TETFund Intervention
Tertiary Education Trust Fund programs supporting infrastructure, research, and staff development at TSU.
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Transforming TSU Through TETFund
Explore selected infrastructure, equipment, research and academic development initiatives supported through TETFund interventions at Taraba State University.
TETFund-Supported Research
TSU academics win competitive research funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), including Institution-Based Research (IBR) grants and awards from the nationally competitive National Research Fund (NRF). The projects below are documented in published research that acknowledges TETFund support.
National Research Fund award
Dr Chama Felix Adanaa: TETFund NRF grant, 2024 cycle
Dr Adanaa received a TETFund National Research Fund grant in the 2024 cycle as Principal Researcher. NRF proposals are screened and approved at national level, which makes this award one of the most competitive research grants in Nigeria. In August 2025 the Federal Government approved ₦4.25 billion for 158 projects under this cycle.
9 documented projects
- Cash crop cultivation and deforestation dynamics in Kurmi Local Government Area, Taraba State (opens in a new tab)
2026
TSU researchers: Umar Abba Jauro, Mohammed Bakoji Yusuf, Auwal Adamu Bakaku, Blessing Bako, Aliyu Mohammed Jungudo
TETFund IBRTSU intervention
- Analysis of the impact of land use and land cover changes on soil erosion at the River Lamurde catchment area (opens in a new tab)
2026
TSU researchers: Mohammed Bakoji Yusuf, Ambrose Audu Zemba, Cristiana Solomon, Auwal Adamu Bakaku, Umar Abba Jauro, Aliyu Mohammed Jungudo
TETFund IBRTSU intervention
- An investigation into use of technology for online learning in Taraba State University (opens in a new tab)
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025
TSU researchers: Sunday Adejo Odaudu, Solomon Olayinka Oyeniyi (Educational Foundations)
TETFund IBRTETFUND/TSU/2021-2022/IBR
- Commoditizing of human beings: the implications of kidnapping on national security in Nigeria (opens in a new tab)
Developing Country Studies, 2024
TSU researchers: Isa Mohammed (Political Science & International Relations), Ayodele Solomon (Economics)
TETFund IBR2023
- The media and civil protests in Africa: contextualising Nigerian press coverage of #EndSARS (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2024
TSU researchers: Tordue Simon Targema (Mass Communication)
TETFund Study Fellowship - Multifaceted analytical flood risk assessment in major tributaries of the River Benue basin, Taraba State (opens in a new tab)
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
TSU researchers: Temitope Gabriel Adelalu, Benjamin Ezekiel Bwadi (Geography)
TETFund Research GrantTETF/DR&DICE/UNI/JALINGO/RG/2019/VOL1
- Assessment of agro-allied chemical pollution on surface water quality of River Lamurde and Mayo-Gwoi, Jalingo (opens in a new tab)
Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research, 2023
TSU researchers: Benjamin Bwadi Ezekiel, Temitope G. Adelalu, James N. Christopher, Tijjani Alhassan (Geography)
TETFund IBR2022 intervention
- Pedometric and morphological characterization of soils of Kona District, Taraba State
2022
TSU researchers: P. K. Kefas, V. A. Tenebe, D. Kefas, I. J. Ali, A. B. Sheka, B. T. Garpiya (Agronomy)
TETFundTSU Research Project Intervention
- Evaluation of antimicrobial properties of five medicinal plants used against bacterial infections in Jalingo, Nigeria
TSU researchers: D. A. Zenoh, B. Josephus, N. Halley, Endurance Okpan, Henry Chukwuemeka, Akumbo Gemenen
TETFund IBRTSU allocation
This is a selection of publicly documented examples, not a complete list of TSU’s TETFund awards.