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Godfrey Barigye
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Transition in Tradition: Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Community Transformation and Development in Uganda: A case study of Greater Ankore RefNo: SS2031ES
REFNo: SS2224ES

1.To capture and document Banyankore indigenous knowledge systems.
2.To generate and share useful Banyankore indigenous knowledge systems.
To promote wider usage, application, preservation and establishment of a Center for Banyankore indigenous knowledge systems.
Uganda 2023-12-22 22:56:59 2026-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Tyne  Williams Ashley
ID:
Local Conceptions of Child Agency in Post-Conflict Reintegration
REFNo: SS1756ES

The aim of the study is to contribute a normative understanding and conceptualisation of child agency that moves beyond traditional assumptions to recognise the saliency of cultural and local normative conceptualisations
To achieve this aim, the primary objective is to formulate a new normative framework and conceptualisation of child agency in post-conflict reintegration based on the findings drawn from fieldwork conducted in northern Uganda.

The specific objectives to achieve the main objective are as follows:

1. To explore the conceptual and academic foundations of the key concepts inherent within the study, namely ‘the child,’ childhood, child soldier, agency, and reintegration.

2. To utilise the case study of northern Uganda’s former child soldiers and their experiences during both formal reintegration processes and informal participatory avenues to critically examine the applicability of the concepts to the reality of what is taking place.

3. To engage directly with FCS and their communities to draw upon their perspectives, realities, and actions to comprehend the nature of child agency and participation within a post-conflict society.

4. To determine the causal implications of a conceptualisation of child agency towards the formulation of reintegration programmes targeting children, particularly in relation to the incorporation of informal participatory avenues and local cultural norms within broader DDR processes.

5. To unpack the broader impact of the findings on the long-term sustainability of approaches to reintegration at a societal, regional, continental and international level.
South Africa 2023-12-22 22:55:43 2026-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Sydney Gourlay
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Advancing methods for measuring agricultural productivity in household surveys
REFNo: SS2185ES

In a world with increasing climate change and intensifying food insecurity, agricultural productivity is central to development. Increasing agricultural productivity requires a detailed understanding of cultivated land and its limitations, and how these shortcomings can be addressed. Towards this end, getting more reliable data on land quality and quantity, two critical elements in agricultural production, is essential for accurately estimating agricultural productivity indicators like crop yield as well as for correctly identifying key agricultural relationships, such as the often-cited inverse land size-productivity relationship. Recent technological advancements both in the areas of in field soil measurement as well as GPS-based area measurement offer promises to this respect. However, there is a need to test and validate some of the most promising methods to assess their cost-effectiveness and potential for scalability in the context of large-scale surveys and vis-à-vis more traditional improved approaches such as the elicitation of subjective and observational information in household level questionnaires.

The primary objectives of this study are:
1. Improve the measurement of agricultural productivity in household surveys
2. Test and validate innovative methods for soil health and land area measurement in the context of household surveys
3. Assess cost-effectiveness of the different methods for scaling up in national surveys

The objectives, methods and relevant literature are presented in the proposal (attached), by domain of research: soil health, land area measurement, and agricultural production measurement.

USA 2023-12-22 22:53:15 2026-12-22 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
WILLY RUKUNDO
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Glycemic control and its contributing factors among diabetic patients attending outpatient clinic at Bugangari HC IV Rukungiri district Southwestern Uganda
REFNo: HS3357ES

To assess behavioural factors contributing to glycemic control among diabetic patients attending outpatient clinic at Bugangari HC IV in Rukungiri district.,To assess clinical factors contributing to poor glycemic control among diabetic patients attending outpatient clinic at Bugangari HC IV in Rukungiri district.,To assess socio-demographic factors contributing to poor glycemic control among diabetic patients attending outpatient clinic at Bugangari HC IV in Rukungiri district South Western Uganda,To assess poor glycemic control and its contributing factors among diabetic patients attending outpatient clinic at Bugangari HC IV in Rukungiri district South Western Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-12-22 22:52:09 2026-12-22 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JULIET NAKABUYE MUSOKE
ID: UNCST-2022-R009890
The Politicization of COVID-19 in Uganda: A Critical Reflection on Government Interventions, Associated Risks, and Resilience Levels.
REFNo: SS1999ES

