1 FUNDING OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES By

The level of significance of academic research in Nigerian universities has its origin in the main objectives of establishing these institutions. The first of these institutions, the University of Ibadan, which was established in 1948, had the main objective of producing manpower that would eventually take over administrative responsibilities from colonial masters. The other universities which were later established have the same focus of awarding degrees for the purpose of increasing manpower. Research was not accorded its place as a policy in the establishment of universities in Nigeria. From a study carried out by the University of Sussex on funding of university research i