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Call of Proposals: Research and Innovation Grants in Computer Science and Information Systems 2024/2025
KENET has as one of its mandates, the role of catalyzing collaboration in research and education among member universities and research institutions. KENET promotes collaboration through facilitation of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in priority academic areas, discovery of active researchers/faculty, provision of research and innovation grants to researchers and member institutions, as well as travel grants for faculty and/or graduate students in SIG areas.
This Call for Proposals for the Computer Science and Information Systems (CS/IS) Research and Innovation Grants is intended to promote early-stage CS/IS research and development in current and emerging research areas, as well as strengthen the CS/IS SIG. The Research and Innovation grants target early-stage researchers, enabling them to undertake proof-of-concept work to support R&D ideas and concepts. It is envisioned that the Research and Innovation grants, which are ideally targeted at junior faculty, will position recipient researchers in good footing to further their research and expertise in these areas, and subsequently attract more research funding.
Through this round of funding, KENET hopes to not only support individual research teams, but to facilitate institutional collaboration and formation of communities of practice in the research areas of focus, leading to enhanced research capacity in member institutions.
CS/IS Research and Innovation Grant: Areas of Focus
The areas of focus for this round of funding are:
- Research in Computer Science and Information Systems: Natural Language Processing for low-resourced Kenyan Language(s)
- Enhancing Teaching of Computer Science and Information Systems Courses: Use of technology for the effective teaching and learning of fundamental computer science competencies
Eligibility
The research call is open to computer science or information systems faculty (who are full-time) at any of the KENET member institutions. Applicants must be PhD holders, having received their PhD within the past five (5) years, and must demonstrate active research interest.
The call for enhancing teaching with appropriate educational technologies is open to faculty / researchers who obtained their PhD over five years from date of this call and who have remained active in teaching computer science and/or information systems courses in the past five years. Evidence of engaging teaching materials and/or laboratory exercises developed in the last five years shall be required.
Proposal Submission
Proposals with all supporting documentation should be sent via email to csisgrants@kenet.or.ke on or before February 28, 2025 5.00 PM East African time
Enquiries and applicant support
All enquiries and requests for further information related to this call should be addressed to grantsadmin@kenet.or.ke.
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