Summary
NSTIC is currently providing oversight over five projects bring funded by the AAU/ACTS partnership which emerged as winning proposals after a Call for proposal was made nationwide and reviews carried out by national and international reviewers. A call statistics showed that projects submitted had little or no partnership/collaborative work. This brings to the fore the existing barriers and lacuna between researchers and the private sector and industries. As one of the main objectives of NSTIC is to translate research findings into economic and social use through the commercialization of research output products and transfer of technology that can best
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NSTIC is currently providing oversight over five projects bring funded by the AAU/ACTS partnership which emerged as winning proposals after a Call for proposal was made nationwide and reviews carried out by national and international reviewers. A call statistics showed that projects submitted had little or no partnership/collaborative work. This brings to the fore the existing barriers and lacuna between researchers and the private sector and industries. As one of the main objectives of NSTIC is to translate research findings into economic and social use through the commercialization of research output products and transfer of technology that can best be implemented through Public private partnerships, NSTIC is therefore seeking to bridge the gap through Multi-stakeholder engagement between researchers and public private enterprises and Industries.