Recently, the University Council approved the decentralization of the grant management system (Pre-and Post-Award (PPA) Services at the Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID). Following this development, Dr. Ezekiel Acquaah, a Senior Research Development Officer of the Office of Research, Innovation and Development has been assigned to the College of Education to be in-charge of the College’s Research Grants Management Office.

Dr. Ezekiel Acquaah comes into office with a wealth of experience from his previous duties in a similar role. From the year 2012 to 2017, he was the Research Development Officer for the School of Biological Sciences, School of Engineering and School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences under the erstwhile Faculty of Science, now College of Basic and Applied Sciences. Whiles there, he facilitated a number of grant winning proposals which are currently actively running successfully. Amongst them include the West Africa Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens under the School of Biological Sciences, the Technology Development and Transfer Center now the Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property at the Office of Research Innovation and Development, the Technology Center for Quality Dairy Production and Processing in Ghana now the Diary Research Improvement and Innovation Consortium under the School of Biological Sciences. He also managed the Research Ethics Committee for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences from the year 2016 to 2018,

As the Senior Research Development Officer in-charge of the College of Education Research Grants Management Office, he is expected to work closely with the Provost, the College Finance Officer, the College Secretary and Faculty to enhance research productivity and research excellence within the College. Amongst his duties include managing the research proposal process, assisting in keeping the process on schedule and submitting proposals to funding agencies, assisting principal investigators (PIs) with interpretation, responding to grant guidelines, ensuring proposals are properly reviewed by all appropriate parties prior to submission, preparing award memos, ensuring funds availability for grant obligations and facilitating the drafting of support letters for grant proposal etc.