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Richard Nokes Scott
ID: UNCST-2025-R019672
From Orature to Digital Publishing in Medieval Literature
REFNo: SS5107ES

1. To collect and record traditional narratives of Ugandan orature from selected communities through interviews and storytelling sessions with storytellers, elders, and other cultural knowledge holders. 2. To analyze the themes, structures, and patterns in these narratives, including the relationships among different versions of similar stories. 3. To compare Ugandan orature with medieval literary traditions from other regions of the world and assess how it can broaden or revise existing understandings of the global Middle Ages. 4. To produce accessible materials based on Ugandan orature that instructors and students can use in world literature and medieval studies courses in Uganda and the rest of the world.
USA 2026-04-10 18:52:35 2029-04-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Joseph Okello Ayo
ID: UNCST-2025-R023213
Identifying Policy Avenues to Facilitate the Transition to Large-Scale Operations in Developing Countries: Lessons from Large Firms in Uganda
REFNo: SS4993ES

This study aims to document evidence about large firm’s growth trajectories in selected districts across Uganda, with particular attention to the barriers faced by these firms in their growth journey, and how these barriers were overcome.
Uganda 2026-04-10 18:50:41 2029-04-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Jonah Im
ID: UNCST-2025-R022465
Assessing the Health, Educational, and Psychosocial Impact of Rainwater Purification Systems in Kijoto Parish, Uganda
REFNo: HS7133ES

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the social, psychological, and health-related impact of newly installed rainwater catchment, purification, and storage systems at three primary schools in Kitojo Parish, Uganda. These systems were implemented by the Healthy Hands Initiative and Raising the Communities in February 2025 to address water insecurity and its associated burdens in rural areas.
This study has the following specific aims:

Aim 1:
Assess the impact of clean water access on community quality of life, mental health, and safety.
We will examine how rainwater systems influence the day-to-day lives of community members, with a focus on time savings, perceived improvements in health and well-being, reduced anxiety around water access, and improved safety (e.g., reduced long-distance water collection, particularly for women and children).

Aim 2:
Explore the effects of clean water systems on educational outcomes and student well-being.
We will investigate how water access affects teacher-reported attendance, student focus, and general classroom dynamics. We hypothesize that improved access to clean water correlates with higher attendance and fewer health-related absences.

Aim 3:
Identify implementation factors that affect system adoption and sustainability.
Using qualitative methods grounded in implementation science frameworks (e.g., RE-AIM or CFIR), we will explore what factors support or hinder successful adoption and long-term maintenance of the rainwater systems. These factors may include local leadership involvement, cultural attitudes, system usability, and perceptions of ownership.

Aim 4:
Compare current water quality with prior community sources.
Water samples will be collected from the new systems and compared with samples from previously used sources to evaluate improvements in water safety.


USA 2026-04-10 18:49:20 2029-04-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Denis Tindyebwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R018639
Impact of nurturing care interventions on neonatal and child health outcomes in Eastern Uganda: A population-based mother-baby cohort
REFNo: HS7136ES

To evaluate the effect of implementation of the Nurturing Care Interventions on neonatal, child, and maternal health outcomes in Eastern Uganda,
Uganda 2026-04-10 18:47:28 2029-04-10 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Isa Egiri
ID: UNCST-2026-R023342
Rebels with a Pause: Youth, Generation and Cycles of Guerrilla Violence in Rwenzori, Uganda, 1960s-1993.
REFNo: SS4973ES

•What practices, institutions and symbols were established by the Rwenzururu Movement of the 1960s?
•How has the legacy of those practices, institutions and symbols been reproduced discursively in popular memory and narratives in ways that shape successive rebel groups?
•Does youth leadership result in particular characteristics of armed groups?
•Is there a relationship between the liminality of border regions and the liminality of youth that drives conflict?
•Does the border shape the vulnerability of the youth to joining conflict?
Uganda 2026-04-10 18:36:05 2029-04-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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