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Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Research Administration in Uganda (SICRA)

Award Number: G11HD085538
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/17/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2021

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Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Research Administration in Uganda (SICRA) - ¿ DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): During the last two decades, there has been increased appreciation of the role biomedical and biobehavioral research play in strengthening of systems and understanding of population health. In Uganda most of the biomedical and biobehavioral research is developed and funded by investigators from the developing countries from the US and Europe. Funding agencies have lately developed stringent pre and post award requirements and reporting regulations that require researchers to have certain competencies and skills to be able to meet the set expectations. In Uganda, the majority of research institutions have weak research administration systems, investigators have inadequate skills to compete favorably, the few that are engaged in scientific writing are over burdened by research administrative functions limiting their involvement in grant/research development, and information on available funding opportunities not consistently accessible. Although both Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) and the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have implemented NIH funded research in the past, the funding has been secured based on applications developed by US Collaborating institutions and primary grants management activities are carried out in the US utilizing the strong infrastructure at the US institutions. Estimates at the 3 institutions indicate that less than 33% of faculties/technical staff is activel engaging in some form of scientific writing, less than 50% have access to funding source information and less than 40% engage actively with research mentors on a regular basis. Designed as public private partnership (PPP) and to leverage resources at the 3 partner institutions, the proposed Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Research Administration (SICRA) project will strengthen research capacity at the three institutions by strengthening infrastructure for research administration functions, targeted training to improve research development competencies, supporting structural adjustments to create a sustainable research environment, and supporting the development of pre and post award processes. The EA working with guidance from the Mentor will be responsible for the overall leadership of the grant, utilizing resources at MUWRP. The goal of this proposal is to obtain funding to support the strengthening of the research administrative infrastructure and enhance research production in the PPP. Specifically 8 aims have been organized under 3 broad objectives,1) To strengthen research administration leadership primarily at the three participating institutions, 2) To institutionalize a dynamic research administrative support system that provides responsive, efficient, and consistent, support to staff/faculty actively engaged in writing and implementing research proposals at the three participating institutions, and 3) To strengthen institutional research governance structures for program quality and sustainability. By the end of the 5 year grant period a fully functional and responsive office of research and Supported Programs will be in place, grant productions will be growing at a rate of 50% per year, and staff engagement in scientific writing will have improved by more than 50% at all the 3 institutions.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2019	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT	PLOT 42, NAKASERO ROAD	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	1/5/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT (MUWRP)	42 NAKASERO	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	2/26/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $48,599 )
2019	2019	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT (MUWRP)	42 NAKASERO	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	8/27/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,599
														Subtotal = $48,599

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $48,599 )
2018	2018	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT (MUWRP)	42 NAKASERO	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	4	7/3/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,599
														Subtotal = $48,599

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $48,600 )
2017	2017	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT (MUWRP)	42 NAKASERO	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	8/14/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,600
														Subtotal = $48,600

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $48,600 )
2016	2016	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT	PLOT 42 NAKASERO ROAD	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	9/7/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,600
														Subtotal = $48,600

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $59,400 )
2015	2015	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY WALTER REED PROJECT	PLOT 42 NAKASERO ROAD	KAMPALA				UGA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	9/17/2015	NEW	$59,400
														Subtotal = $59,400

Grand Total All Awards = $253,798

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Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Research Administration in Uganda (SICRA)

Award Number: G11HD085538

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/17/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2021

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