Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Research Income from Industry and Other Sources
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Most of the income generated by The Maldives National University comes from projects undertaken in collaboration with local and international partner agencies. The table provides an overview of the research projects undertaken and income received for these activities.

# PROJECT NAME YEAR AWARDED FUNDED BY CURRENCY TOTAL PROJECT VALUE CAPACITY STATUS
1 Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea (PROMISE) project 2020-2024 EU SWITCH ASIA EUR 3,709,882 Lead agency Completed
2 UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub 2020 United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Pounds – £ 109,504 Collaborating Organization Completed
3 Climate Change Diplomacy, Leadership, and
Resilience (CHILDRN)		 2021-2023 EU Erasmus plus EUR EUR 636,939 Collaborating partner Completed
4 Support to Design and Develop a Research
Proposal for Conducting a Total Diet Study		 2023 WHO Maldives MVR MVR 87,499.96 Lead Completed
5 RECOVER – Resilience to climate vulnerability and environmental risk – focus on small islands 2024 – 2026 CLARE program of IDRC-Canada and FCDO-U.K USD 1.2 million Collaborating partner Ongoing
6 Soci-economic Predictors of Low Fertility Rate sin the Maldives 2024 – 2026 UNFPA Maldives MVR 75,000 Lead Completed
7 National Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study of AMR 2025 WHO Maldives/ WHO Regional Office MVR 231,300 Lead Completed
8 Sustainable Nitrogen Management for a Clean and Healthy Oceans Maldives (CHOMV) project 2026 Global Environment Facility (GEF) USD   Co-lead Ongoing
9  The Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health (REACH) 2024 – 2028 Advancing Research for Climate and Health (ARCH) initiative, co-funded by IDRC, Canada and FCDO, UK USD $4,499,900.00 CAD Co-lead Ongoing

All 336 academic staff are required to dedicate time to research activities alongside their teaching responsibilities. Of these, 52 academic staff are engaged in STEM disciplines, 81 are from Medicine and health related disciplines and 203 staff belong to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences discipline.

The University provides financial support for academic staff to present their research findings at international conferences in addition to offering research and book-writing grants for staff.

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