FUTA Lecturer Emerges Winner of International Grant From a Pool of 292 Applicants From 27 African Countries.

 

GREAT NIGERIAN SERIES ....

A Lecturer with the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, Dr Gideon Idowu has emerged the winner of the 2021 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant for Africa. According to the organizers , Dr Idowu won the award after his entry was adjudged the best from a pool of 292 entries from applicants from 27 African Countries . 

The grant is under the aegis of the Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation . According to the Foundation ,

''After a continent-wide search, with entries from 27 countries across Africa, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Gideon Idowu from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria, is the 3rd recipient of the annual Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant, " wrote while announcing the 2021 winner on its media platforms . 

And  In a formal letter to Idowu , Bridget Fury , Head of Oppenheimer Generations Philanthropies wrote , " Congratulations!   It is my pleasure to inform you that you are the recipient of the 2021 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant.  Your proposal titled, “Microplastics and plastic-derived chemical contaminants in Africa:  implication on human health and the loss of aquatic biodiversity” was selected out of 292 applications."

The JWO Research Grant is overseen and managed jointly by Oppenheimer Generations Philanthropies and Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation. Idowu will lead a team of 11 scientists from different African countries on the research focusing on the effects of microplastics and chemical contaminants on the environment   over a three year period with the Foundation providing funding for the study.

The Vice Chancellor of FUTA , Professor Joseph Fuwape, has congratulated Dr Idowu. He described the grant as another validation of the excellence and global relevance of FUTA , its faculty members and students. 

He said he was confident that in the extant tradition of FUTA, Dr Idowu would discharge his work creditably well for the benefit of the continent and in consonance with the expectations of Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation