The Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) Professor Madara Ogot invites applications for capacity building grants from permanent academic members of staff at the University of Nairobi for the ARUA Center of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases (ACE-NCD). The mini-grant is in support of scoping studies and pilot studies that lead to strengthening research collaboration among researchers in ACE NCD Universities: Makerere University, University of Ghana, University of Ibadan, University of Nairobi, and University of the Witwatersrand.