Grant Type:
Small Scale Research
The nature of the proposal shall be demand driven, contribute
to the implementation of the national development strategy,
and be able to produce a publishable and applicable finding.
A PhD student attending study in AMU is encouraged to
compute for this scheme with one or two of the objectives of the
approved dissertation.
Multidisciplinary nature is more appreciated
Maximum allowable budget is 175,000 (One Hundred
Seventy-Five Thousand) ETB per proposal
Small Grants for Young Researchers
Maximum budget granted for Graduate Assistant and Assistant
Lecturer is 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) ETB
For Self-Sponsored MSc Student Maximum budget is 25,000
(Twenty-Five Thousand) ETB per approved thesis proposal
Thematic area: Renewable Energy Resource Assessment, Technology Development and Adaptation
RESEARCH AREAS Description
SOLAR ENERGY
Solar PV system (Photovoltaics Applications)
Solar-thermal power systems
Solar energy systems integration
Energy Storage Technologies
Efficient Solar System Components
Solar manufacturing and competitiveness
Control and monitoring of Solar PV systems
Economic Analysis of solar Energy
WIND ENERGY
Wind Energy Applications
Wind conditions (Aerodynamics of Wind Energy)
Wind turbine Technology
Wind energy integration
Economic Analysis of wind energy
BIO-ENERGY
Biomass Energy Conversions;
Bio-products and Bio-power technologies
Waste to energy technology
Biogas Technologies
o Improved cooking stove design and development
o Design and development of briquetting machine
Bio-fuel Technologies
Economic Analysis of Bio-energy
SMALL HYDRO POWER
Small Hydropower resource assessment;
Small Hydropower applications;
Call for Proposal
Arba Minch University, Renewable Energy Technology Research Center is pleased to Announce Call for Proposal on the Following Research
Areas for (2022/23/ 2015 E.C).