – 2017) -$750,300.00
  7. Ghana Breast Health Study – Collaboration between National Cancer Institute (NCI) –NIH, USA, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital – Ghana, and the University of Ghana. Funded by NIH/ NCI (2013 – 2015) – $319,943.00
  8. Ghana Breast Health Study – Collaboration between National Cancer Institute (NCI) –NIH, USA, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital – Ghana, and the University of Ghana – Pilot project. Funded by NIH/ NCI. (2012 – 2013) – $149,710.00
  9. Comprehensive Palliative Care Service Project at the Primary Care Level in Ghana, funded by the International Union for Cancer Control (UICC) (2014 – 2015) – $97,000.00