The Vice chancellor attributed this achievement to the university's management, which encourages staff members to provide solutions to global challenges.
Prof. Adebooye revealed this information in response to the recent accomplishment of Prof. John Agbonifo, the Director of the Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, and Prof. Olukoya Ogen, the Director of the Office of Research and Innovation Management. They formed a research consortium with Prof. Jean-Marc Trouille from Bradford University for a research project titled "The European Union and Africa in a Multi Crises World."
According to a statement by Ademola Adesoji, the Public Relations Officer of UNIOSUN, the project received funding amounting to €7,800,000 from the ERASMUS-JMO-2023-NETWORKS-HEI-NON-EU-AFRICA.
The statement partly read, “Professor Agbonifo is a key facilitator of the project, while Professor Ogen is the Project Financial Signatory.
“AfriquEurope is the largest Jean Monnet network of its kind and the largest academic network in terms of its number of participating institutions and the number of countries represented across Africa and Europe. It will also provide a framework for unique cooperation between universities and think tanks on matters relevant to Africans and Europeans.
“The aim of the AfriquEurope Network is to support the EU’s effort to recalibrate its partnership with Africa, whilst advocating closer cooperation between the two continents.”
Adebooye while reacting to the achievements of the two staff of the university, said part of his mission as Vice Chancellor was already being realised with various research efforts of the institution’s staff attracting various grants.
“In total, UNIOSUN has raked in a total of US$12 million in 2023 alone. We are proud of our researchers. This latest grant is another milestone in our research and global visibility agenda. I believe that in the not-too-distant future, we would be among universities with the highest grants won in this part of the world,” Adebooye said.
