The Higher Education for Conservation Activity (“HECA”) is a five-year (2022-2027) Activity funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the University of Georgia as a prime partner. The Activity is implemented in Liberia and brings into partnership a constellation of U.S. and Liberia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to positively strengthen […]

For over decades now, billions of US Dollars in aid have been injected into developing countries by different development actors to address critical humanitarian and development needs. However, many communities in developing countries continue to have recurrent cycles of shocks and stresses from vulnerability factors. There is therefore a need to move these communities from […]

Through RAN, USAID/Uganda seeks to partner with USAID/LAB/CDR to leverage the expertise of Ugandan universities and researchers to undertake development research that will inform subsequent interventions by USAID/Uganda to strengthen the voices of Uganda’s indigenous people.  By working through the local universities, the Mission seeks to encourage sustainable partnerships with local universities positioned to institutionalize […]

Through RAN, this project targets to extend the capacities and momentum built in the previous projects by identifying areas of innovation support ecosystem which still need further support in order to strengthen, institutionalize and sustain the ecosystem approach to innovations. The project has mainly two sub areas; Identification and support for potentially transformative ideas to […]

The Long-Term Assistance and Services for Research (LASER) – Partner University-Led Solutions Engine (PULSE), (LASER-PULSE) consortium seeks to partner with USAID Somalia and USAID/LAB/CDR to: Identify the most effective and cost-efficient models of delivering accelerated education programs in the pilot phase of the contract, focusing on learning outcomes, equitable access, and retention for all students, […]

A lot of research is conducted and published by academicians and non-academicians. There is however so much that can be done beyond just carrying out the research and publishing research findings.  Under the LASER-PULSE initiative, with funding from USAID, Makerere University-RAN is currently supporting researchers to translate study findings into policies, programs and community based […]