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         NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CALL FOR RECRUITMENT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STANDARDS EXPERTS BACKGROUND The National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) is a body Corporate established by the Science, Technology and Innovation Act, No. 28 of 2013 (ST&I Act).   Further, NACOSTI has prepared and is implementing the ST&I Regulations, 2014. The mandate of NACOSTI is to regulate and assure quality in the science, technology and innovation sector and advise the Government in matters related thereto.  In order to effectively undertake its mandate in line with the ST&I Act and the ST&I Regulations 2014, NACOSTI, seeks to recruit Quality Assurance and Standards experts.   The Quality Assurance and Standards experts are expected to: Provide technical advice to the Vetting Committee for Registration and/or Accreditation of Research Insti...

Applicant ‘s   Name Applicant Institution Project Short Title Partner Principal Investigator Partner Principal Investigator Organization Agricultural sciences 1. Prof Dida Mathews Maseno University Population genetics of grey leaf spot disease of small holder maize in South Africa and Kenya Prof BERGER DAVE University of Pretoria 2. Dr Ngugi Matthew Kenyatta University Proteomics and contained laboratory assessment of locally developed transgenic drought tolerant maize. Dr MATHABE PATRICIA Agricultural Research Council (South Africa), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij 3. Dr Muoma John Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Diversity and distribution of crop viral pathogens Prof REES JASPER Agricultural Research Council (South Africa), Biotechnology Platfo...