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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT Brief History of the Directorate The Senate of the University at its 78th regular meeting held on 28th February and 1st March 2002 recommended a proposal from the Management to Council of the University for the establishment of the Directorate with the responsibility for sourcing research funds, allocation of research grant, retirement, monitoring and report submission as well as for application of research outcome, marketing, extension and publication. The directorate will promote research within the University and in collaboration with other partners. The Vice-Chancellor then appointed a Coordinator to head the Directorate in May, 2002. Thus, the Directorate is new and is trying to fully take-off. The Directorate's mission is to carry out research for the development of communities in all areas of human endeavours using resources which are dependable. Vision The directorate has the vision to be the anchor for the generation of knowledge which are applicable and can be applied to the development of communities and people for which it is meant. The Directorate considers research as a means through which the complexity of nature is reduced to simple forms for easy understanding by making them intelligible to man and it is subordinate to economic and political objectives for building nations and societies. That research is not a mere display of astuteness but the means for generating mew bodies of knowledge which have application to the advancement of society and confer economic supremacy, and scientific advantage to the beneficiary. Therefore, research as a vehicle for progress should necessarily have development as its primary motive and for it to be valuable, it should create bodies of knowledge that are relevant to the quality of life of the community it aims to serve through enterprise and welfare improvement while at the same time, fulfilling the quest for knowledge and understanding of man's place in the universe. Functions/Objectives The Directorate's function is to provide support for research and development activities in the University, to promote pure and applied research with community needs and the development of commercially relevant research outcome and processing research proposals, monitoring of research activities and dissemination of research results for public consumption as well as identifying funding agencies. Its specific functions/objectives are to: (i) Collate and disseminate research information and development activities (ii) Set and periodically review standard of research activity including ethics, protection of originality and guide the direction of research and development (iii) Promote quality assurance in research by setting benchmarks and monitoring guidelines for research enterprise within the University (iv) Substantially contribute to the development of the University's capacity for pure and applied community-relevant research (v) Translate research to development products thus giving economic and social relevance to research endeavours (vi) Provide technical assistance to the University Board of Research with respect to university sponsored research The Directorate draws its strength from the following: (i) The environment of the University is naturally well endowed with a variety of plant and animal life as well as non-living, physical relief's, rivers, and rocks as well as with a diversity of people with an amazing richness of cultures, local knowledge and beliefs that can be harnessed and made more efficient (ii) The University has an unfettered access to a wider area across-border for collaboration with institutions in Cameroon and Chad (iii) The University's catchment area has long river lengths and large mass of vegetation and rocks. It has perennial rivers, strong winds, more than four months of sunshine and clear skies which are useful for alternative energy generation and studies of the cosmos (iv) Availability of resource persons with experience in international research capability and community-relevant research (v) The University is the first and only university of Technology in the Northern corner of the country and has a wide field of research into rural communities (vi) The staff are highly enthusiastic (vii) Already established rapport with friendly and cooperative government at all levels in the region
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