RESEARCH FUNDING, GRANTS MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS The University Office of Research continued its activities in providing support for staff for the preparation and submission of proposals for externally-funded research grants, managing and reporting on these grants, as well as working to influence future funding opportunities. The Office also continued to manage and maintain The UWI’s electronic accounts with various international donor agencies to allow for the electronic submission of proposals. For the reporting period, 24 research grant applications, valued at US$50,323,316 were submitted to donor agencies. The European Commission remains the main source of funding (US$41.5M), followed by the UK Research Councils (US$5.7M), US Funding Agencies (US$2.7M) and Caribbean Funding Agencies (US$0.45M). Through these applications, new international partnerships were forged, thereby increasing the University’s knowledge networks, and aiding new cutting edge technologies and strategies which would have otherwise taken years to reach the Caribbean. Seven new grants were won during the reporting period: Erasmus+ Plus Grant valued €1M. Donor Agency: European Commission; National Institute of Health Grant valued at US$46,000. Donor Agency: United States of America National Institute of Health; INTERREG Grant valued at €2.25M. Donor Agency: European Commission; Government of Haiti Grant valued at US$1.7M. Donor Agency: Government of Haiti; Andrew A. Mellon Foundation Grant valued at US$127,000. Donor Agency: Andrew A. Mellon Foundation; US JTIP Grant valued at US$355,000. Donor Agency: United States of America Department of States; and UNICEF Grant valued at US$50,000. Donor Agency: United Nations Children’s Fund.
QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS The Quality Assurance Unit organised and coordinated several disciplinary reviews during the reporting period. These included reviews of research and taught graduate programmes in those disciplines/departments in which these programmes are offered; these are listed below: Centre: Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CaIHR); Cave Hill Campus: Doctor of Medicine (DM) Psychiatry, Physics, Spanish; Mona Campus: Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management (Bahamas), Doctor of Medicine (DM) Psychiatry (Mona and School of Clinical Medicine & Research, Bahamas), Mona School of Business and Management; St. Augustine Campus: Doctor of Medicine (DM) Psychiatry, French, Para-clinical Sciences, Social Work and Mediation Studies Units, Veterinary Medicine. The Quality Assurance Review Follow-up Committee for Centre Funded Centres and Institutes , which oversees the implementation of recommendations arising out of the quality assurance reviews of UWI-wide Institutes, Centres, Units and School (entities not linked to an academic Department), met to consider the Implementation Report for the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES).
OAS Scholarships Four partial scholarships, valued at US$7,000 each, were awarded under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between The UWI and the OAS, Partnerships Programme for Education and Training (PAEC), for select Master’s degree programmes at residential campuses of The UWI. There were two categories of the Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) tenable at The UWI for citizens of low/middle income Commonwealth countries, and valued at over US$50,000:
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For the general award, the successful candidate from Nigeria will take up his award at the St. Augustine Campus;
ii) The new QECS - Climate Change Scholarship , the successful candidate from the Solomon Islands will be studying at the Mona Campus. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding signed between the ACU and The UWI, for the next three years, The UWI will accept Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholars to study at the Master’s level. Graduate Students Assistance The School provided financial support for ten graduate students to attend a Joint International Summer School at the University of Leicester, the first in a five-year themed approach, which will see The UWI hosting three of the sessions at one at each of the residential campuses.
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