Research Projects
| No | Project Title | PI | Sponsor |
| 1. | Integrating waste-to-resource and renewable energy technologies in resource protection for sustainable development” (PM-ET-BTU-UB-Albrecht | Dr. Nkwatoh Athanasius Fuashi | German Ministry of Education and Resesearch (BMBF) through University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany |
| 2. | Using geospatial tools to investigate how defrorestation affects the transmission of malaria in birds. | Dr. Anong Nota | NAS (National Academy of Sciences) |
| 3. | Multimedia documentation of Babanki Ritual Speech | Pius W. Akumbu | ELDP, UK |
| 4. | Application of Molecular Biology Techniques to tropical diseases | Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji | ISP/IPRCS |
| 5. | Relationship between in utero exposure to malaria antigens immune responses of the newborn and disease susceptibility during the first years of life | Dr. Eric Achidi | MIM/TDR /Grant for Malaria Research |
| 6. | UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank | Dr. Eric Achidi | UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank |
| 7. | European Union VARBO Project | Dr. Samuel Wanji | European Union |
| 8. | Evaluation of the management of waste generated during palm oil production and utilization of composted empty fruit bunches in the Cameroon Development Corporation. | Dr. yinda Godwin Sendze | CDC |
| 9. | Medicine for malaria venture | Professor Simon Efange | WHO |
| 10. | IFS Project (“Résistance des agents d’infection urogénitales aux antibiotiques: recherché de solutions dans quelques espèces des plantes médicinales du Cameroun”) | Dr. Assob Nguedia Jules Clement | International Foundation for Science |
| 11. | Grand challenges in global health initiatives – Malaria GEN Project | Dr. Eric Achidi | Wellcome Trust-Oxford University |
| 12. | Peaceful application of Nuclear techniques (Influence of seasonal changes in hydrology on nutrient-cycling in West African tropical mangroves. | Dr. Tening Aaron | IAEA |
| 13. | To establish a drug discovery centre at UB. Project titled “screening for macrofilaricidal drugs in onchocerciasis”. | Dr. Fidelis Cho Ngwa & Prof. Vincent P. K. Titanji | CELGENE corporation USA |
| 14. | T-cell responses to variant surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum | Professor Vincent P.K. Titanji | Microsoft Corporation |
| 15. | Influenza surveillance in Cameroon | Dr. Lucy Ndip | Henry Jackson Foundation (HJF), USA |
| 16. | Characterization of erhlichia SPP infecting cattle in Cameroon | Dr. Lucy Ndip | TWAS (Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) |
| 17. | Malaria Pilot Community Research Project | Prof. Theresa Akenji | WHO |
| 18. | Global Forum for Health Research | Dr. Ndeh Peter | WHO |
| 19. | Gender, Globalisation and Land Tenure: The Chad-Cameroon Pipe | Professor
Joyce Endeley, Professor FondoSikod |
IDRC |
| 20. | Climate variability and climate change in Northern Cameroon | DR. Ernest Molua | IDRC-UNITAR |
| 21. | Application of Genomic and proteomic approaches in the characterization of human and bovine tubercle bacilli and implications for disease control | Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji | BecANet |
| 22. | The impact of land tenure practices on women’s right to land in Anglophone Cameroon and implications on sustainable development | Professor
LotsmartFonjong, Dr. Lawrence Fombe, Dr. Irene Sama-lang |
IDRC |
| 23. | Correlation of bark phytochemicals from annickia chlorantha with physiological and environmental variables across a forested African Landscape | Prof. Simon Efange | Smithsonian Institute, Washington |
| 24. | The influence of seasonal changes in hydrology | Dr. Tening Aaron | IAEA |
| 25. | Climate friendly waste management | Dr. Josepha Foba | Commonwealth and foreign office, UK |
| 26. | Mechanisms of erythrocytic infection and anaemia in malaria | Prof. Vincent P.K Titanji | University of Notre Dame, USA |
| 27. | Women’s Movements and the struggle for Socio-political space in the grasslands of Cameroon: A study of Anlu, Kelu, Tekembeng and Fuembuem | Dr. Roselyn M. Jua, Walters Nkwi and Henry Kah | CODESRIA NWG Research Grant |
| 28. | Gene-Environment studies in podoconiosis | Dr. Wanji Samuel | Welcome Trust Limited |
| 29. | Female representative for crop science in Africa
|
Dr Lum Ayeoffe Fontem | |
| 30. | Documenting the Royal Honorific Language of Bafut, a Grass fields Bantu Language of North West Cameroon
|
Dr. Ayu’nwi Ngwabe Neba | HRELP Project, London |
| 31. | 1. Poverty eradication and grass root empowerment through sustainable integrated agriculture development: Fish Cum Rice and Pig production. Lead University: Njala University, Sierra Leone.
