UNIOSUN, Group, Awards Research Grant/Scholarships To Students
No fewer than 24 students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) have either benefitted from research grants of the university or scholarship award from a United States of America based Osun group.
The university management in its commitment to foster a robust research culture among undergraduate students in its maiden edition released a research grant of #500,000 to support some final year undergraduate students whose research projects were found to be outstandingly excellent in conception, execution and ultimate potentialities for societal impact.
Also, a USA based group, Osun Development Forum (ODF) Texas, granted scholarship award of #1.6M to 16 students of the institution under its scholarship scheme aimed at supporting brilliant and less-privileged students from Osun State.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Odunayo Clement Adebooye who disclosed this at the presentation of the awards to the students yesterday noted that such interventions is what we need across Nigeria’s higher education sector.
Represented by the deputy VC, academics, Prof Adetunji Lawrence Kehinde, Adebooye disclosed that the university grants were awarded to a group of 7 students whose research proposal is titled “Biogas Production from Cattle Dung for Processing Shelf-Stable Sausage Treated with Indigenous Medicinal Leaves, while the second grant went to Oluwafisoye Oluwapelumi, who intends to develop a locally fabricated programmable voltage-current loop calibrator system.
He stated further that beneficiaries of both the university grants and Osun Development Forum awards emerged through transparent process
Speaking, President, ODF, Alhaji Kazeem Adetunji while urging the beneficiaries of their scholarship award to learn how to give back to the community disclosed that the award is not limited to UNIOSUN but all public universities in the state.
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