• CRP D52042 – Implementation of Nuclear Techniques for Authentication of Foods with High-Value Labelling Claims , running from March 2019 to March 2024 and earmarked to receive total funding of €35,000. • JAM1001 – Upgrade of Reactor Infrastructure at the University of West Indies SLOWPOKE Facility JM-1 – which has been ongoing since January 2016. The budget for this project is €810,000.00. • JAM5014 – Establishing a Self-Contained Gamma Irradiation Facility for the Introduction of Sterile Insect Technique and Experimental Mutagenesis and Diagnostic Technologies , a national project approved in January 2020 with an initial budget of €750,000.00. • RLA1022 – Improving the Satisfaction of Regional Demand for Products and Services of Nuclear Research Reactors (ARCAL CLXXX) with an IAEA budget allocation to date for this regional project of €625,525.00. • RLA5089 – Evaluating the Impact wof Heavy Metals and other Pollutants on Soils Contaminated by Anthropogenic Activities and Natural Origin (ARCAL CLXXVII) commenced in 2022 with a total budget of €1,393,800.00. • RLA9087 – Building Strength and Sustaining the National Regulatory Bodies which began in January 2020 with a closing date in December 2023. In the Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr Ruth Baker-Gardner’s book, Academic Integrity in the Caribbean: Plagiarism Policies, Perception, Prevalence and Possible Solutions (UWI Press), published in December 2022, was thrown into the spotlight as ChatGPT became publicly available early in 2023, causing both excitement and concern. In an indirect way, the research output of The University directly serves the nation and region through its faculty’s strong public service engagements and leadership in industry, government, and social policy. In the Faculty of Social Sciences alone, 64 faculty and staff members reported serving on approximately 194 boards, committees, and technical working groups.
Representation included the public sector, private sector, non- UWI scholarly/professional associations/entities or civil society/ NGO/Other. In an indirect way, the research output of The University directly serves the nation and region through its faculty’s strong public service engagements and leadership in industry, government, and social policy.
23 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023 The research output of the UWI, Mona continues to demonstrate our university’s commitment to addressing pressing development issues in all sectors of our national and regional economies.
22 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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