AfIRI supports postgraduate students as they complete their theses and dissertations. Four researchers are listed among the institute’s 2025 grant awardees.
The awardees
- Emmanuel Baako, MPhil Food Science and Technology, University for Development Studies: Development and Optimization of Gluten-Free Fonio Bread.
- Evans Thompson, MPhil Infection and Immunity, University of Cape Coast: a study of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage, antibacterial resistance and serotypes among diabetic patients at a clinic in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.
- Francis Z. Taabia, PhD in Nutrition, University of Ghana: a study of food security and nutritional status among women shellfishers, and of oysters as a source of dietary minerals and heavy metals, at three estuarine sites in Ghana.
- Mary-Anne Laryea, MPhil Agribusiness Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: the effect of higher vertical coordination mechanisms on maize farmers’ postharvest losses and livelihoods in Ghana’s Transition Agro-Ecological Zone.
Who can apply
AfIRI’s Postgraduate Research Award is for Masters and PhD students at a tertiary institution in any African country. Applicants need a valid student ID, must be in their thesis writing year, and their research must be interdisciplinary.
Read more about the Postgraduate Research Award and past recipients.
