Get your research idea, proposal, protocol, or manuscript submission-ready.
Practical tools, opportunities, accountability, and expert support for African students, early-career researchers, and research teams.
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Proposal Rescue
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Manuscript Review
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Ethics Readiness
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Funding & Fellowships
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Institutional Sprint
Free research tools you can use now.
Working calculators, planners, and guides for researchers in Uganda and East Africa.
Sample Size Calculator
Calculate the minimum sample size for your study.
Manuscript Outline Planner
Build a manuscript outline using common reporting guidelines.
Study Design Decision Guide
Answer a few questions and get a suggested study design.
Fieldwork Budget Estimator
Estimate fieldwork costs using Uganda-relevant defaults.
Where are you in your research?
Pick the stage that matches you. Each card links to the right tool or support.
- 01Stage 01
I have an idea
Shape your concept and pick the right study design.
Study Design Guide - 02Stage 02
I am writing a proposal
Strengthen your proposal or concept note before submission.
Proposal support - 03Stage 03
I need ethics / REC support
Prepare a submission that clears review the first round.
Ethics checklist - 04Stage 04
I am collecting data
Set up tools, RA supervision, and quality checks.
Fieldwork support - 05Stage 05
I am analysing data
Sample size, analysis plan, and statistical support.
Sample Size Calculator - 06Stage 06
I am writing or publishing
Strengthen a manuscript before journal submission.
Manuscript Planner
Research support services
From a single proposal review to a full institutional sprint. Scoped and priced before work begins, clear deliverables at every level.
Proposal & funding
- Proposal review
- Concept note development
- Grant application support
- Ethics submission support
Methods & data
- Methodology support
- Electronic data collection tool design
- Data cleaning
- Quantitative & qualitative analysis
Writing & publication
- Manuscript editing
- Dissemination product support
- RA recruitment & coordination
Institutional programmes
- Cohort proposal sprints
- Department capacity-building
- Research team training
Individual support from UGX 100,000 — Research Consult, Document Diagnostic, Submission Readiness Review, Advanced Review.
View pricingFeatured studies, unpacked for their methods
Plain-language research spotlights that unpack how studies are designed, analysed, and used — with lessons for stronger research practice.
All spotlightsSupport that moves work forward
"I had three versions of my proposal and couldn't see what was actually wrong. The review memo identified the problem in one line — my objectives and methods were answering different questions. I fixed it in a week and the committee approved first round."
"Our team had been desk-rejected twice from BMC. After the manuscript review, the feedback was direct — the abstract was burying the finding and the methods section was too thin to replicate. We resubmitted three weeks later and it went out for peer review."
"The proposal bootcamp for our cohort was the most practical research training we had received. The teams left with actual drafts, not just slides. Four proposals from the programme have since been submitted to funders."
Representative feedback. Names and details are anonymised unless the contributor agreed to attribution.
Stay on track from idea to submission.
Weekly peer check-ins, structured milestones, and support when you get stuck. Free for peer matching.
Move your research from idea to submission.
Practical tools, expert support, and peer accountability — for researchers who want to do the work, not just think about it.