It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Development (DRID) of Northwest University, Kano.

DRID exists to strengthen research quality and integrity across the University, to connect our scholars with funding and collaboration, and to support the translation of research into useful outcomes for society, industry, and policy.

We do this work under the wind of institutional direction set by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Amina Salihi Bayero, through the PRECISE WIND agenda (2025–2030). For DRID, that wind is not a slogan on a wall — it is a working rhythm. Excellence in academics and research asks us to raise the standard of inquiry and output. Innovativeness and entrepreneurial skills push ideas beyond the seminar room. Partnership and engagement open doors across faculties, with the Sule Hamma Library, industry, and communities beyond campus. Ranking and globalisation remind us that credible scholarship must travel. Digital transformation sharpens how we discover, manage, and share knowledge. Ethical behaviour and sustainability keep development honest and durable. The other pillars of PRECISE WIND from welfare and inclusive leadership to infrastructure, power and security, consolidation, neatness and health, are the campus conditions in which serious research either thrives or stalls; DRID will keep faith with that whole.

This site is our public gateway. It will grow in stages: a clear structure now; richer evidence, projects, and services as Council approvals and content come on stream. For the moment you will find our orientation, priority themes, the current national research funding call, and our monthly Innovate & Connect seminar series with room marked for what is still on the way.

Staff, students, partners, and visitors are encouraged to make full use of these pages and to contact the Directorate where guidance is required. Ideas ignite progress; collaboration drives development. I look forward to your engagement with the research community of Northwest University.

Professor James Abrak Timbuak, FASN

Director
Directorate of Research, Innovation and Development
Northwest University, Kano

Indicative thematic domains guiding research at Northwest University (institutional framework from the Research Policy 2026–2030). Domains are indicative, not restrictive.

Northwest University researchers have previously secured National Research Fund (NRF) awards. Below is a growing list of institutional winners — an invitation to the next cycle of excellent proposals.

Create your research profile

1. ORCID. Register at orcid.org/register. This is your permanent researcher ID. Do this first.
2. Google Scholar. Go to scholar.google.com, open My profile, and sign in with a personal Google account. Verify your @nwu.edu.ng email and make the profile public.
3. Scopus. You do not create an Author ID from scratch. Search your name on scopus.com, claim and merge any duplicate profiles, then use Connect to ORCID. This only applies once you have indexed papers.
4. Web of Science. Create a free account at webofscience.com, claim your author record, and link your ORCID. Same rule: only once indexed papers exist.

Essential external gateways for funding, integrity, and discovery. Verify live before publish.