The final results of the 2012 competition have been confirmed on the 31st of May 2012, by our panel of 10 assessors including 5 Senior and 5 Junior Research Fellows. A total of 1,110,000 naira were given out in the form of 8 grants as follows:

Titus, Olusegun Stephen
Music and Media as tools for electoral campaign, mobilisation and violence in Nigeria’s First Republic (1959-1966)
Ethnomusicology, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Best overall project

Abdullahi, Adam
Hydropower, dams development, environmental insecurity and conflict in communities along river Niger in north-central Nigeria
Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ilorin

Adeyanju, Adegboye
Can ‘System’ be conferred on the Fluid Language of Religion?: A Functional Linguistic Analysis of Charismatic Christian SermonicDiscourses of a Popular Nigerian Pastor
Linguistics, University of Abuja, Nigeria

Eshiemokhai, Michael
Understanding the Implementation of the Treatment Programme for HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria
Health and Social Policy, Université de Montréal, Canada

Raji, Ganiyu Alade
Oil and the Family in Ijaw Communities of Delta State, Nigeria
Peace and Conflict Studies, IAS, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Nwagwu, Williams
Relationship between Media violence and real life violence: a study of adolescents in south-south Nigeria
Information Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Adewole, Ololade Grace
Demographic Change and Industry-specific Innovation Patterns in Nigeria
Demography and Social Statistics, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Special Grant for Gender Balance in the SSH

Okolie-Osemene, James
Perceptions and Challenges of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Modelling and Prospects for stability in Niger Delta
Peace and Conflict Studies, IAS, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Best project at Masters’ level