Catalyst Grant Workshop in Kampala, Uganda

Credit: Katherine Bruce, MPH-Participant in the training

​On February 23-25, 2018, EASST fellow Damazo Kadengye led a 3-day Impact Evaluation and Research Transparency workshop in Kampala, Uganda for 21 early career researchers from Mbarara University, Makerere University, and Busitema University. Kadengye was joined by fellows Jayne Tusiime and Kizito Omala to conduct the workshop, which was funded through EASST’s Catalyst Grant program, which offers fellows $10,000 to institutionalize learnings from their fellowship within their home countries. Trainees were competitively selected for the workshop and trained on impact evaluation, field methods, designing observational studies, and research transparency and reproducibility methods.
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From the workshop, four promising participants were chosen for one year of close mentorship from fellows and a small short-term grant to complete an Impact Evaluation related output (e.g. completion of a research paper, analysis of existing data, development of a research concept, or finishing a working report). The researchers selected will also be required to present at least at one graduate research seminar or conference in Uganda. We hope to further incorporate these selected participants into the EASST network by inviting them to attend the 7th Annual EASST Summit this summer.