Our Services

• Grants Administration & Research Development Team

The Grants Management Team is responsible for assisting the University Community with the necessary administrative research support activities related to proposal/grant submissions, research grants/contract management and administration, amongst other activities.

The duties of the unit include:

• Identification and dissemination of funding calls/opportunities
• Facilitating the provision of institutional letters of support
• Facilitating registrations with external donors to aid grant submissions
• Facilitating negotiation and signing of agreements
• Fostering research networks

 

• Research Performance and Monitoring Team

This team will be responsible for setting standards and ensuring effective dissemination of high quality research output. They will also be responsible for monitoring projects, implementation, evaluating research outputs/metrics and publications.

• Research Ethics and Integrity Team

The Ethics Services Team provides effective and integrated administrative support for ethical review, establishing systems for ethical clearance and approval processes for all research protocol within disciplines in the University. For guidelines documents and technical assistance, click here to view more or contact uec-administrator@uesd.edu.gh

 

• Innovations and Translation Team

The Innovations and Translation Team will manage and lead the University’s innovation, registration, patenting, and commercialisation of intellectual property amongst others. The team will also place specific emphasis on developing innovative mechanisms for the university’s engagement with industry.

• Consultancy Services Team

As part of RICU’s goal of becoming financially independent, we are working with management to establish and operate a fully functional consultancy unit that will be taking up projects and programs both internally and externally by staff and researchers of the university to generate internal funds to undertake activities for the unit and the university community.