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PROF. WAYNE HUNTE Pro-Vice-Chancellor Office of PVC Research The University of the West Indies Tel 868 662 2002 ext. 82005 82274 82043 E-mail pvcresearchsta.uwi.edu of the Campus Principal and supported by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in which the key criterion that determines whether or not a research programme will be selected and funded for implementation is the a priori demonstration that the project will have significant and measurable national devel- opment impact.We consider this RDI programme a best practice approach for The UWI and we thank the Trinidad and Tobago Government for supporting the initiative. At The UWI we deeply appreciate the support our govern- ments have traditionally provided for our research but we have not been sitting back and relying on this government support exclusively. Over the past ten years we have significantly improved our approach and procedures for developing substan- tial research proposals for submission to external donor agencies and have significantly increased our competitiveness in this context. Indeed for the University as a whole we have moved from winning about TT60M per year in new externally- funded grants five years ago to currently winning about TT330M in new grants per year. Many of these grants are from EU-funded programmes such as the FP7 programme grants of about 18.7 M EU-ACP funded programmes such as the Science and Technology programme grants of about 6.4 M the EDULINK programme grants of about 4.2 M and the Caribbean-Pacific Research for Sustainable Development programme grants of about 1.9 M. However we also have significant grants from GEF grants of about US6.0M from the IDRC grants of about CAN4.4 M from the CIDA now DFADT from the IDB and others. Consistent with our increased competitivenessThe UWI was the most successful institution in competing for EDULINK grants in their first two Calls for Proposals and we were therefore invited to Brussels by the EU and ACP Secretariats to give a presentation to EU and ACP universities on best practice in preparing research proposals for funding support. Because of our success we are frequently sought out as partners in research and UWI is now a part of a significant network of research institutions globally. We are presently conducting collaborative research projects with about 120 different Partner Universities from about 50 different countries spread across Europe Africa the Pacific the USA Canada South America and of course the Caribbean. As we move into the next decade I wish to assure our public and private stakeholders that we are fully committed to ensuring that our research at The UWI is steadfastly focused on achieving significant development impact and that we will continue and expand our efforts to access funds in support of this from External Donor Agencies. However I also wish to note the Trinidad and Tobago Governments aspiration to drive Trinidad and Tobago towards a Singapore state and I note the intention to establish a Higher Education Research Fund in support of this. The success and impact of this Fund will lie in its structure and how it is operationalized particularly on how the projects to be funded are to be selected. Its impact will also depend on how it is resourced attaining a Singapore status will require a signifi- cant investment by the government of Trinidad and Tobago in Research and Innovationwhich should be at least in the order of 1 of GDP in the first instance. I wish also to thank the business sector and other non-governmental sectors in Trinidad and Tobago for their commitments plans and actions to partner with us including the provision of financial support. It is precisely these partnerships this harmony of intent that will allow us together to grow our relationships as knowledge producers and knowledge users. It is the maturation of such partnerships that will herald the dawn of a new era in which a sophisticated and fully functional National Innovation System will be a primary driver of social and economic development in Trinidad and Tobago. 17