LASU Working Towards Obtaining N100 Million Institutional Research Grants – VC

LASU Working Towards Obtaining N100 Million Institutional Research Grants

According to media reports, Lagos State University (LASU), on Thursday said it was working towards accessing N100 million institutional research grants from industries and international foundations.

Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a two-day National Workshop.

The workshop is on Research Grant Writing and Administration, held at the institution in Lagos.

The workshop is a collaboration between the National University Commission (NUC), Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Open Africa Innovation Research (Open Air) and LASU.

Fagbohun said that the university was able to access research grant of N50 million last year and is presently looking at accessing institutional grants of about N100 million.

“In the last one year, we have been able to access research grants of between N50 million and N70 million.

“I am talking about grants ranging between N1.5 million and N2 million.

“Right now, we are looking at accessing institutional grant of N100 million that will bring out a research capable of giving solutions to so many problems,’’ he said.

Credit: NAN