It also aims to measure the resilience levels of the masses in the face of these interventions. Government interventions against COVID-19 included closure of schools, markets, public and private transport among others. ,This study aims to critically analyze the risks emanating from government interventionand measures against the pandemic. It also aims to measure the resilience levels of the masses in the face of these interventions.,
Uganda 2023-12-21 21:42:39 2026-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
REBECCA NANTANDA
ID: UNCST-2019-R001533
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE OBSERVATORY FOR AFRICA (CHEST-AFRICA) UGANDA SITE SPECIFIC PROTOCOL
REFNo: HS3371ES

4. To assess the cost of care for asthma and COPD in Uganda,3. To assess the availability and affordability of diagnostic facilities and medicines for the management of asthma and COPD.,2. To describe the burden of symptoms, frequency and severity of exacerbations, emergency visits, and hospitalization for asthma in children aged 6-7 years in Uganda.,1. To determine the prevalence of asthma among children aged 6-7 years in Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-12-21 21:41:47 2026-12-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Julius Mulindwa
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Understanding cell-to-cell heterogeneity in Animal Trypanosome field isolates
REFNo: NS671ES

i. To develop a protocol for isolation of single trypanosomes from infected animals and adaptation of clonal micro-populations to cell culture medium.

ii. To compare the transcriptome profiles and VSG switching dynamics of micro-populations grown from field isolates.

iii. To determine the expression quantitative trait loci associated with cell-to-cell heterogeneity in trypanosome field isolates.

iv. To phenotype virulence and differentiation profiles of the diverse trypanosome isolate micro-populations.

Uganda 2023-12-21 21:39:30 2026-12-21 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
John Okodoi
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Financial wellbeing of households in Uganda
REFNo: SS2081ES

6) To examine the mediating role of household behavior in relationship to financial literacy, financial inclusion and financial wellbeing among households in Uganda. Direction and sign,5) To assess the relationship between household behavior and financial wellbeing among households in Uganda,4) To determine the relationship between financial literacy and household behavior among households in Uganda. ,3) To establish the relationship between financial inclusion and household behavior among households in Uganda. ,2) To ascertain the relationship between financial inclusion and financial wellbeing among households in Uganda. ,1) To examine the relationship between financial literacy and financial wellbeing among households in Uganda,
Uganda 2023-12-21 21:38:17 2026-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Meseret Hailu F.
ID:
Women’s Pursuit of Undergraduate Engineering Degrees in Eastern Africa: Exploring Higher Education Retention in Uganda.
REFNo: SS2062ES

The objective of the research project is to identify the salient patterns, themes, and trends in engineering laboratories that encourage women to persist in their majors at Makerere University.
USA 2023-12-21 21:36:06 2026-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Aisha Nanyiti
ID: UNCST-2021-R013489
Clean Energy for Development-A Call for Action (CEDCA): Rural Renewable Energy MSMEs Operating to Modernize Agriculture in Sub Saharan Africa and South-East Asia: Barriers, Opportunities, and Implications for Inclusive Low-Carbon Transition
REFNo: SS2023ES

To engage local stakeholders, including public policy decision-makers, to increase their awareness of the benefits of implementing of our context-dependent policy recommendations.,To establish drivers for women’s and youth’s inclusion in MSMEs where renewable energy interventions has been adopted into agricultural value chains.,To identify the levers of a green energy transition through agricultural MSMEs’ pursuit of climate adaptation strategies intensive in the use of scalable renewable energy-based technological innovations.,To identify factors impeding the emergence of a dynamic MSME sector driving the transition to low-carbon ag-tech solutions to climate change adaptation, as well as barriers to women and youth’s participation in this sector in Uganda.,
Uganda 2023-12-21 21:34:17 2026-12-21 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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