Ongoing Research and Innovation Grants

Current

S/No TUK Lead Faculty Project Title Year Awarded Funded by Amount Funded Link
1 Prof Luke Olang Engineering and The Built Environment Optimization of Iivestock mobility pathways for informd decision-making among pagtoral communities under changing climate in Kenya 2025 OeAD-GmbH Austria's Agency for Education and lnternationalisation EURO 39,740.00
2 Dr. Bilha Eshton Gitonga Engineering and The Built Environment Establishing a BIOgas Network for BaVaRia and Kenya (BIOVARYA). 2024 Bavarian State Chancellery BIOVARYA KES 7,865,337.84
3 Dr. Fredrick Mutua Engineering and The Built Environment Sustainable Textiles Through Upscaling and Commercialization of Banana Fiber value Addition in East Africa (BANATEX). 2024 SMEP Programme KES 9,000,000.00
4 Prof. Alex Muumbo Engineering and The Built Environment Development of a Portable Trigeneration Energy Systems for Domestic Use in Kenya. 2018 National Research Fund Kenya - Newton Utafiti Fund KES 13,603,626.00
5 Dr. Luke Olang Engineering and The Built Environment Drought Early Warning Systems for Drought Risk Management in Kenya. 2017 National Research Fund Kenya KES 17,166,565.00

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S/No TUK Lead Faculty Project Title Year Awarded Funded by Amount Funded Link
1 Dr. Samson Okoth Ayugi Engineering and The Built Environment Monitoring of Tree Species with Object based Satellite Image Time Series Analysis- 2nd Phase. 2026 National Research Fund Kenya - NRF/KE-FR (PAMOJA PHC GRANTS) KES 2,115,503.00
2 Dr. George Okwadha Engineering and The Built Environment Capacity Building to the Leather Tanning Personnel on Sustainable Manufacturing Processes amd Environmental Pollution Management as part of Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 2023 United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) KES 5,388,250.00
3 Prof. Edwin Ataro Engineering and The Built Environment Wezesha na Kabambe: Swahili Voice ChatBot for Empowering Smallholder Farmrs in Kenya. 2022 Mozilla Foundation KES 1,731,084.75
4 Prof. Alex Muumbo Engineering and The Built Environment Development of a Sustainable Energy Supply Concept for Informal Settlements in Mozambique and Kenya, Considering Social, Economic and Technological Conditions (SEED) 2021 German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) KES 16,267,536.00
5 Dr. Luke Olang Engineering and The Built Environment Geoinformatic for a Green and Sustainable Economy of Kenya in 2030 (GeoGreen). 2018 European Union's Education Programme -Erasmus EURO 86,560.00
6 Mr. Edward Odhong Engineering and The Built Environment Recovering Mechanical Strengths of Fractured Rice Husks Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Composites by Injection Repair using Healing Agents. 2017 National Research Fund Kenya KES 1,999,900.00
7 Dr. George D. O. Okwadha Engineering and The Built Environment Determination of Pozzolanic Activities of Leguminous Crop Plants to be Used as Partical Replacement of Cement in Concrete Manufacture. 2016 ACU Swansea Titular Fellowships 2016 GBP 5,000.00