The Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University, Prof. Clement Adebooye said scholars from the university won a total of US$12 million in research grants, in the first half of the year 2023.

Adebooye disclosed this in a statement issued by the UNIOSUN Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji.

The VC linked the development to the encouragement the management has given to the staff of the institution to proffer solutions to global problems.

Adebooye was reacting to the recent feat achieved by the University’s Director of Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, Prof  John Agbonifo and the Director of the Office of Research and Innovation Management, Prof. Olukoya Ogen, who formed a research consortium with Professor Jean-Marc Trouille of Bradford University, for a research project titled ‘The European Union and Africa in a Multi Crises World.”

According to the statement, the project was funded by the ERASMUS-JMO-2023-NETWORKS-HEI-NON-EU-AFRICA to the tune of €7,800,000.

The statement partly reads, “Professor Agbonifo is a key facilitator of the project, while Professor Ogen is the Project Financial Signatory.

“AfriquEurope is the largest Jean Monnet network of its kind and the largest academic network in terms of its number of participating institutions and the number of countries represented across Africa and Europe. It will also provide a framework for unique cooperation between universities and think tanks on matters relevant to Africans and Europeans.

“The aim of the AfriquEurope Network is to support the EU’s effort to recalibrate its partnership with Africa, whilst advocating closer cooperation between the two continents.”

Speaking on the achievements of the two staff of the university, Adebooye said part of his mission as Vice Chancellor was already being realised with various research efforts of the institution’s staff attracting various grants.

He said, “In total, UNIOSUN has raked in a total of US$12 million in 2023 alone. We are proud of our researchers.

“This latest grant is another milestone in our research and global visibility agenda. I believe that in the not-too-distant future, we would be among the universities with the highest grants won in this part of the world.”

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