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).