|
Dr. Pius Mbu Oben
(Cameroon National Coordinator: CORAF – WECARD) |
World Bank Project:
West and Central African Council for agricultural research and development (CORAF/WECARD) competitive grant and commissioned research schemes |
| 32. | 2. Sustainable integrated Pond Based Aquaculture with Rice and Poultry production: Economic, Social and Environmental assessment. Lead University: University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Dr. Pius Mbu Oben
(Cameroon National Coordinator: CORAF – WECARD) |
World Bank Project:
West and Central African Council for agricultural research and development (CORAF/WECARD) competitive grant and commissioned research schemes |
| 33. | Developing a macroflaricial drug for onchocerciasis using anacor’s novel oxaborole technology | Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa & Prof. Vincent P. K. Titanji | New York Blood Center |
| 34. | To establish a Drug Discovery Centre at the University of Buea | Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa | WHO/TDR |
| 35. | Studies on developing surveillance/monitoring and integrated management systems for the oil palm leaf miner beetle (coelaemenodera minuta uhmann) in the Cameroon Development Corporation. | Dr. Ntonnifor Nelson | / |
| 36. | IPICS : Biotech Project. | Prof. Vincent Titanji | IPICS |
| 37. | Benedict College. | Professor Leke Tambo | |
| 38. | IFS Grant | Dr. Ndip Roland | IFS Grant |
| 39. | Order, disorder and chaos in biophysical systems: Unveiling the complex dynamics of the neuronal system. | Dr. Dikande Alain Moise | TWAS |
| 40. | The youths in Africa’s labour market: quality of employment, unemployment and underemployment | Dr. Tabi Atemnkeng Johannes | Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC) |
| 41. | Using geospartial tools to investigate how deforestation affects the transmission of malaria in birds. | Dr. Anong Nota Demian | NAS sub-grant award |
Capacity Building Projects
| No. | Project Title | PI | Sponsor |
| 1. | UB AERC Project | Dr. Sama Molem | AERC Project |
| 2. | Validating a combined geo-epidemiological approach to sampling for a geo-chemical disease. | Prof. Samuel Wanji | WELLCOME Trust to University of Sussex and UB as sub-contractor. |
| 3. | University Development Co-operation, Own Initiatives Scheme, 2006: Geohazards Monitoring Project (International collaborative research and capacity building project) | Dr. Samuel Ayonghe (UB based local promoter | VLIR (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad) |
| 4. | European and Developing countries Clinical Trials Partnerships for a post-doctoral position at UB as host institution for visiting researcher, Dr. Else Carole Ebounbou of the Marie-Curie University in France | Dr. Else Carole Ebounbou | EDCTP |
| 5. | Networks of excellence project | Professor Peter Ndumbe | EDCTP-EEIG, the Hague |
| 6. | Research and Innovation Management Improvement for Africa and the Caribbean for the Successful Stimulation and Dissemination of Research Results (RIMI4AC) | Dr. Josepha Foba | EU ACP |
| 7. | DOBES Training Workshop at the Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijegen- Holland | Dr. Roselyn M. Jua, Dr. Gratien Atindogbe and Dr. Canute Ngwa | Volkwagen Shiftung Grant |
| 8. | IFS research project F/4186-2 titled “Resistance of uro-genital tract infectious agents to currently used antibiotics: search for solutions in some medicinal plants from Cameroon”. | Dr. Assob Nguedia Jules Clement, PI | IFS |
| 9. | Developing a macrofilarial drug for onchocerciasis through a pan-Africa consortium | -Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa (PI)
– Prof. Simon Efange (Co-PI) |
African network for drugs and diagnosis innovation (ANDI) UNECA. |
| 10. | IFS Project No. F/5122-1 (New Antiplasmodial Compounds from Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) Lam. and Coula edulis Baill. Selected medicinal plants used to treat malaria symptoms in Western Cameroon | Dr. Zofou Denis | IFS |
| 11. | Generation X in Cameroon, nowhere to go, but everywhere to go, in the twenty somethings. | Dr. Joseph Lo-oh (FED) | DCF Fellowship |
| 12. | The precambrian mineral belt of Cameroon: gold, iron and associated elements. | Prof. Cheo Emmanuel Suh (FS) | AvH grant |
