The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has secured more than $2.3 million in international funding between November 2025 and March 2026 to support research activities across key sectors.
The funds, obtained through competitive efforts by faculty members, will support demand-driven research addressing challenges in health, mobility, climate change, and rural development.
Vice-Chancellor Rita Akosua Dickson announced the development in Kumasi, attributing the grants to growing international confidence in the university’s research capacity on April 8, 2026.
Providing a breakdown, she said Adam Gyedu secured $662,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the effectiveness of enteral resuscitation for moderate-sized burns.
Gift Dumedah also received $535,000 from the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations to investigate equitable transport access and mobility in African cities.
In addition, Charles Anum Adams secured $439,000 from the International Development Research Centre for a transport leadership capacity advancement programme in Africa.
Prof Dickson noted that KNUST continues to play a leading role in climate change research and remains active in global climate discussions.
She added that the Wellcome Trust has established two regional hubs in Africa to develop climate adaptation strategies aimed at reducing the health impacts of climate change, with one to be hosted in Ghana.
The Ghana hub, a £20 million regional climate and health research initiative, will be anchored at KNUST to serve the West African consortium. It will be led by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Provost of the College of Science.
The initiative is expected to accelerate evidence-based solutions to public health challenges linked to climate change across the sub-region.
