DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

The Directorate of Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer has a Board comprising the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (ARSA), who serves as the Chairperson, and the Director, who serves as the Secretary to the Board. The Directorate is mandated to coordinate all research activities in the University; identify research needs and appropriate facilities; implement University research policies; and advise the Senate on general research issues affecting the University. It also ensures that University research is aligned with the Intellectual Property (IP) Policy, establishes research priorities, and ensures that all research conducted complies with the requirements of relevant regulatory agencies.

The Directorate of Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer is responsible for promoting, coordinating, supporting, and regulating research and innovation activities. Its role is to turn research into useful products and services that create knowledge, benefit society, and contribute to economic development.

• coordinate all research activities in the University;
• identify needs and appropriate facilities for research in the University;
• implement the university research and advise Senate on the general research issues affecting the university;
• ensure that the university research is aligned to the IP policy;
• establish research priorities for the University;
• ensure that the research carried out in the university is in line with the requirements of the relevant regulatory agencies;
• recommend allocation of funds to Schools/Faculties/Institutes for use in promotion of research activities in the University;
• receive and evaluate reports from the recipients of research grants through their respective departments and Schools/Faculties/Institutes;
• publish the annual report on research and innovation in the University;
• organize special seminars for presentation of research findings and cause the publication of the research findings;
• monitor use of research funds;
• disseminate research findings to the intended end users;
• liaise with Innovations and IP Rights Committee to identify patentable research output;
• liaise with Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights Committee to pave way for the incubation of developed research products;
• liaise with the relevant committee to cause the publicity of ground breaking research findings;
• deal with any other matter that may be referred to it from time to time.