APPLY: TETFund Alliance For Innovative Research Program 2023

The TETFund Alliance For Innovative Research Program is a one-year initiative supported by TETFUND.

A once-in-a-lifetime chance for Nigerian university researchers and academics to turn their ideas into market-driven solutions, including prototype development and production.Selected teams of researchers and academic personnel with innovative solutions in one of our areas of focus will embark on a path that combines technology and product development with venture formation.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) was founded by Act No 7 of 1993, as revised by Act No 40 of 1998 (since abolished and replaced by Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act 2011).

It is an intervention agency established to provide supplemental support to all levels of public tertiary institutions, with the primary goal of employing financing alongside project management to restore and consolidate Tertiary Education in Nigeria.

Fields

• Agriculture and Food Technology
• Environment, Energy & Circular Economy
• Health & Accessibility
• Information Communication Technology
• Security
• Transportation, Aviation & Shipping
• Streamlining / Improving Production Process

Requirements:

To be considered for the fellowship, you must:

• You should be a team of between 2 to 4 researchers/academic staff, from a Nigerian university (TETFund enlisted beneficiary Institution). Your idea should be one of our areas of focus. Your vice chancellor’s office would need to approve your nomination by signing an endorsement form.
• Your team should include multidisciplinary complementary skills that can potentially take the idea (with our help and mentorship) from an idea, through the development and fabrication of the prototype to a market-driven product.
• A member who has an idea for an innovative solution and has relevant knowledge and skills.
• A member who has additional complementary relevant skills (technical/scientific/mechanical/medical/engineering, depends on your area of focus).
• A member with financial/business/entrepreneurial skills or orientation.
• Your innovation should be at the idea stage or early stages of development.
• Ideally, your invention should include a hardware/physical element (Not only digital elements)

Duration and Reward

The 12 month journey runs both in person and online and includes:

• Practical training, tailored mentorship, integration of tools for entrepreneurial and creative thinking and behavior, business model development, alongside product and technology development methodologies, advanced design methods, and familiarity with the world of patents and economic aspects of entrepreneurship.
• Access to the INNOV8 HUB in Abuja – an ultramodern fabrication and innovation center designated for the development of prototypes with the support of professional experts.
• An all-expense paid training in Abuja which will cover flights, accommodation, feeding and daily stipends.
• Opportunity to showcase the innovations to relevant potential design partners/ strategic partners/ investors (local and foreign)
• The journey is designed and facilitated in collaboration with international experts from the acclaimed Zell entrepreneurship program. The technology development journey will include hands-on support from experts in collaboration with Makelab.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified applicants should apply using this link 

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Deadline: November 5, 2023