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Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
ID: UNCST-2020-R014244
Deployment of Responsible AI Solutions for Health at Scale in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)
REFNo: SIR623ES

i) To identify, select and provide seed funding to promising responsible AI innovations in clinical and public health domains to enable them initiate and/or continue their scaling trajectories within low-and middle-income settings.
ii) To validate, apply and interactively refine the proposed AI in health scaling evaluation framework through in-depth case studies.
iii) To disseminate evidence and insights from the scaling case studies through existing dissemination platforms, publications, conferences, policy briefs, and regional/global convenings, with the aim of informing policy, strengthening practice, and shaping global discourse on responsible AI scaling in health systems.

Uganda 2026-03-12 17:49:35 2029-03-12 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
ADRINE ASINGWIRE
ID: UNCST-2026-R023642
THE ROLE OF JOINT INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF COMPLEX CRIMINAL CASES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4946ES

(i) To analyze the contribution of inter-agency to the successful prosecution of complex criminal cases in Uganda. (ii) To assess the contribution of the joint investigation teams to the successful prosecution of complex criminal cases in Uganda. (iii) To establish the challenges that undermine the effective utilization of joint investigations in the prosecution of complex criminal cases.
Uganda 2026-03-12 17:46:48 2029-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
ELIZABETH KYAZIKE
ID: UNCST-2023-R005557
THE PREHISTORY, PALEOGENETICS, AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON MENTAL WELL-BEING OF ANCIENT HUNTER-GATHERERS OF SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4800ES

1. Reconstruct ancient genetic lineages, population structure, and long-term demographic history using ancient DNA and archaeological evidence.
2. Examine long-term ecological overlaps and shared landscape use between ancient humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and other sympatric species.
3. Assess how ancient populations adapted to climatic fluctuations and ecological transitions through integrated archaeological, palaeogenomic, and paleoenvironmental data.
4. Document Batwa oral histories relating to caves, forests, and ancestral places to guide archaeological interpretation and ensure culturally grounded and ethically informed analyses.

Uganda 2026-03-12 17:43:29 2029-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
BRENDA KABASINGUZI
ID: UNCST-2025-R022607
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR TOWARD KOMBUCHA DRINKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA: THE ROLE OF INFLUENCER MARKETING, BRAND AWARENESS AND PERCEIVED HOMOPHILY
REFNo: SS4953ES

i. To examine the relationship between Influencer marketing and Consumer Behavior in southwestern Uganda
ii. To establish the relationship between Brand awareness and Consumer Behavior in southwestern Uganda
iii. To examine the relationship between Perceived homophily and Consumer Behavior in southwestern Uganda
iv. To find out the relationship between Influencer marketing and Brand awareness in southwestern Uganda
v. To examine the mediating effect of Brand awareness on the relationship between Influencer marketing and Consumer Behavior in southwestern Uganda
vi. To examine the moderating effect of Perceived homophily on the relationship between Brand awareness and Consumer Behavior in southwestern Uganda
vii. To establish the moderating effect of Perceived homophily on the relationship between Influencer marketing and Consumer Behavior via Brand awareness in southwestern Uganda

Uganda 2026-03-12 17:42:01 2029-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
KYADIDA ADDI
ID: UNCST-2025-R021199
Administrative Politics and Organisational Citizenship Behavior in Universities in the Eastern Region of Uganda. A Case of the Islamic University in Uganda and Busitema University.
REFNo: SS4818ES

1. To examine the level of organisational citizenship behaviour among academic staff in the eastern region universities, Uganda.
2. To analyse the level of administrative politics directed at academic staff in the eastern region universities, Uganda.
3. To examine the influence of information management politics on organisational citizenship behaviour among academic staff in eastern region universities, Uganda.
4. To analyse the influence of coalition-building politics on organisational citizenship behaviour among academic staff in universities in the eastern region of Uganda.
5. To analyse the difference in influence of administrative politics on organisational citizenship behaviour among academic staff between a public and a private university.

Uganda 2026-03-12 17:40:57 2029-03-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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