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Emma Thurau G
ID: UNCST-2023-R007945
 Balancing nutrients and toxins in Black and White colobus monkey(Colobus guereza) diet
REFNo: NS521ES

1. Determine if black and white colobus monkeys use sensory information to select their foods. 2. Determine how plant secondary metabolites (toxins) and nutrients impact black and white food selection and tree visitation rates.
USA 2023-06-30 12:47:56 2026-06-30 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Josephine Najjuma Nambi
ID: UNCST-2021-R013717
 Effect of InterProfessional Simulation-based learning on communication skills of multi-disciplinary student teams at two African medical schools (IPSUM STUDY)
REFNo: SS1858ES

To measure the impact of inter-profession medical simulation-based learning on inter-professional collaborative communication and practice skills among undergraduate medical and nursing students.
 Uganda 2023-06-30 12:46:53 2026-06-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Samuel kirimunda
ID: UNCST-2021-R012738
 ANCESTRY DNA UGANDA GENETIC GENEALOGY STUDY
REFNo: HS2761ES

a) Enhance the AncestryDNA current genome reference panel database, with saliva samples from a Ugandan population, for the purpose of increasing its utility and accuracy;
b) Enhance the AncestryDNA data and sample repository for current and future product and service development;
c) Enhance population genetic data and sample repository for research in Uganda;
d) To strengthen DNA sequencing and sample repository at the Uganda National Health Laboratory Services


Uganda 2023-06-30 12:43:24 2026-06-30 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Lower Whitney
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Strategies and mechanisms of collective inter-group aggression and in-group defense among wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Kibale National Park, Uganda
REFNo: NS496ES

The objectives of this doctoral dissertation project are to better elucidate the group-level, individual, and physiological mechanisms exhibited by wild eastern chimpanzees to achieve a risky form of collective action, namely participation and contribution in lethal aggression between territorially distinct chimpanzee communities. I will study the Kanyawara community of wild eastern chimpanzees to answer these questions of interest.
 USA 2023-06-27 19:31:41 2026-06-27 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
MANDELA NELSON
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University-community engagement opportunities to address climate change in African context: a comparative case study of Ndejje and Makerere universities
REFNo: SS1731ES

To explore opportunities that might be able to support policy making and enhance the third mission programs towards climate change issues and sustainability at the case universities.,To identify major constraints in the university-community collaborations in the efforts to address climate change at the case universities.,To investigate how the case universities develop and coordinate community engagement programs on climate change action and sustainability.,To establish community engagement activities that can be implemented by the case universities on climate change and sustainability,
 Uganda 2023-06-27 19:30:16 2026-06-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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