In its Strategic Plan 2007/8- 2011/12 and 2013/14 – 2023/24, Nkumba University identified “Strengthening Research and Publishing” as one of its priority objectives to be achieved. The University commits Ugx.60 million to be used to award 6 research grants of 10 Million to each research team every year. This has been going on since 2009. The research funds (60million) is about 0.3% of the total University Budget.
In addition to internal funds provided by the University, the Senior Staff have also secured some funding from external funding agencies.
| Year | School | Name of the Project | Principal Investigator (PI) | Completion Date |
| 2009/10 | SBA | “Entrepreneurship Development and Customer Care: A case of Businesses in Nkumba and Entebbe” | Dr. R. Mwirumubi | 2015 |
| 2009/10 | SEHS | The Effect of Legal Framework on the Quality of Early Childhood Care and Education Development in Entebbe Municipality” | Mrs. D. Kabugo
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2015 |
| 2009/10 | SOSS | “An Assessment of the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Service Provision in Fishing Communities: The Case of Landing Sites in Entebbe” | Assoc Prof . M. Mawa
|
2015 |
| 2009/10 | SCIAD | “Visual art skills and activities towards enhancing teaching. How to begin reading and writing of early childhood education in Uganda.” | Miss. J. W Mukasa
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2015 |
| 2009/10 | SCOS | “Uganda’s Fish Export Promotion and its effect on Lake Victoria Fishing Communities” | Prof. Orach-Meza | 2015 |
| Year | School | Name of Project | Principal Investigator (PI) | Completion Date |
| 2021 | SCIAD and UNIVIE in Austria | Transnational Action on Traditional Knowledge Ethos in Strategic Human Development | Assoc. Prof. Catherine Gombe and Assoc. Prof. Michelle Proyer | 2024 |
| 2010/11 | SEHS | “The involvement of the school community in the management of school Generated waste in selected secondary schools in Kampala.” | Mr. E.S. Kiwanuka
|
Still on-going |
| 2010/11 | SBA | “The current praxi of middle management in the enhancement of quality education in universities.” | Prof. W.M. Mande
|
Still on-going |
| 2010/11 | SEHS | “The relevance of community service in criminal justice systems of Uganda as Applied in Entebbe Magistrate area.” | Miss. B. Namata
|
Still on-going |
| 2010/11 | SCIAD | “A Feasibility study of therapeutic visual arts process in the counseling and care HIV/AIDS patients. A case study of TASO Mulago Entebbe center.” | Mr. C. Kaggwa
|
Still on-going |
| 2010/11 | SEHS | “Mitigating factors influencing the performance of Primary top students in Uganda; a trace study of academic excellence of primary, secondary and university students between 1998 and 2008.” |
Prof J.C. Ssekamwa
|
Still on-going
(changed study area) |
| 2010/11 | SCOS | “Tourism strategy for sustainable development. A case study of Entebbe Municipality and its environs, Wakiso District.” |
Prof. Eric Edroma (RIP) |
Team member to follow up |
| 2011/12 | SCOS | A research study towards realizing an environmental policy at Nkumba University, Uganda. | Assoc. Prof. M. P. Musoke
|
Still on-going |
| 2011/12 | SOSS | An Assessment of the domestication of EALA policies that promote East African Integration by the National Assemblies of Member States. | Mr. Barenzi George | Still on-going |
| 2011/12 | SCIAD | Experimenting with diverse local clays to develop decorative fragmented mosaic motifs and works. | Assoc Prof. A. P. Yiga
|
Still on-going |
| 2011/12 | SCOS | General Ecosystem Modeling for predicting basic productivity of Lake Victoria. | Prof F. Orach-Meza
|
Still on-going |
| 2011/12 | SEHS | Conflict resolution mechanisms and organisation culture. | Mr. Kibuuka Peter
|
Still on-going |
| 2011/12 | SBA | From University to work place: A tracer study of Nkumba University Alumni 1998-2010. | Prof. W.M. Mande
|
Still on-going |
| 2014/15 | SCIAD | Application of digital media/computer animations as effective teaching media to shorten the learning curve in the Schools/center. | Mr. James Wevugira Ssemanobe | Still on-going |
| 2014/15 | SEHS | The reading and writing culture in university education. A case study of School of Education, Humanities & Sciences. | Mr. Simon Peter Ongodia | Still on-going |
| 2014/15 | SOSS | The state of research in universities in Uganda. The case of private universities in Uganda. | Assoc. Prof. Micheal Mawa | Still on-going |
| 2014/15 | SBA | Micro financing and growth of small business in Katabi Sub-County, Wakiso District, Uganda.
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Mr. Lwanga Musisi Abubaker | Still on-going |
| Year | School | Name of Project | Principal Investigator (PI) | Funder/
Amount |
Completion Date |
| 2021 | SCIAD and UNIVIE in Austria | Transnational Action on Traditional Knowledge Ethos in Strategic Human Development | Assoc. Prof. Catherine Gombe and Assoc. Prof. Michelle Proyer | OeAD through AfricaUniNet, Austria.
€ 20,000.
|
2024 |
| 2013 | SOSS | “Mapping the substantive representation of women in the Ugandan Legislature: Unpacking contextual factors that propel policy success /failure of female change agents”.
|
Dr. Robinah Mirembe and
Asiimwe Solomon |
USAID State University of New York
49,172,183/= |
2014 |
| 2008 | SEHS | “A gender perspective to enhancing wealth creation for poverty alleviation among small scale fishers in the lake Victoria Basin”. | Prof. Peter Kibas (Kenya) and Mrs. Dorothy Kabugo
Nkumba University |
CIDA-SAREC Through Inter-University Council of East Africa
US$ 150,000 |
2013 |
| 2011 | SCOS | Eternal consultancy on water Resources in the IGAD Sub-Region | Prof F. Orach-Meza | African Development Bank
US$ 600,000
|
2013 |
| 2007 | SCOS | Presidential Oluwoko Malaria Project | Assoc Prof. M. P. Musoke
|
Office of the President (Uganda)
US$ 800,000 |
Still on-going |