A variety of research projects are taking place across the University. In the following section, we highlight some of them.

A variety of research projects are taking place across the University. In the following section, we highlight some of them.

Sida/ SAREC support of Capacity Building for Research

Makerere University with support from Sida/SAREC has undertaken several research projects in the Faculties of Social Sciences, Agriculture, Medicine and Technology. The key focus of support was on research and PhD supervision in the various areas as outlined below:

1. Faculty of Agriculture
   Focus of support was on utilization of urban market crop waste on crop/livestock production system in the Lake Victoria region. The following projects are supported:
• Livestock nutrition and husbandry project
• Urban crop waste soil fertility inputs in urban and peri- urban Agricultural systems
• Integrated pest management following use of crop-wastes
• Social- economic implications of market waste utilization in urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture
2. Faculty of Medicine
   The following research areas are supported:
• Molecular Biology of Malaria
• Clinical Pharmacology of Malaria
• Degenerative Diseases, particularly cancer
• Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
• Mental Health
3. Faculty of Social Science
   Focus of support was on “Consolidating Peace and Development in the Lake Victoria Regions and its Environments: The National and Local responses to Transformation from Turmoil to a more sustainable development process.’’ The following were the specific Research areas:
• Uganda’s Foreign Policy in the Security Complexes in the Great Lakes Region from 1986
• Agricultural Liberalisation, Gender Relations and Livelihood patterns in Central Uganda
• Gender vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and changes in risk behaviour
• Faculty capacity building Fund
• Conflict and Post conflict reconciliation in Uganda
• Public Policy, changing Gender Relations, Ideologies and Identities in Uganda
• The Political economy of Disease in the context of conflict
4. Faculty of Technology
   The following research areas are supported:
• Performance of highway pavements in the Lake Region
• Development of Environment Friendly Architecture in the Lake Victoria region
• Water quality management and pollution control in Uganda
• Characterisation of high temperature ceramic raw materials in Uganda for manufacture of firebricks
• Sustainable energy for rural development
• Integration of small renewable energy sources
• Geographical Information System database for Uganda

Support for research under NORAD Institutional Development Programme

The following research projects have been supported by NORAD

1. Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation

   A multidisciplinary approach to encompass a range of species of plants, animals and socio-economic studies of local communities in Budongo Forest

2. Faculty of Agriculture

   Ankole cow and Mubende goat genetic research through the Department of Animal Science, in collaboration with both local and international research institutions.

Directorate of ICT Research Projects include:

1. Incubator:  The Directorate for Information and Communication Technology Support (DICTS) in collaboration with IDRC and SPIDER  software development projects
2. Amategaitu:  Amate Gaitu is a community of commercial farmers in partnership with researchers, students, input suppliers, processors, distributors, consultants, investors and service providers, creating, sharing and applying scientific knowledge and technological innovation through supplying high quality, value added dairy, grain and fruit products for the nourishment and health of Africans.

Makerere University Walter Reed Project

 For more Information Download the following  Positions – Questionaires – Details.