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Viola Karungi
ID: UNCST-2024-R003996
ENOUGH! Vulnerability, Perseverance and Resistance in the 21st Century: a Docu-Drama Film about lived-experiences of Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
REFNo: SS4572ES

To assess the aftermath of victimhood for the respondents.,To explore the copying mechanisms employed by the respondents to endure suffering. ,To examine the circumstances that led to domestic violence for the respondents. ,To analyze lived-experiences of victims/survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Kampala and Bushenyi.,
Uganda 2026-01-19 16:54:10 2029-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
John Bosco Tumusiime
ID: UNCST-2024-R003033
Community Policing and Crime Prevention in Mbarara City- Western Uganda
REFNo: SS3425ES

i) To examine community perceptions and views about Community Policing and crime
prevention in Mbarara City.

ii) To determine the role of community participation in identifying and reporting crimes in
Mbarara City
iii) To determine existing working relationships between the Community and the Police in a bid to enhance Community Policing and Crime Prevention in Mbarara City.

iv) To propose recommendations on how to improve Community Policing and Crime
Prevention in Mbarara City.
Uganda 2026-01-19 16:52:27 2029-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Walter Komakech
ID: UNCST-2024-R015851
Community-Based Tourism for Local Economic Development: A Social Business Model Perspective in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS4079ES

1.To explore the nature of the adoption of Community-based tourism for Local economic development in Northern Uganda

2.To examine the contributions of Community-based tourism to Local economic development.

3.To design a social business model to enhance Community-based tourism and local economic development in Northern Uganda

Uganda 2026-01-19 16:14:44 2029-01-19 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Ezra Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R019242
Modeling Coffee Agroforestry Systems and Robusta Coffee farming household Income in Uganda
REFNo: A700ES

a)To estimate the current living income gap of Robusta coffee farmers in Uganda. b)To assess the contribution of agroforestry systems on Robusta coffee farmers’ living income in Uganda. c)To model locally adoptable coffee agroforestry system scenarios that can improve future incomes of Robusta coffee farming households.
Uganda 2026-01-19 16:11:19 2029-01-19 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Henry Kajumbula Mawerere
ID: UNCST-2019-R001531
Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of African Bacterial isolates
REFNo: HS6377ES

Objectives:

Main Objective
1. To characterise priority resistant bacteria and establish a repository of well characterised bacteria and bacterial genomes on the African continent that shall inform surveillance systems, research and development (R&D) of new antimicrobial therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics for addressing AMR in African populations.

Specific Objectives
1. To determine and compare mobilomes of selected pathogens implicated in blood stream and other infections in Uganda and other African countries
2. To determine and compare the resistome of selected pathogens implicated in blood stream and other infections in Uganda and other African countries
Uganda 2026-01-19 15:53:59 2029-01-19 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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