UCC CALLS FOR PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH SUPPORT TO ACADEMIA

Uganda Communications Commission has initiated a call for applications for research support towards academic proposals, aiming to promote research focused on developing and utilizing new communications techniques and technologies. The initiative also aims to enhance accessibility to communication services by Persons with Disabilities.

Section 5(1)(l) of the Uganda Communications Act, 2013, obliges UCC “to promote research into the development and use of new communications techniques and technologies, including those which promote accessibility of persons with disability and other members of society to communications services.”

Research ideas on notepad with office supplies. Cup of coffee calculator airplane keyboard on the turquoise background.

The research proposals should be aligned to the following themes:

Competition and pricing of ICT services
Consumer protection issues in the ICT sector
Cyber security
Emerging technologies in oil and gas, health, agriculture and education
Smart cities
Digital Financial Services
Technological literacy and youth development
ICT innovation and entrepreneurship
Social media access and usage study
Postal service access and usage study
Pay TV service access and usage assessments
Impact of the deployment of private mobile networks on the operations of public mobile networks
Uptake of advanced communication technologies by mobile network operators
Regulation of Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine(M2M) communications

To qualify, researchers must be eithergraduate students, inter-university collaboration researchers, post-doctoral academics or undergraduate students. In the case of undergraduate and postgraduate students, the projects must have been approved by the project supervisor – a member of faculty. The research support packages will vary according to the different categories highlighted, with figures ranging from UGX 10,000,000 to 100,000,000.

Upon completion of the project, the researcher is required to disseminate the research findings during a conference or dissemination workshop organized by UCC. Key outputs also include publishing at least one article in a peer-reviewed journal.

Not exceeding 20 pages, the research proposal shall be written in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, Font 12, single spacing, and normal margins. Submission by 28^th February 2025 at 5:00PM should be in soft copy to the email: research@ucc.co.ug.

For a detailed call for proposals, visit: CALL-FOR-PROPOSALS-FOR-THE-UGANDA-COMMUNICATIONS-COMMISSION-UCC-RESEARCH-SUPPORT-TO-ACADEMIA.pdf