Emerald - ALCS Research Fund Award 2008
Engineering Research in Africa
Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in Africa
Announcing the winners
Emerald and ALCS (The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society), in association with INASP and the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), are proud to announce the results of the 2008 Emerald/ALCS Engineering in Africa Research Fund Award. Applications were to address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific focus towards the benefit of Africa.
A number of high-quality submissions were received, making the decision of the judging panel an extremely difficult one. However, a winner has now been selected.
Winner
Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University, California, USA
Simon Katabazi, New Hope Uganda
Connie Dobbs, New Hope Uganda
Christopher Muwanguzi, Makerere University, Uganda
Tony Muwanguzi, New Hope Uganda
"Model-eliciting activities in Uganda as a bridge between engineering and mathematics education"
The Winner will receive a prize fund of £2,500 to go towards their research project. In addition to the research grant, the Winner will also be given the opportunity to receive the assistance of an experienced Emerald editor or former editor in helping write a high-quality article, offering the best chance of getting accepted for publication.
Both Emerald and ALCS are exceedingly proud to support and reward such high-quality research. We wish the winners, and indeed all the applicants, success in their future academic careers. Further updates, including presentation photos and publication details, will appear here as information becomes available.
Testimonial
“For the last 2½ years we have been working at establishing a remedial program at Essubi Eppya Vocational Primary school, in rural Uganda. We have learned much as we have faced many challenges. As participants in this grant, we are very excited and especially thankful to God for the provision that it affords us in regards to training for our teachers. But ultimately, the impact that this training and the subsequent practices will have that can be taken back to the classroom as we expand our use and understanding of MEA's in the classroom, are what we are most grateful for! The Uganda schools curriculum will be impacted in a way that we have desired and hoped for in regards to utilizing cooperative learning and moving our instruction to being more student oriented. To the providers of the grant funds, saying thank you is not adequate but we trust the outcomes that will be experienced will be adequate thanks!”
Eric Hamilton
Eligibility
At least one member of the research team must be based in Africa.
Judging criteria
Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must:
- Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good.
- Demonstrate originality and innovation.
- Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application.
- Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology.
- Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice.
Contact
For further information, please contact:
Kieran Booluck
Author Relations Administrative Assistant
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