RESEARCH PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN THE INSTITUTION AND INVOLVING QUADRUPLE HELIX PARTNERSHIP WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS/UNIVERSITIES/INDUSTRY/PRIVATE SECTOR, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES/CIVIL SOCIETY. (4%)
| No. | Title of Programme/ Project | Principal Investigator, Co-PIs & their Institutions | Start date | End date | name of the partner and amount (Kshs) | Total Funding (Kshs000) | |
| 1 | Integrated Covid- 1 9 Emergency Management and Control Strategy | Dr. Heshborne Tindih (Collaborative) Machakos University, KUTRRH, KenyaSnake Venom Research Centre –Institute of Primate Research and University of Nairobi | 2020 | 2025 | (ICGEB) 10,500,000 | KUTRRH, KenyaSnake Venom Research Centre –Institute of Primate Research and University of Nairobi | 10,500,000 |
| 2 | HEPSSA Project (Higher Education Partnership for Sub Saharan Africa. | Dr. Charles Mwaniki (Co-PI) Machakos University TUK, Masinde Muliro, Murang’a Universities | 2018 | 2021 | UK Royal Engineering Academy) 19,000,000 | MKSU, TUK, Masinde Muliro, Murang’a Universities | 19,000,000 |
| 3 | A situational analysis of intervention measures in management of HIV and Aids Prevalence in Kisii County | Prof. Geoffrey Maroko (PI) –Machakos University, Dr Gladys Mokua – KU, Dr Augustine Nyakudi – PAC | 2017 | 2021 | Machakos University, Dr Gladys Mokua – KU, Dr Augustine Nyakudi – PAC | 10,000,000 | |
| 4 | Water ESSENCE Africa – Creating synergy to meet the global challenges | Eng. Mwalimu Musau (Co-PI) Machakos University, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), University of Bergen (UiB), Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology (NTNU), Makerere University, Uganda (Mak), University of Nairobi, Kenya (UoN), , Kenya (MKSU), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (AAU), University of Juba, (UoJ), University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana (UDS), University of Ghana (UG), National University of Rwanda (NUR) | 2021 | 2026 | NORHED ESENCE-Africa 4,234,000 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), University of Bergen (UiB), Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology (NTNU), Makerere University, Uganda (Mak), University of Nairobi, Kenya (UoN), , Kenya (MKSU), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (AAU), University of Juba, (UoJ), University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana (UDS), University of Ghana (UG), National University of Rwanda (NUR) | 4,234,000 |