| 13. | Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa. | Dr. Eric Bertrand Fokam (UB contact for research team) | National Science Foundation (NSF) grant |
| 14. | Pressures and impact of climate change in Cameroon on Health, water resources and agriculture: Consideration for immediate and future adaptation strategies. | Prof. Samuel Ndonwi Ayonghe | German National Academy of Science Leopoldina |
| 15. | Research grant to carryout fundamental research in mathematics in the University of Buea. | Dr. Agbor Diudonne (FS) | Alexander von Humboldt Postgraduate Fellowship |
| 16. | Cross-Cultural Psychology: An Africentric Perspective”, Centre File: 107226-001, | Prof. Therese MungahShalo Tchombe | IDRC |
| 17. | Population genetics of plasmodium falciparum parasites in natural populations of Buea, South Western Cameroon. | Dr. Apinjoh Tobias | The Medical Research Council (MRC) Univ. of Oxford |
| 18. | development and sustainable breeding of local chicken for improved productivity under local alternative feed DManagement system and Health control | Christian keambou Tiambo | International Initiative Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace. |
| 19. | Development and sustainable breeding of local chicken for improved productivity under local alternative feed management system and health control | Christian keambou Tiambo | Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace (ABAIM) EMBRAPA-FUNARBE |
| 20. | Development of a Research Strategic and Operational Plan and Guidelines for Accreditation and Evaluation of Research Units at the University of Buea. | Division of Research and Publications
(coordinator; Dr Foba Tendo) |
AAU Seed Grant Project |
| 21. | UB-ULB Project on strengthening the Onchocerciasis program in Cameroon. | Dr. Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu | Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
| 22. | Interrogating large scale land acquisitions and its implications for women’s land right in Sub-Saharan Africa | Dr. Lotsmart Fonjong and his research team. | IDRC grant based in Ottawa Canada. |
| 23. | Malaria parasitemia and systemic cytokine bias in pregnant Cameroonian women.
|
Professor Vincent P.K. Titanji
|
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| Dr. Achidi Eric Akum
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| 24. | Accounting and OHADA business law. | Prof. Martha Tumnde and Prof. Charles Elad | British Academy Mobility Grant. |
| 25. | Effects of extracts of Aguaria salicifolia on liver diseases, in vitroand in vivo. | Dr. Fotio Lambou epse Tonfack | International Foundation for Science (IFS) |
| 26. | Morphological and molecular identification of fresh water prawn of genus macrobrachium in South Region of Cameroon | Ms. Judith G. Makombu | International Foundation for Science (IFS) |
| 27. | Documentation and description of Zerenkel, an Afro-Asiatic language of Chad belonging to East Chadic language family. | Ramat Sakine (PhD Student at UB, from Chad) | ELDP, SOAS – UK |
| 28. | Programme of implementation research to inform the effective and sustainable scaling-up of integrated neglected tropical disease (NTD) control initiatives | Dr. Samuel Wanji (Co-PI) and Prof. Mark Taylor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine , PI | LSTM – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
| 29. | Computer Science for High School programme (for organization of training workshop for computer science teachers in Fako) | Dr. Denis Nkweteyim | Google grant award |
| 30. | British Council, UK England African partnerships in higher education project on the strengthening of PhD training in Africa (South-North, South-South collaborative project) | Prof. Tchombe Fombe | British Council, UK England |
| 31. | STARS Project (a pilot training programme with two main strands of activity involving 12 African universities) | University of Buea (institutional team with Dr. Foba as institutional contact) | Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany |
| 32. | Howard University GEAR UP Program in partnership with the University of Buea for undergraduate research exchange mobility of students
|
Lorraine Fleming (PI), and Josepha Foba,(UB contact)
|
United States National Science Foundation |
