The Governing Council and Management of Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre (Grooming Centre), a leading Microfinance Institution in Nigeria, are pleased to announce the 2026 Grooming Centre University Grant Scheme.
Benefits
The grant will be awarded to 100 undergraduate and 50 Postgraduate
Requirements
The applicant must either be a student at the undergraduate or postgraduate level in a Nigerian tertiary institution whose research study covers any of such areas as financial inclusion, microfinance, rural development, social enterprise, MSMEs, technological development, digital finance, youth in development, women in development or any other research that is aimed at lifting people out of poverty.
The applicant must be a student at an NUC/ NBTE approved Nigeria university or polytechnic.
The applicant must submit a written and signed recommendation from his/her project supervisor.
Method of Application
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The applicant must submit a research concept of between 10-20 pages which will include an Introduction, Statement of the problem, Research Questions, Research Objectives, Significance of the Study, Operationalization of terms, Scope of the Study, Literature and theoretical review, Preamble, Conceptual literature, Empirical literature, Theoretical Orientation, Conceptual framework, Hypotheses, Methodology, Preamble, Research Design, Study area, Study population, Methods of data collection, Sample size and sampling technique, Reliability and Validity test, Methods of Data Analysis, Ethical Consideration, References-APA 6along with candidate’s personal profile.
Applicants empirical review must be between a timeframe of 2019 to 2025.
The candidate will also submit a final soft copy of the research project on completion of the study.
Applicants are required to submit their research project in Microsoft Word format, using Times New Roman font, size 12, and 1.5 line spacing.
There are no barriers to age, gender, religion or ethnicity to the Grooming Centre University Grant Scheme.
For More Information,
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Application Deadline: October 23, 2026.