A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AMONG AAU FACULTIES: 1988-1993

Abstract

A survey of research activities at Addis Ababa University (AAU) has been made to investigate disparities in the extent of research activities conducted in different faculties of the' institution and determine the major sources of fund for such activities during the last five years (July 1988-July 1993). Findings reveal that distribution of research projects andfunds among faculties/institutes that received support during the period under discussion was highly uneven. Two faculties, the faculties of Science and Medicine, were in general the leading ones in terms of number of projects and fund attraction. The pattern in those that trail behind is irregular, however. When it comes to source of funds, locally, the University itself; and internationally, SAREC (Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation
with Developing Countries) were found to be the principal research donors with grants spanning over the various faculties of the University. For SAREC-supported research undertakings, the general pattern. in the number of projects and fund allocation has shown a slight increase. But this was irregular and unpredictable for AAU supported projects .