The National Council for Science and Technology* is launching the Research and Innovation Grants today 4 February 2021 at a special virtual event. There are 72 successful research projects selected from over 500 applications.

The projects to be awarded were selected through a rigorous process. Three schemes were initiated:
1) Rwanda Innovation Challenge;
2) Special Collaboration Research Grants to address COVID-19 Pandemic;
3) Academia-Industry Collaboration Grant.

Applications from the University of Rwanda having come out on top of the highly competitive process with 16 successful projects, among which three (3) are from the African Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT ).
We hereby proudly present the winners. Congratulations to our esteemed researchers.

University of Rwanda thanks NCST for a smooth and fair bidding process. We look forward to the findings of the research projects with confidence they will enhance evidence based policy formulation.

Congratulations Again.