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Research grants from Nano Research
Group: Fabian Ezema

1.     
Principal Researcher: PROJECT
TITLE: “Fabrication of materials for Thin Films Solar Cell” NASENI
award. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  
January-September 2009, at Engineering and Materials Development
Institute, (EMDI) Akure, Nigeria, under Prof O.O. Adewoye, DG/CEO, NASENI.

2.     
Principal Researcher: PROJECT
TITLE: Dye Sensitized Solar Cell with Natural Gel Polymer Electrolyte ‘US Army
Research Laboratory – Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from September
2012-September 2013
($70,000)

3.     
Principal Researcher: PROJECT TITLE:  ‘Electrochromic Devices (ECD) With Ionic
Conductive Membranes Based On Natural Macromolecules ‘‘US Army Research
Laboratory – Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from September 2012-September 2013 ($30,000)

4.     
Principal Researcher: Project Title:
Synthesis of improved perovskite absorber and the hole conductors for
photovoltaic applications NRF TETFUND (N20m) Project Code: TETF/DESS/UNN/NSUKKA/STI/VOL.I/B4.33,
Nov 2017-Nov 2019.(N20,000,000)

5.     
Co- Principal Researcher
with Prof Clare of Cambridge University as PI: Project Title: Synthesis
and Testing of New Pseudocapacitors for Grid Storage,Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund (15,000,000 Pounds)

6.     
Co- Principal Researcher
with Prof Clare of Cambridge University as PI: Project Title: Development of
Electrodes for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications,Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research
Fund. (20,000
Pounds)

7.     
Principal Researcher: Project Title: Chemically Engineered and Safe
Organic – Inorgangic Hybrid Perovskites as Optical Gain Media, Project
Code:
NCC/R&D/UNN/014 (N13,700,000)

8.     
Principal
Researcher: Project Title: Conjugated Transition Metal
Oxides/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites, Effects of Ion Beam Irradiation On
Supercapacitor ApplicationsTETFUND under contract number TETFUND/DR&D/CE/UNI/NSUKKA/RP/VOL.I (N1,500,000)

9.     
Co-
Principal Researcher: Project Title: Green Synthesis of
CuO-Cellulose Nano-Composite for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications. TETFUND under contract number TETFUND/DR&D/CE/UNI/NSUKKA/RP/VOL.I (N1,250,000)

10.  Principal Researcher: Project
Title: Fabrication and performance evaluation of different nanostructured zinc
oxide photoanodes-based dye sensitized solar cells with natural local dye
extracts TETFUND under contract number TETFUND/DR&D/CE/UNI/NSUKKA/RP/VOL.I (N1,700,000)

11.  Co- Principal Researcher: Project
Title:  Synthesis Of Intrinsic And Doped Mn₃O₄
Nanoparticles And Their Antibacterial PerformancesTETFUND under contract number
TETFUND/DR&D/CE/UNI/NSUKKA/RP/VOL.I (N1,250,000)

12.  Principal Researcher: PROJECT TITLE: Photocatalytic ‘US Army Research Laboratory – Broad
Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF2310259 from 1 September 2023 – 31 August
2026 ($195,000)

Ifeorah Ijeoma

Ifeorah Ijeoma holds a
parallel appointment as a Senior Lecturer at The Department of Medical
Laboratory Sciences and University of Nigeria Center of Excellence for Clinical
Trials. She is also a Research Associate at Centre for Translation and
Implementation Research (CTAIR), University of Nigeria Nsukka.

She was awarded the 2024
Beginning Investigator Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic Research (BIG
Cat) Award by the American Association of Cancer Research on 29th April 2025
During the AACR Annual Meeting in Chicago USA. Grant Sum = $55,000 USD (2
years)