Dear RTIRN Partners,
We are very happy to inform you that the 2013 RTIRN Small Grants Program’s review and selection process is finalized and we have our winners. The program had a great response receiving a total of 113 research proposals to conduct research on 45 different low and middle income countries! Due to the unprecedented amount of proposals received, the review and selection process of the program took more than expected.
Every application was reviewed by 4 independent reviewers and scored according to the criteria as stated in the request for proposals. The Board of RTIRN is pleased to announce the successful applicants:
- AKM Fazlur Rahman (Bangladesh) “Situation analysis and effects of small-scale infrastructural measures for traffic calming and protection of vulnerable road users at rural black spots on the N2 highway in Bangladesh”
- Edrisa Sanyang (The Gambia) “Epidemiology of injuries presenting to Edward Francis small teaching hospital and serrekunda general hospital”
- Geetam Geetam Tiwari (India) “Estimating risk to road users & impact of active traffic calming measures on vehicular speed in highway work zones”
- Gururaj Gopalkrishna (India) “Highway Road Crashes and Deaths in India: Analysis of Pattern, Determinants and Outcomes in Kolar District, India”
- Joelle Tambekou Sobngwi (Cameroon) “Drink Driving in Commercial Vehicle Drivers in Cameroon: Exploring the Nexus of Availability and Use”
- Marion Sinclair (South Africa) “Research proposal: Pedestrian safety at roundabouts: a comparative study”
- Nazarius Tumwesigye (Uganda) “Motorcycle related injury in Kampala: A case control study among the riders”
- Rajitha Ananda Wickremasinghe (Sri Lanka) “Establishing the foundation for Age- and Disability-friendly Road Safety Policies in Sri Lanka”
- Respicious Boniface (Tanzania) “Factors associated with road traffic injuries in Tanzania”
- Shankar Prinja (India) ”The impact of road traffic injury: a mixed methods study in north India”
Please note that, as established in the Call for Research Proposals, this decision is final and due to the volume of response individual feedback will not be possible.´
We would like to give a very special thanks to all the RTIRN partners that participated on this process; we really appreciated your effort and interest on the RTIRN Small Grants Program.
Congratulations to the winners!