1. New Researchers Fund

This fund is designed to support new academic staff when appointed for the first time or staff who are at the beginning of their research career and who may be registered for their postgraduate degree. It is a once-off, take-off grant to enable such staff set up when appointed.

As a complement to the grant, research mentors will be identified for such staff by the Faculty or the Research and Graduate Office in order to guide them into a research career. The availability of funds under the New Researchers Fund will be made known to new staff by Human Resources along with the letters of appointment. Suggested limit JA $25,000-30,000

2. Research Incentive/Feasibility Grant

This is to support individual researchers in developing proposals for funding.

It will also serve as a seed grant for novel ideas, for developing partnerships and for identifying partners for collaborative grants which can be developed into a full project.

Suggested limit JA $10-20,000

3. Individual Research Grant

This fund will be used to support individual researchers on an annual basis. This will be based on a peer review of the proposal. Such proposals should have a well-defined sets of objectives, hypothesis to be tested, a budget outline and a clear feasibility of the project within the time line of the project..

Suggested limit JA $20-50,000 per applicant

4. Group/Team Research Fund

This fund is designed to support identified groups for a period not exceeding 3 years subject to renewal for another 3-year cycle after a full review.

Teams/Groups will funded along identified research priorities of the university.

A multidisciplinary approach will be preferred. Support including infrastructural support to the tune of JA $250,000- 500,000 per annum with a maximum of 2 projects per year.

5. Equipment Grant

This includes grants which vary from support for the purchase of small research equipment to grants for the purchase of multi-user equipments such as HPLC, gene sequencer etc

Such equipment grants may be funded on the basis of matching grants on a 50:50 basis by Schools/Faculties

Suggested limit JA$50,000- JA$1million