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UiB sweeps NORHED II funding

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5 years ago

September 22, 2021

Mark Wamai

WATER WORLD: Archaeologist Tore Sætersdal (right) leads the Water ESSENCE Africa project, which was awarded NOK 18.5 million in the NORHED II call. The image shows him in 2013 at Makerere University, which is a partner in this and five other NORHED II projects with the University of Bergen. Photo: Sverre Ole Drønen, UiB

NORHED is Norway’s national flagship programme on higher education and research for development. NORHED II represents the second time the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) awards funding through the programme. A total of 1.1 billion Norwegian kroner (NOK) were awarded to a total of 60 projects out of 199 applications, of which NOK 250 million were awarded to 13 University of Bergen (UiB) projects. This puts UiB top among Norway’s universities along with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), which was also awarded 13 projects.

The aim of the NORHED programme is to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in the global south to produce higher-quality graduates, more research, higher quality research, and more inclusive higher education. The programme is based on a collaborative partnership model between higher education institutions in Norway and the global south.

Makerere University in Uganda is involved in six projects, most of any partner in the global south. These include;

Mathematics for sustainable development,
Refugees on the Move – South Sudanese in Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda,
Capacity Building for Research-Based Teacher Education (CABUTE),
Water ESSENCE Africa – creating synergy to meet the global challenges,
iCARTA – Institutionalisation of Advanced Research Training in Africa, and
Decolonizing Epistemologies: the Disciplines and the University

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October 6, 2026

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The Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (TERID) Hub continued its efforts to strengthen the capacity of 17 early career researchers (ECRs) (10 men, 7 women) on an institutional level by holding a grant writing workshop from September 8 - 11, 2026, at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, East Africa.

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