Nigerian Communications Commission - Call For Telecommunications-Based Innovations From Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions

The Nigerian Communications Commission, the regulator of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria, supports amongst other things, telecommunications-based Innovations, Inventions, Research and Development from Tertiary Institutions in the country that are practical, locally realizable and have clear potential of developing the telecommunications industry.

Pursuant to this objective, the Commission invites proposals from academics in tertiary institutions that have feasible pure and applied research ideas that are capable of replacing foreign technologies that are in use in the telecommunications industry in the country to help mitigate capital flight occasioned by dependence on foreign technology.

Capable and interested innovators are invited to send in their proposals which must:

• Show proof of concept and be locally realizable
• Have clear potential of developing the telecommunications industry
• Be accompanied by an executive summary
• Have detailed cost estimate
• Have profile of research team
• Have evidence of capability of project delivery to prototype level
• Have a schedule of project implementation

Closing Date/Submission
Submissions will undergo preliminary assessment. The proposals that are adjudged promising and capable of developing the telecommunications industry will be further evaluated by another level of assessors at a presentation to be made by the sponsor/ author of the proposed innovation before a decision is taken on whether the Commission will fund the project or not.

Interested innovators are invited to submit both hard and soft copies of their research proposals latest by 31st April. 2013 addressed to:

The Executive Vice Chairman
Attention: Dr. Sylvanus Ehikioya
The Director
New Media and Information Security
Nigerian Communications Commission
Plot 423, Aguiyi Ironsi Street
Maitama, Abuja.

Tony Ojobo
Director, Public Affairs