UNN Grants
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)
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