CALL FOR PAPERS THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA INVITES RESEARCHERS TO SUBMIT PAPERS AND INNOVATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7TH TO 8TH, 2019
About the Challenge
The University of Dodoma (UDOM) invites all UDOM community members to participate in the first
Innovation Challenge which is coordinated by UDOISIC. The challenge will support innovative ideas
from all fields which are environmental friendly, simple technology, commercially viable, sustainable
and bring solutions to societal problems. It will involve four stages which are innovative ideas
submission, screening, pitching and lastly the development of the prototypes. Winners of the Challenge
will be mentored and provided with some financial support to develop their prototypes.
Objective of the Challenge
The challenge aims at giving UDOM community a platform to engage in producing creative and
innovative ideas which might be solutions to some of the societal problems. Furthermore, it aims to
support the vision of the fifth government of attaining to middle economy through industrialization.
Evaluation Criteria
All submitted ideas will undergo screening to get viable ideas which will be invited for the pitching
stage. Evaluation criteria is detailed below:
i. Addressing any of SDG (1,2 5 and 9)
ii. Appropriate technology,
iii. Commercial viability,
iv. Environmental friendly,
v. Sustainability and
vi. Scalability
Eligible Applicants
All UDOM students and/or academic staff individually or in groups are eligible to apply.
Application Period
Application window closes on 31st of May, 2019.
Mode of application
Applicants can fill in the application form online by clicking here
Contacts
All inquiries may be directed to UDOISIC heads through 0755 498 126 and 0784 891 291 during work
hours.
