Prof. Christian Agyare

Professor


Research Areas/Interests

Search for antimicrobial and ani-inflammatory agents from medicinal plants and natural products Wound healing agents from medicinal plants and natu...~more

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Grants/Funds Awarded

  1. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to Establish German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention. Continuation of the second phase of German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention.

€ 3,000, 000.00 (US$ 3,707,405.00).    2026

 

  1. Construction of Pavement Road between SMS Block A and SMS Block B, Boadi Medical Enclave,KNUST by Panacea Pharmaceuticals Ltd

   ¢102,718.00 (USD 9,263.00).  2026

 

  1. Donation of Mindray Consona N6 Ultrasound Equipment and System by Cassona Global Imaging Ltd, Accra from Mindray Medical Electronics, China to Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST

US$ 40,000.00.00 (?480,000.00). 2025

 

  1. Research Grant for Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL)-Pharmacovigilance (Phase 2) Project in Ghana. To monitor Adverse Effects following Immunization (AEFI); Pharmacovigilance and safety surveillance in Central, Western and North Africa funded by MasterCard Foundation

 

 US$ 249,929.00 (?3,748,935.00). 2025

 

  1. Donation of Three Automated Laboratory Analyzers from Sysmex West and Central Africa Ltd, Accra to Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST

US$ 175,965.00 (€150,000.00). 2024

 

  1. Donation of Mindray Consona N6 Ultrasound Equipment and System by Midpoint Solutions Ltd, Accra from Mindray Medical Electronics, China to Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, KNUST

 

US$ 46,000.00.00 (?552,000.00). 2024

 

  1. Donation of Toyota 30-Seater Bus from National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). To improve the transportation of students to external teaching sites, as a Provost of College of Health Sciences, I facilitated the donation of the vehicle from NHIA to the School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST, Kumasi

 

 US$ 120,000.00 (?1,300,000.00). 2023

 

  1. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to Establish German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention. To establish a Centre of excellence dedicated to addressing the existential threat of global pandemics to health and the welfare of people in the West African sub-region and beyond through research and capacity building.

 

€ 2,800, 000.00 (US$ 3,080,000.00).  2021

 

  1. German Research Council (DFG) Infectiology Project. New insights into pharmacodynamic properties of natural products: Molecular mechanisms underlying the anthelminthic properties of proanthocyanidins and related polyphenols, Germany

       € 3,500, 000.00 (US$ 3,901,625.00).    2019

 

  1. Sponsorship/Donation from Life Chemist Ltd, Accra & Kumasi, Ghana: Renovation and Refurbishment of Office (Room C103), Department of Pharmaceutics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

¢40,000.00 (USD 7,272.72).  2019

 

  1. Fidelity Bank Sponsorship Project: Installation of 500 Dustbins in Kumasi Metropolis by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in collaboration with Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Funded by Fidelity Bank,

Ghana

                                                                                   ? 356,000.00 (US$ 80,000.00). 2018

 

 

  1. GCRF-BBR: West African bioactive plant products: pipeline for maximizing potential, Funded Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom

                                                          GBP £139,210.00 (USD US$180,433.00.00).      2018 

 

  1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project on identification and preservation of medicinal plants in West Africa

 

GBP £11,940.00 (USD 16,089.00).  2017

 

  1. Donation from Danny Praise Computers Co. Ltd, Kumasi, Ghana: Office Furniture to the Head of Unit office, Quality Assurance and Planning Unit, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

 

¢10,000.00 (USD 2,382.00).  2017

 

  1. Donation of Funds from Mmanab Co. Ltd, Kumasi, Ghana: Renovation and Refurbishment of Quality Assurance and Planning Unit General Office, Kwame

Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

 

 ¢30,000.00 (USD 7,145.00).    2017

 

  1. Travel Grant for International Network for Quality Agencies in Higher Education

(INQAAHE) 2017 Conference in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain  

                                                                                                            USD 2,500.00.    2017

 

  1. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) of Egypt, Young African Researchers’ Award, 2015

                                                                                                          USD 15,000.00.    2016

 

  1. TWAS fellowship for Ms. Theresa Appiah for her PhD research on antimicrobial agents from mushrooms

                                                                                                          USD 15,000.00.    2016

 

  1. University of Ghana Research Fund (UGRF), 9th Call, Investigator grant Category

                                                                                                          USD 10,000.00.    2016

 

  1. 5th KNUST Summer School Donations

                                                                                                          USD 13,000.00.     2015

  1. 4th KNUST Excellence Awards

                                                                                                         USD 10,000.00.     2015

 

  1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)/Australian Government Trust Project on Neglected Tropical Diseases

                                                                                                         USD 70,000.00.     2015

 

  1. Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research/Dr. Willmar Schwabe Research Scholarship for Young Scientist on Mechanism of actions for Antiinflammatory activity of Geraniin and Phyllanthus muellerianus (Yaw Duah Boakye, PhD student), Tenable at University of Vienna, Austria.

 

                                                                                    €10,000.00 (USD 11,400.00).     2015

  1. Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme Award/ Scholarship and African Union Commission Scholarship for Ms. Theresa Appiah on a project titled ‘Search for antimicrobial agents from wood decaying and soil fungi’.

 

                                                                                                      USD 12,000.00.          2013

  1. Novartis/Seeding Lab project on Natural Product Research

                                                                                                      USD 20,000.00.          2013

  1. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Research and Conference Research Grant), Project: Antibiotic Resistance in Poultry in Ghana 

 

                                                                                                      USD 5,000.00.             2012

  1. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology/Building Stronger Universities (BSU) /DANIDA, Project: Antibiotic Resistance Project

                                                                                                       USD 100,000.00.       2012

 

  1. L’OREAL-UNESCO grants for Women in Science, Project: Antibiotic resistance in poultry

                                                                                                      USD 20,000.00.          2012

 

  1. Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Small Projects for equipment: Search for antimicrobial agents from medicinal plants from Ghana

 

                                                                                        €2,000.00 (USD 2,270.00).      2010

 

  1. Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), German Government

                                                                                     €45,000.00(USD 51,000.00).     2007

 

  1. Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (TALIF) - World Bank Grant for Training of technical/support staff for social research and investigation

                                                                                                        USD 5,000.00.           2006

 

 

           TOTAL GRANTS/FUNDS/FELLOWSHIPS ATTRACTED: US$ 11,880,497.45

 


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