FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE ZURU

PMB 28, KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR

YEAR 2022 TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE INTERVENTION

This is to notify you that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the allocation and Utilisation of the Year 2022 Conference/workshop Intervention funds to the University. Premised on the above, interested, and eligible staff are hereby invited to forward request to attend relevant academic and professional Conferences/workshops in line with the following extant guidelines:

A. The Conference

1. For any conference to be qualified for the participation of any Nigerian Teaching Staff under the TETFund conference attendance intervention;

i. It must be an Academic conference organized by Academic institutions, learned society, and/or recognized and reputable professional bodies. Predatory conferences being organized by third party Predatory Conference Organizers (PCOS) must not be recommended to the Fund;

ii. The registration fee for the conference must not exceed N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) for conferences in Nigeria, and $500 (Five hundred US dollars) for conferences abroad;

iii. The duration of the conference must not exceed five (5) days.

2. Non-Teaching Staff can equally attend Workshops/Conferences for a period not exceeding 5 days.

3. Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff of beneficiary Institutions could attend group conferences or workshops as the case may be subject to the following:

i. Only a maximum of 7 (Seven) Teaching Staff of a department could attend a group conference (and not workshop) within a given intervention year.

ii. Non-Teaching Staff could attend group workshops organized by recognized Public Institutions.

B. Eligibility

To be eligible for sponsorship under the TETFund conference attendance intervention, a person;

i. Must be a Nigerian full-time Staff of a beneficiary Institution;

ii. Must apply to attend and participate in an Academic conference organized by Academic Institutions, learned society (regional, national or international one), and/or recognized professional bodies;

iii. Must have a paper accepted for presentation at the conference to be attended;

iv. Staff previously sponsored by the Fund to attend and present paper at any conference must present evidence of attendance and presentation (certificate of attendance, conference proceedings etc) before qualifying to be sponsored to attend another conference with TETFund support;

v. Any Staff that was previously sponsored by the Fund to attend and present a paper at an international conference must present evidence of publishing at least one (1) article in any first quartile journal or two (2) articles in any second quartile journals before qualifying to be sponsored to attend another international conference;

vi. Staff of beneficiary Institutions can only be sponsored to attend and present paper at an international conference once every two (2) years;

vii. Principal Officers of beneficiary Institutions can be recommended to attend local or international conference once in three (3) years. All subsisting requirements under these guidelines apply;

vill. Submission for Conference attendance should indicate the present status and salary scale of attendees.

In view of the foregoing, staff are hereby requested to forward their submissions/requests to the Registrar for conference attendance within two (2) weeks from the date of this circular for onward submission to TETFund. All applications are to be submitted to Usman Mohammed, contact phone number: 08032949575 than 1st November, 2022.

Applicants should download the Nomination Form on FUAZ website: Fuaz.edu.ng

Staff are also advised to select conference/workshop that will take place not earlier

Thank you.

 

Abdulaziz Yusuf Bazata

Registrar

DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM