Sequence of Events and Project plan
The following is the sequence of events that will be followed in executing the project.
- Recruitment of staff and selection committee members
- Drafting the awards announcement and publicity
- Selection of the grantees
- Official announcement of awardees, orientation and research methodology and scientific writing training
- Monitoring and evaluation of the awards
- Publication and dissemination
The proposed project plan is as shown below:
| Activity | Output | Timeframe |
| Contract preparation | Contract MoU between University of Nairobi and IDRC |
Feb 2009 |
| Project Assistant selection | Project Assistant | Feb-Mar 2009 |
| Drafting the awards announcement and publicity | Publicity materials | Mar 2009 |
| Publicity and competition | Applications | Apr-Jul 2009 |
| Selection Committee formation | Selection Committee | Apr-Jul 2009 |
| Selection of grantees | Selected Masters scholarship awardees Selected Doctoral research grant awardees |
Aug 2009 |
| Awards official announcement | Awards | Sep-Oct 2009 |
| Relationships with host universities | Oct-Nov 2009 | |
| Start of research activities | Registered Masters students Start of research by Doctoral grant awardees |
Oct-Nov 2009 |
| Research methodology and scientific writing training | List of participants of the training workshop | Jan-Feb 2010 |
| Monitoring and external evaluation | External evaluation report | Jan-Feb 2012 |
| Progress report writing | Six-monthly reports | Sep 2009, Mar 2010, Sep 2010, Mar 2011, Sep 2011 |
| Final Report writing | Report | Mar 2012 |
| Publication and dissemination |