1st RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AWARDS

14-17 AUGUST 2023

THEME: Generating Knowledge and Innovations for Sustainable Development

Introduction

The Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) is pleased to announce that the first 2023 Research and Innovation Awards will be held from the 14th – 17th August, 2023, at its main Campus in Blantyre, Malawi. This will be an annual event during which MUBAS will recognize staff, students, departments, schools, and other arms of MUBAS for their cutting-edge scholarly and innovative outputs through a series of discussion fora, lectures seminars, writeshops, workshops, research conference and award presentation ceremony. Under this year’s theme: Generating Knowledge and Innovations for Sustainable Development, the event will promote research and innovation through dissemination conference and awards. This call, therefore, is anticipated to target three main categories, namely, 

1. Research papers for the dissemination conference
2. Researchers for the awards
3. Innovators for the awards

Call for abstracts – for the dissemination conference

We are inviting prospective presenters to submit abstracts in any area of interest. Specific themes for the dissemination will be generated from the submitted abstracts. 

To submit an abstract: Presenters are required to use a template of the abstract that can be downloaded below.

Abstracts should not be more than 250 words in length and should include the following sections: 

1. Title
2. Award category
3. List of authors and their affiliations
4. Introduction
5. Methods
6. Results
7. Conclusion
8. Key words

Please do not include citations, tables or figures in the abstract. If your paper is co-authored, please indicate who will present and provide the contact details of the presenting author including telephone number and email address. Send your abstract with the words: “Abstract submission for dissemination conference” to the following email address: researchandinnovation@mubas.ac.mw by 17.00 hours, 31 July, 2023.

Call for abstracts – for research awards

We are inviting MUBAS staff members and students to self-nominate or nominate potential candidates for the research awards in the following categories:

1. Researcher of the Year (2 sub-categories)
2. Early Career Researcher 
3. Research through Collaboration 
4. Excellence in Research Funds Attraction 
5. Best student researcher (3 sub-categories)
6. Long Serving Researcher 

To submit an abstract or multiple abstracts, prospective awardees must refer to the detailed criteria for each award in the provided documents below. Additionally, they are obliged to utilize the given abstract template. Furthermore, prospective awardees must complete and submit the attached nomination form with a signature.

Please do not include citations, tables or figures in the abstract. If your paper is co-written by more than one person, please indicate who will get the awards and provide the contact details of the author including telephone number and email address. Send your abstract with the words: “Abstract submission for research awards” to the following email address: researchandinnovation@mubas.ac.mw by 17.00 hours, 31 July, 2023.

Call for innovation prompt – for innovation awards

We are inviting MUBAS staff members and students to self-nominate or nominate potential candidates for the innovation awards in the following categories:

1. Innovator of the Year 
2. Early Career Innovator 
3. Best Student Innovator 

To submit an innovation brief, prospective awardees are required to find more details about the criteria for each award from the provided documents below. Additionally, they must use the innovation brief template provided and submit a signed nomination form, which is also available below. Following these steps will ensure that their submissions are eligible for consideration.

Briefs should be not more than 250-300 words in length (one page) and should include the following sections: 

1. Title
2. Award category
3. Problem description
4. Solution description
5. Solution features (i.e. device/system design features)
6. Principle of operation
7. Testing data (if innovation is under development) or
8. Socioeconomic impact (if innovation is in use)

If your innovation is done by more than one person, please indicate who will get the awards and provide the contact details of the innovator including telephone number and email address. Send your brief with the words: “Brief submission for innovation award” to the following email address: researchandinnovation@mubas.ac.mw by 17.00 hours, 31 July, 2023.

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