{
  "id": 3688418,
  "title": "FG unveils N365m prize for top academic minds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/fg-unveils-n365m-prize-for-top-academic-minds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T07:02:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/fg-unveils-n365m-prize-for-top-academic-minds/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a ₦365 million annual prize to recognize outstanding academic research, innovation, and intellectual excellence in the country's tertiary institutions. The Tertiary Institutions National Laureate Prize will recognize exceptional undergraduate dissertations, Master's theses, and doctoral research with commercial, industrial, or developmental potential across six thematic areas: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Agriculture, Law, and Teaching Innovation. The initiative aims to reposition tertiary institutions as centers of research, innovation, enterprise, and problem-solving, and to strengthen the link between academic research and practical solutions. The program also includes the Dr Stella Adadevoh Prize for Medicine and Medical Innovation, named after the late Nigerian physician Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, who played a crucial role in curbing the spread of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Nigeria.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FG unveils N365m prize for top academic minds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/fg-unveils-n365m-prize-for-top-academic-minds-3691053",
        "published": "2026-08-27T07:18:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}