2026 Academic Staff Training and Development Grants: Call for Applications

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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commenced the Academic Staff Training and Development (AST&D) sponsorship programme for academic staff in selected Nigerian universities to pursue higher degrees at Masters and Doctoral levels. Potential beneficiaries include those in academic, technical, and technological fields.

Academic staff of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) without Masters and PhDs in their area of focus are enjoined to take advantage of this opportunity by submitting the application for sponsorship and the following documents:

  1. Letter of admission for a higher degree programme
  2. Details of Supervisors and Projects to be undertaken
  3. Complete schedule of fees (covering tuition, accommodation, feeding, laboratory costs, etc.)
  4. Letter of appointment as a staff in the University of Lagos
  5. Two (2) copies of duly completed Bond Forms
  6. Duly completed TETFund AST&D Nomination Form
  7. Recent Curriculum Vitae (CV) including email address and telephone number(s)
  8. Photocopies of all academic credentials
  9. Report of medical fitness obtained from a government hospital

Click HERE to download the TETFund AST&D Nomination Form.

Below, is a list of approved Tenable Institutions of Study for the Local Component of the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention:

Geo-Political ZoneS/NName of Institution
 1University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State
NORTH – EAST2Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State
 3Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State
 4Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State
NORTH – WEST5Bayero University, Kano, Kano State
 6Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
 7University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State
NORTH – CENTRAL8University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State
 9Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State
 10University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State
SOUTH – EAST11Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State
 12Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State
 13University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State
SOUTH – SOUTH14University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
 15University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State
 16University of Lagos, Akika, Lagos State
SOUTH – WEST17University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
 18Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State
 19Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State
SPECIALISEDUNIVERSITIES OFAGRICULTURE20Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State
 21Nile University, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
 22American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State
 23Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES24Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State
 25Base University, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
 26Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
 27Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State
 28Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State

The list of available courses in the tenable institutions can be accessed HERE.

All applications should be addressed to the Vice-Chancellor through the Director, Academic Planning, UNILAG.

Please note that:

  • The fund cannot be used for a second Master or PhD. 
  • The fund/grant is tenable for staff of the University of Lagos in other institutions in Nigeria and cannot be used in the University of Lagos.

For further information, kindly contact the Academic Planning Unit of the University via: acadplanning@unilag.edu.ng

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