Grooming Centre 2025 University Grant — N100k to N200k for Students

Some opportunities are small, others walk in carrying a big basket. The Grooming Centre University Grant Scheme is the latter. For 2025, they are offering direct support to students who want their research to do more than just fill library shelves — work that could actually change lives.

This is the seventh year of the scheme, and the focus hasn’t shifted: backing research in areas like financial inclusion, rural development, social enterprise, MSMEs, tech for communities, women and youth in development, and other studies that point towards lifting people out of poverty.

Who Can Apply

The grant is open to:

• Undergraduate students in Nigerian universities or polytechnics
• Postgraduate students in Nigerian universities or polytechnics

Your research should:

• Fall under the listed areas of focus
• Show originality and fresh thinking
• Include data in the study
• Be supervised by someone who can vouch for your work (yes, you need a signed recommendation)

No barriers on age, gender, religion, or ethnicity.

Benefits

• Undergraduates: ₦100,000 each
• Postgraduates: ₦200,000 each
• Total slots: 100 undergraduates and 50 postgraduates

What You Need to Submit

Your application must include:

• A research concept paper, 10–20 pages, covering:
  • Introduction
  • Problem statement
  • Research questions and objectives
  • Significance of the study
  • Scope and definitions
  • Literature and theoretical review (2019–2025 references)
  • Hypotheses, methodology, and data collection details
  • Reliability and validity checks
  • Ethical considerations
  • References in APA 6 style
• Your personal profile
• Final soft copy of the research after completion
• Format: Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5

Deadline and Application

• Deadline: 10 October 2025
• Apply via the Grooming Centre grant portal

If your study ticks the right boxes and you have the drive, this could fund more than just your project — it could fuel an idea that makes a real dent in poverty. And who knows, maybe your work will be the one people still talk about years from now.