I am pleased to present to you the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) Grants Office Annual Report for financial year, 2022. In it, we reflect on the activities, milestones and future plans for the office. In 2022, we witnessed tremendous improvement in grants portfolio, management and compliance and research administration of various projects within the college.

To cite just a few examples, out of the 60 grant proposals submitted for funding, 37 were acquired, including a $2M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the use of familial cancer-risk among adolescents in Uganda. Consequently, the Grants Office has established the College’s first online forum for sharing the latest funding calls.

Additionally, the Grants Office has been at the forefront of imparting knowledge and skills in budgeting, financial management and intellectual property to project staff. Trainings on the relevance of Intellectual Property Rights and the fundamentals of research Administration were organized for junior faculty and researchers in March 2022 and April, 2022 with the aim of training of researchers and research managers in intellectual property management in order to improve their awareness and knowledge of IP for research inventions. These achievements and more have been brought about by the tireless efforts of our college leadership, staff and network of research administrators.

For example, through our National and Regional Network of Research Administrators, the Grants Office worked with leading minds from different institutions such as the H3Africa Initiative, Busitema University, Soroti University, Jointly Clinical Research Center and Uganda Christian University (UCU) to identify, share and provide timely information on funding opportunities.

As we move into this new year, we will continue to build on these successes and focus on improving our support to all researchers. For a more detailed explanation of the services that we offer and ongoing initiatives, I encourage you to visit our website https://chs.mak.ac.ug/grants

I would like to thank you for taking the time to learn more about our work and its impact.

Happy New year to you all.

Mordecai Tayebwa,
SENIOR GRANTS MANAGER