University of Benin,UNIBEN Awarded Partnership Research By USAID

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In recognition of its leading role in research
and capacity building in Africa, the
University of Benin has been awarded a
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) research grant of
about 5.7 million naira to conduct research
in antimalarial drug discovery from local
plants and herbal resources. The award
represents a part of the larger Africa-U.S.
Higher Education Partnership program of
USAID that is administered by Higher
Education for Development (HED), a division
of the American Council on Education. This
award puts UNIBEN in partnership with The
University of Mississippi, affectionately
known as “Ole-Miss” and a leading United
States research university founded in 1848.

The partnership project will also engage two
other West African higher education and
research institutions; the International
Institute for Water and Environmental
Engineering (2iE) in Burkina Faso, and the
Federal University of Technology (FUT-
Minna) in Minna, Nigeria.

The award is aimed at promoting research
skill acquisition and knowledge transfer
between US and African institutions. At the
University of Benin, the project is domiciled
in the Department of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, with Professor Abiodun Falodun
as the Principal Investigator. At the
University of Mississippi, the project is
housed in the National Center for Natural
Products Research, in collaboration with a
number of world renowned pharmaceutical
science researchers.

Administratively,Professor Nosa O. Egiebor, a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Ole Miss, and the institution’s Senior International Officer and Executive Director of Global Engagement, is the overall Project Director for this USAID partnership program.