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IMPROVEMENT OF PLANT RESIDUES:USE OF CROP RESIDUES BASED SPENT MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE AS LIVESTOCK FEEDS

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There will be a postgraduate proposal presentation on 25th Wednesday  at 10.am at the Animal Production Department University of Nairobi.

To join use the following link:https://meet.google.com/wry-yioz-ztp?hs=224

There will be a postgraduate proposal presentation on 25th Wednesday  at 10.am at the Animal Production Department University of Nairobi.

To join use the following link:https://meet.google.com/wry-yioz-ztp?hs=224

Ongoing masters project on "Effects of inclusion of mango  seed kernel on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality on broiler chicken by Dr.Jepkirui Kitongo Naum  supervised by Prof.Joyce Maina

Day old broiler chicks

A list of Fellowships/Scholarships Research Innovation Grants and Awards/Prizes

 

Fellowships/Scholarships

Title: MSc & PhD scholarships for African residents studying in African universities

Funder: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/475

Deadline: Rolling Basis

 

Title: TWAS-NRF Doctoral Programme

Funder: National Research Foundation (NRF), Department of Science and Technology (DST) & TWAS

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/481

Deadline: August 20, 2021

 

 

Research Innovation Grants

Title: Call for proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

Funder: IDRC

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/483

Deadline: August 3, 2021

 

Title: Global Water Foundation Grants for Water and Sanitation

Funder: Global Water Foundation

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/474

Deadline: Rolling basis

 

Title: IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant 2021: Quick-Response Research on COVID-19

Funders: TWAS & ISDB

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/476

Deadline: July 5, 2021

 

Title: Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)

Funder: TWAS & German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/477

Deadline: July 27, 2021

 

  Awards/Prizes

Title: The Falcon Awards for Disease Elimination

Funder: Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE)

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/482

Deadline: June 13, 2021

 

Title: TWAS─Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences

Funder: Professor Abdool Karim

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/478

Deadline: May 31, 2021

 

Title: TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award

Funder: Professor Al-Kharafi

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/479

Deadline: May 31, 2021

 

Title: TWAS─Atta-ur-Rahman Award in Chemistry

Funder: TWAS

URL: https://dvcrie.uonbi.ac.ke/node/480

Deadline: May 31, 2021

 

 

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Ongoing masters project in the Department of  Animal Production Poultry Unit on "Effects of inclusion of  Mango by products on layers chicken feeds on performance and egg quality" by Dr.Everlyne  Akong'o Nawiri supervised by Prof Joyce Maina.

Ongoing masters project in the Department of  Animal Production Poultry Unit on "Effects of inclusion of  Mango by products on layers chicken feeds on performance and egg quality" by Dr.Everlyne  Akong'o Nawiri supervised by Prof Joyce Maina.

"Effects of different levels of dietary essential oils supplementation on growth performance, carcass and meat quality traits of broiler chicken".

"Effects of different levels of dietary essential oils supplementation on growth performance, carcass and meat quality traits of broiler chicken 

"Effects of inclusion of mango  seed kernel on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality on broiler chicken".

Ongoing masters project on "Effects of inclusion of mango  seed kernel on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality on broiler chicken by Dr.Jepkrium Kitongo Naomi supervised by Prof.Joyce Maina.

Ongoing masters project in poultry Unit