The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the Horizon Europe Project.
The Head of TETFund’s team on Horizon Europe programme, Tope Toogun, made this known on Thursday while briefing the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sunny Echono, on ongoing efforts to ensure Nigerian researchers’ participation in the global renowned research project, according to a statement released on Friday in Abuja.
He lamented that despite the rich human resources in the country, researchers in Nigeria had before now taken the back seat in accessing grants the EU Horizon project.
Toogun, however, said that the situation was now changing for the better following TETFund’s engagement with the EU and its decision to set up a team to address challenges…