By our Reporter
The Federal Government has established the Tertiary Institutions National Laureate Prize, an annual ₦365 million initiative aimed at recognising and rewarding outstanding academic research, innovation and intellectual excellence across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON, unveiled the initiative in Abuja, saying it was designed to reposition universities, polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education as centres of research, innovation, enterprise and problem-solving in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Alausa said Nigeria possesses exceptional intellectual capacity across its tertiary institutions, but outstanding research and innovations require greater recognition and support to achieve meaningful national impact.
According to him, the prize will recognise exceptional undergraduate dissertations with commercial potential, outstanding Master’s theses and Doctoral research with industrial or developmental applications across six thematic areas: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Agriculture, Law, and Teaching Innovation.
The initiative will also feature the Dr. Stella Adadevoh Prize for Medicine and Medical Innovation, in honour of the late Nigerian physician.
The Federal Government said the programme is expected to promote research commercialisation, preserve Nigeria’s intellectual output and strengthen the connection between tertiary education, industry and national development.
