Vice Chancellor & CEO’s Research and Innovation Grant Eligibility

1. The applicant must be a full-time member of staff at KCA University.
2. Applicants MUST HAVE NOresearch ethics disciplinary record.
3. The project must be within the priority areas of focus for the 2024/2025 call.
4. The applicants bear responsibility for any legal disputes that might arise in respect to any ownership claims on the innovative ideas by third parties.
5. The proposal must be original and innovative in nature.
6. An innovator/researcher is eligible to submit only one application for funding in any given call. An innovator/researcher whose name appears in any other applications will be penalized.
7. Applicants must not in any way be involved in the administration of the Vice Chancellor’s Research Grant, including playing an advisory role on the fund.
8. Applicants who have received funds from other sources for the same project must justify their application for the Vice Chancellor’s Research and Innovation Grant.
9. Person(s) applying should have relevant qualifications and competence in the subject area of the proposed project.
10. All members of a research team must sign the proposal before submission to signify their consent to participate in the research project.
11. Applications sent through email will NOT be considered, click here to submit your duly filled PDF Application form.
12. A non-disclosure agreement will be co-signed between the applicants and the University with respect to material nonpublic aspects of their applications.

NOTE:

1. Expand the spaces provided in the application form to fit your content.
2. The project team endorsement page/applicant(s) details page should be separated from the proposal submission form and submitted as separate attachments.
3. Identifying information should not appear anywhere within the Proposal application form.