More than US$2.3 million has been raised by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in it international funding between November 2025 and March 2026 to assist research projects.
The funds raised through faculty members’ Competitive programs will promote research focused on practical needs such as health, mobility, climate change, and rural development challenges. The Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Rita Akosua Dickson, disclosed this in Kumasi, acknowledging the grants as coming from an international confidence in the capacity of the university to deliver impactful research.
During the time of presenting an overview of the projects, she said Adam Gyedu secured US$662,000 from the National Institutes of Health (USA) to study the effectiveness of enteral resuscitation for moderate-sized burns.
In the same way, Gift Dumedah received a sum of US$535,000 from the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations to examine fair access to transport and mobility in African cities.
An amount of US$439,000 was given to Charles Anum Adams which was also from the International Development Research Centre to carryout a transport leadership assessment programme for Africa. Prof Dickson drew to attention that KNUST has continually provided leadership in climate change research and continues to engage in global climate disclosure efforts.
In other to strengthen contributions to climate resilience, the Wellcome Trust has created a two Regional Hub in Africa, which was led by African universities. This will help in the development of climate adaptation strategies that reduce the health impacts of climate change.
The two groups is scheduled to be hosted in South Africa and Ghana. The Ghana hub is a £20 million regional climate and health research initiative that will be held at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to serve the West African consortium.
This kind of initiative seeks to speed up evidence-based solutions to public health problems which are linked to climate change through out the sub-region. It will be headed by the Provost of the College of Science, Philip Antwi-Agyei as announced by the Vice-Chancellor announced.
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