A total of 15 graduate students have received an amount ranging from GH垄 3000 to GH垄 4000 at this year's School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Research and Awards Ceremony. Instituted in 2015, the Research Grant is aimed at supporting qualified graduate students to produce high quality research and to enable students to complete their research on time. The 15 awardees, who received a total amount of GH垄 59,000, were selected based on strict criteria, among which were the quality of the research proposal and possible contribution to knowledge. The award winners were: Dorcas聽Blankson,聽MPhil聽(Soil Science), Vera聽Anyanwaa聽Essandoh,聽MPhil聽(Soil Science), Samuel聽Otoo,聽MPhil聽(Sociology),聽Asiama聽Aikins聽Amoako,聽MPhil聽(Sociology),聽Paa-Kwesi聽Sackey,聽MPhil聽( Sociology), Edwin聽Kodwo聽Kuntu聽Blankson, PhD (Development Studies), Emmanuel聽Nuamah,聽MPhil聽(Animal Science) and Jacob聽Owusu聽Sarfo, PhD ( Health Promotion). The rest were; Louis聽Opoku-Mensah,聽MPhil聽(Animal Science), Bright聽Opoku聽Ahenkorah,聽MPhil聽(Health Education), George聽Agyei, PhD (Population and Health),聽Faustina聽Mensah,聽MPhil聽(Admin. in Higher Education),聽Awiah聽Dzantor聽Selorm,聽MPhil聽(Geography), Simon聽Ntumi,聽MPhil聽(Measurement and Evaluation) and David聽Baidoo-Anu聽(Measurement and Evaluation). Speaking at the ceremony, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T.聽Oduro, lauded the courage, perseverance and determination of the Board, the Dean and the Secretariat of the聽SGS聽for the initiative. Prof.聽Oduro聽congratulated the awardees on their hard work and commiserated with the unsuccessful applicants for their relentless efforts. He bemoaned the lack of funding as one of the major problems of research by graduate students. Thus, he urged the awardees to use the grant for its intended purposes. "Since you are the second batch of beneficiaries of this Grant, we expect that you become faithful ambassadors of this initiative of the聽SGS聽to your colleagues and the University community at large." He advised. Prof.聽Oduro聽gave the assurance that management was committed to exploring other sources of funding Graduate Research Awards. He announced that plans were afoot in completing arrangements for a research grant from the All Saints Education Trust in the U.K to support qualitative research-based thesis in the University. He praised Nana Sam Brew Butler, the chairman of the immediate past Governing Council of the University, for also setting up the Samuel &聽Emelia聽Brew-Butler聽GRASAG-UCC聽Research Fund to support postgraduate research at UCC. For his part, the Dean of聽SGS, Prof. Ernest聽Okorley, commended the awardees for their excellent work and urged them to be disciplined in all their聽endeavours聽and to remember to give back to society when they prosper. On behalf of her colleagues, a beneficiary, Mrs.聽Faustina聽Mensah, thanked the leadership of聽SGS聽for instituting the Grant to promote high delivery of post graduate education in the University. The ceremony was attended by the Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora F.聽Edu-Buandoh; Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. J. B. A聽Afful; Prof.. Vice-Dean of聽SGS, Prof聽Kamkam聽Boadu, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Educational Foundations, Prof. Prosper聽Deku, Vice-Dean of the School of Business, Dr.聽Siaw聽Frimpong; President of聽GRASAG-UCC, Mr. Seth聽Odame-Mensah聽among others.
