NUFU
The Norwegian Programme for Development, Research and Higher Education, known as NUFU, supports independent academic cooperation between researchers and institutions in the South and their Norwegian partners.
The programme's goal is to support the development of sustainable capacity and expertise in research and higher education in developing countries for national development and poverty reduction. The programme also has as its focus the enhancement of academic collaboration in the South and between South and North.
The programme is financed by NORAD and administered by SIU (the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education), and has a total budget of NOK 300 million for the current programme period (2007-2011).
NTNU has been involved in NUFU-supported academic cooperation in both Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe) and Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Vietnam) since 1992.
Here is a list of NUFU projects funded in 2009. The combined budgets for these programmes totalled NOK 39 million:
- Alternative Energy for Sustainable Development, Environmental Protection And Poverty Reduction In Tanzania (Eseprit). University of Dar-es-Salaam/NTNU
- Children, Young People and Local Knowledge in Ethiopia and Zambia . Dilla University, Ethiopia /NTNU
- Ecology, Behaviour And Conservation Of Some Wildlife of Bangladesh.University of Chittagong/NTNU
- Establishing Msc Programs in the Petroleum Sector at African Universities.Eduardo Mondlane University/NTNU
- Malex : Malawian Lexicon Project. University of Malawi/NTNU
- Ore Forming Potential of the Tete Complex and Sustainable Management of Mineral Deposits in Mozambique. Eduardo Mondlane University/NTNU
- Post-Crisis Recovery: Researching And Teaching Across Boundaries. Eastern University, Sri Lanka/NTNU
- Small Scale Concentrating Solar Energy Systems. Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique/NTNU
- Spatial And Seasonal Variation in Solar Radiation and Aerosol Concentrations And Compositions In Urban and Rural Sites In Himalayan Regions. Tribhuvan University/NTNU
- Trans - Himalayan University Network For Education And Research (Thunder). Tibet University And Tribhuvan University. Tibet University/NTNU
Application information
The deadline for submitting applications for the fourth NUFU Period (2007 - 2011) has passed. Initially the applications were evaluated externally. The next step in the process was an institutional assessment of each application by the institutions in the South and in the North. The NUFU Board made the final decision based on the external evaluations and institutional priorities. The priorities of the institutions in the South counts twice as much as the priorities made in the North.
For more information about NUFU please see www.siu.no
CONTACT
NUFU Coordinator: Ms Guri Eggan
Administration:
The Office of International Relations
For additional information about NUFU
see www.siu.no
