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Research support · Uganda & East Africa
Methods Bench: Research support from idea to evidence.
Methods Bench helps students, researchers, and organizations design stronger studies, analyze data, publish findings, and turn evidence into useful outputs.
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What are you working on?
Support for organizations and institutions- Plan my studyResearch question, objectives, design, sample size and proposal.Start here
- Prepare ethics submissionsUganda REC and UNCST requirements, consent and submission documents.Start here
- Analyse and interpret resultsChoose an analysis, then read p-values, intervals and effect sizes.Start here
- Prepare my manuscriptOutline, reporting guidance and pre-submission review.Start here
- Find research fundingCurrent grants, fellowships and calls, with eligibility detail.Start here
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Start with what you need.
Practical tools for strengthening your research before you submit, present or ask for support.
Paid toolkit
Proposal Builder Kit
Build the proposal around a stronger research idea.
Annotated proposal guidance, concept note support, framework tools, sample-size cheat sheet, defence slides and the Problem Statement Builder.
UGX 25,000 / US$7Get the Proposal Builder Kit
Free research tools
Make the next research decision clearer.
Interactive calculator
Sample Size Calculator
Calculate sample size for surveys, two-group comparisons and qualitative saturation planning: with every step shown.
Cochran's formulaTwo-group powerQualitative saturationFree
Launch calculator
5-question guide
Study Design Decision Guide
Answer five questions about your aim, data and context, then get a recommended study design.
Decision guideStudy designFree
Start guide
Interactive planner
Manuscript Outline Planner
Build a section-by-section manuscript outline aligned to common reporting guidelines and your study type.
PlannerManuscript writingFree
Open planner
Diagram builder
Conceptual Framework Builder
Map your constructs and relationships on a guided canvas, check the logic, then export a clean figure for your proposal.
Framework figurePDF, PPTX & Word exportFree
Build framework
Latest opportunities
Current calls worth a closer look.
Closing soonResearch grant
MUST One Health Small Research Grants 2026: Greater Virunga Landscape
Mbarara University of Science and Technology (SOH-PPR-GVL Project)
Small research grants of up to US$10,000 for graduate students and multidisciplinary teams conducting One Health research in the Greater Virunga Landscape.
12 September 2026, 11:59 PM EAT
Up to USD 10,000
12 months
Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo, Greater Virunga Landscape
Uganda eligibleMaster's studentOne HealthPandemic preparednessZoonotic diseases
Best for: Master's and PhD students and multidisciplinary teams whose research directly addresses One Health, zoonotic disease or pandemic preparedness challenges
Closing soonResearch grant
NARO Competitive Research Grants: Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation 2026
National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)
Competitive applied research funding for Ugandan researchers and organisations developing climate-resilient solutions across agricultural and fisheries value chains.
14 September 2026, 5:00 PM EAT
Uganda
Uganda eligibleClimate-smart agricultureCrop value chainsLivestock
Best for: Ugandan agricultural researchers and multidisciplinary teams with practical interventions that can improve productivity, resilience or market performance
Closing soonGrant
WHO AFRO/TDR Impact Grants 2026-2027
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Up to US$15,000 for African-led implementation research addressing practical health-system and service-delivery challenges in the WHO African Region.
15 September 2026, 17:00 CEST (18:00 EAT)
Up to USD 15,000
12 months
WHO African Region
Uganda eligibleEarly-career researcherImplementation researchHealth systemsPrimary health care
Best for: African researchers and public-health teams with a specific implementation problem linked to an existing health programme or service
Inside Real Research
Practical lessons from real studies.
Method choices, fieldwork realities and worked evidence products from the research process.
Method spotlight · Qualitative · Participatory
Photovoice Study Design
How we used photovoice to understand family planning experiences in Eastern Uganda: design choices, ethics navigation, and what photos surfaced that interviews didn't.
Read the lesson
Worked example
A decision-ready evidence brief
See how routine programme information can become a concise brief for donors and boards.
View exampleWhy Methods Bench
Practical support for real research impact.
Methodological expertise, practical tools and real research experience focused on outputs people can use.
Stronger studies
From research ideas to defensible methods and analysis.
Greater confidence
Clear guidance through difficult research decisions.
Real-world usefulness
Research designed to produce meaningful, usable outputs.
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