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Bekele<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Early Detection and Identification of Cereal crops disease using Hyper spectral reflectance features from remotely sensed Data: A case study in selected Agro-Ecological Zones of Ethiopia<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2022<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Mr. Ashenafi Chalchissa<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Bayesian Optimization for Decision Making Under Big Data.<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Natinael Nigussie<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-terminated\">Terminated<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Patient Mortality and Length of stay Prediction Using Machine Learning and simulation Techniques<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Girma Neshir<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Fintech Ecosystem in Ethiopia: Financial Technology, Business Models and Traditional Financial Services<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Mr. Zinabu Gebru<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>AI integrated data driven decision making system development for supply of essential medicines (Case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency)<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2024<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Yitagesu Yilma<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Building Data Driven Perinatal Mortality Prediction Model Using a Deep-learning Techniques: A Case Study on Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital and Its Catchment Medical Facilities in Addis Ababa and Oromia Region<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2024<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Kula Kakaba<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Exploring the impact of Climate Variability and Change from Observation and model based prediction over Single and Double Growing Agro-ecological Zones of Ethiopia.<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2025<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Bereket Tesfaye<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- RIGHT COLUMN: Externally Funded Research Grant -->\n <div class=\"grant-column\">\n <div class=\"column-header\">\n <h2><i class=\"fas fa-globe-africa\"><\/i> Externally Funded Research Grant<\/h2>\n <div class=\"badge\">International & External Partnerships<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table class=\"grants-table\">\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Title of the project<\/th><th>Grant Year<\/th><th>Funding Agent<\/th><th>Name of PI<\/th><th>Status<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td>NORAD II, Nurturing Sustainable Development Goals through High Education Capacity Building in Ethiopia<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2021 - 2026<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Kula Kekeba<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>AI in education town hall meeting<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2024 - 2025<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">EduAI Hub grant<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>GFGP standard evaluation of AASTU<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023 - 2024<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">The African Population and Health Research Center<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Girma Gonfa<\/span><span class=\"co-pi\">Co-PI: Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>AI assisted resource administering and allocation in Ethiopian Universities to improve inclusion<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023 - 2025<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">EduAI Hub grant<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><span class=\"co-pi\">Co-PI: Dr. Belay Mitiku<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>STD monitoring and assistance tool design in Ethiopian higher education institutes<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2023 - 25<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">HASH-1 (IDRC sub-grantee)<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><span class=\"co-pi\">Co-PI: Mr. Getachew Derso<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>The Impact of AI on Health<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2024 - 2025<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">The future of life institute<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><span class=\"co-pi\">Co-PI: Dr. Walelign Tewabe<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-completed\">Completed<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Erasmus+ Capacity Building in VET in Sub-Saharan Africa \u2013 Work for a Smart City (WaS-C)<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2026 - 2028<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">European Commission<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Yodit Gebralif<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"status-ongoing\">Ongoing<\/span><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Multilingual Maternal Health and Sexually Transmitted Disease Monitoring and Conversational Assistance Application<\/td>\n <td class=\"grant-year\">2025 - 2026<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"funding-agent\">HASH-2 (IDRC sub-grantee)<\/span><\/td>\n <td><span class=\"pi-name\">Dr. Surafel Luelseged<\/span><span 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