UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES (IMS)

Research Projects, Funding and Researchers

Research Projects (New/Ongoing)

Reg. No.

Title of the Project

Project Investigator (PI)

Department

Start date

End Date

Funder

Category (New/ Ongoing/ Submitted)

IMS-17048

Dugongs (Dugong dugon) of the Western Indian Ocean Region: –Identity, Distribution, Status, Threats and Management 

Dr. N. Jiddawi

IMS

July 2013

June 2018

WIOMSA, MASMA

 

IMS-17047

BY-Catch Assessment and Mitigation in Western Indian Ocean Fisheries (BYCAM)

Dr. N. Jiddawi

IMS

Jan 2015

Dec 2018

WIOMSA, MASMA

 

 

GlobalSeaweedSTAR

Flower Msuya

Botany

October 2017

December 2021

Research Council UK

Ongoing

 

Sustainable Oceans, Livelihoods and food Security Through Increased Capacity in Ecosystem research in the Western Indian Ocean (SOLSTICE-WIO)

Dr Yohana W. Shaghude,

IMS

Oct 2017

Sept 2021

GCRF

New

IMS-16033

Facilitate community participation in restoration and management of degraded and deforested mangrove forest

Dr. R. Kitula

IMS

Jan 2016

May 2018

Tanzania Forest Fund

Ongoing

 

Paths for increased production and continued poverty reduction in rural coastal communities in East Africa: Identification of indigenous seaweed genotypes for cultivation

Flower Msuya &Amelia Buriyo

IMS&Botany

January 2016

December 2018

Swedish Research Links

Ongoing

 

Regional Training on Coral and Sponge Taxonomy

Dr. Christopher A. Muhando

IMS

15 June 2018

31 October 2018

EU and IOC

 

IMS-14004

Training and Research in Aquatic and Environmental Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (TRAHESA) 2014 – 2019

Dr Aviti Mmochi

IMS

2014

2019

NORAD

Ongoing

 

Marine Science Program 2015-2020

Dr Mtolera, M.S.P.

IMS

July 2015

June 2020

Sida-UDSM Cooperation Program

Ongoing

 

Deducing Ocean Circulation of the Tanzania Coastal Waters from Satellite-tracked Observations, Altimetry and Insitu Measurements for Contingency Planning

Prof N. M. Nyandwi

IMS

 

 

COSTECH

 

 

Monitoring of seawater temperature

Dr. C.A. Muhando

IMS

Jan 1997

Ongoing

IMS

 

 

Sea Turtle Conservation for Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods in Tanzania

Dr Narriman Jiddawi, Dr Daudi Msangameno

IMS

N/A

N/A

Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)

 

 

Seaweed species and prospects of commercial aquaculture in Nigeria

Professor Francisca Olubunmi Adebukola George,

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)

N/A

N/A

UK Research and Innovation Fund

Submitted