Millennium Science Initiative

Abstract*

The Millennium Science Initiative Project's development objective is for Ugandan universities and research institutes to produce more and better qualified science and engineering graduates, and higher quality and more relevant research, and for firms to utilize these outputs to improve productivity for the sake of enhancing Science and Technology-led (S&T) growth. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) the MSI Funding Facility... Show More

Development Objective

The project's development objective is for Ugandan universities and research institutes to produce more and better qualified science and engineering graduates, and higher quality and more relevant research, and for firms to utilize these outputs to improve productivity for the sake of enhancing S&T-led growth.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P086513
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Sukhdeep Brar
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Uganda
Disclosure Date
February 28, 2005
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
May 25, 2006
Effective Date
March 2, 2007

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 33.35 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2006

Commitment Amount
US$ 30.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
June 30, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
August 5, 2024

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Education40%
- FY17 - Access to Education10%
- FY17 - Science and Technology10%
- FY17 - Standards, Curriculum and Textbooks10%
- FY17 - Teachers10%
FY17 - Labor Market Policy and Programs20%
- FY17 - Active Labor Market Programs10%
- FY17 - Labor Market Institutions10%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment40%
- FY17 - Investment and Business Climate40%
FY17 - Jobs100%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	30.00
Borrower/Recipient	3.35

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	30.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	30.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	33.35

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of June 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of June 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	303,717.88
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	104,543.74
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	104,543.74
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,456.93
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,456.93
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	297,556.97
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	99,789.73
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	99,789.73
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	6.21
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	6.21
Mar 16, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,781.77
Mar 16, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,781.77
Mar 16, 2017	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	283,400.22
Mar 16, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	103,824.73
Mar 16, 2017	IDA-41740	Int Charges	103,824.73
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	807.45
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	807.45
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	292,645.78
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	107,902.26
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	107,902.26
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	693.19
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	693.19
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	108,423.61
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-41740	Int Charges	108,423.61
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	4,438.10
Mar 18, 2024	IDA-41740	Int Charges	88,705.07
Mar 18, 2024	IDA-41740	Int Charges	88,705.07
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	9,891.80
Mar 18, 2024	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	268,398.56
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	4,758.98
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	270,835.60
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	274,208.60
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	4,002.51
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Int Charges	90,766.39
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Int Charges	90,766.39
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Int Charges	88,879.25
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-41740	Int Charges	88,879.25
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	262,647.20
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	89,304.14
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	89,304.14
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	7,971.43
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	383.94
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	4,438.10
Sep 16, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	105,093.25
Sep 16, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	105,093.25
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	839.17
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	286,134.72
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	101,158.28
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	101,158.28
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	3,270.30
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	284,746.44
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Int Charges	100,445.87
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Int Charges	100,445.87
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	24.25
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	24.25
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	103,663.18
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	103,663.18
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	65.84
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Int Charges	65.84
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	290,984.34
Sep 19, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	105,429.91
Sep 19, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	105,429.91
Sep 19, 2018	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	293,044.94
Sep 19, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	5,725.11
Sep 19, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	5,725.11
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	383.94
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	288,261.25
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	96,207.19
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-41740	Int Charges	96,207.19
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	294,876.84
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	6.22
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	6.22
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	100,183.02
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	100,183.02
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	3,137.80
Mar 16, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	7,447.87
Mar 16, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	7,447.87
Mar 16, 2021	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	298,727.28
Mar 16, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	101,940.69
Mar 16, 2021	IDA-41740	Int Charges	101,940.69
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	930.17
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Loan Repay	295,128.38
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Int Charges	94,758.87
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-41740	Int Charges	94,758.87
May 25, 2006	IDA-41740	Loan Commitment	30,000,000.00
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	104,010.48
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	104,010.48
Sep 17, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	117,695.92
Sep 17, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	117,695.92
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	3,427.60
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-41740	Int Charges	3,427.60
Sep 17, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,268.03
Sep 17, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,268.03
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,610.43
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	1,610.43
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	120,230.51
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-41740	Int Charges	120,230.51
Dec 27, 2013	IDA-41740	Loan Cancel	2,096.68
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-41740	Int Charges	511.37
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-41740	Int Charges	511.37
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-41740	Int Charges	116,820.11
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-41740	Int Charges	116,820.11
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	9,760.46
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-41740	Int Charges	9,760.46

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Overall	Low	2013-06-26
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2013-06-26
Project Management	Satisfactory	2013-06-26

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 12-19-2013
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 07-09-2014	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT: 04-07-2016
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	Substantial
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Satisfactory	Not Rated
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	Not Rated
M&e Quality	Substantial	Substantial

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

PDO Indicator 1: Number of active researchers Value Researchers -261 720 522
Date March 2, 2007 June 4, 2013 June 30, 2013
Comment

PDO Indicator 4: Percentage of total employees in firms active in technology development/evaluation that are STE graduates (diploma or degree)	Value	% (out of total employees in the surveyed firm)<5	35%	25%
	Date	September 21, 2007	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment

PDO Indicator 2: Percentage of researchers publishing in int’l peer-reviewed journals Value 2.00 35.00 4.00
Date September 21, 2012 January 15, 2013 June 30, 2013
Comment

PDO Indicator 5: Percentage of clients who are satisfied with responsiveness of UNCST and UIRI to their needs	Value	UNCST: 39.3UIRI: 34.2	UNCST 37.4UIRI 74.2	No end target was set
	Date	September 21, 2007	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	Percentage for UNCSTPercentage for UIRI	The data show that there was an increase in client satisfaction for both UIRI and UNCST up to 2009, and a drop in 2011for UNCST.This can be explained by the fact that there has been no fresh call for research proposals due to the lack of funding

PDO Indicator 3: Number of science and technology undergraduates and postgraduates	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date	May 20, 2006	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	Phd: 24MSc: 245BSc: 3241	Phd 42Msc 504Bsc 5533	Phd: 36 (Baseline +50%)MSc: 330 (Baseline +35%)BSc: 4861 (Baseline+50%)

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Intermediate Result A: MSI Funding Facility established, grantees selected through transparent, merited based competition.	Value	A1: Technical Committee & Calls-for-proposals non-	TC constituted and fully fucntional. Ratio of appl	Indicator A1: MSI TC seated; call for proposals is
	Date	May 25, 2006	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Accomplished

Intermediate Result B: Senior Research Teams (SRTs) and Research Teams (RTs) fully staffed, equipped and operational; undergraduate programs admitting students.	Value	No SRT or RT funded at the beginning of the projec	100% completed	Indicator B1: Assessment of research progress by
	Date	May 25, 2006	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Accomplished

Intermediate Result C: Research results leading to planned publications; Undergraduate students enrolled in tertiary education (number) and Postgraduate students enrolled (number)	Value	No SRTs or RT funded at beginning of project	Publications in international journals 26; Theses	Indicator C1: Publications, patent applications,
	Date	May 25, 2006	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment

1, Intermediate ResultA: MSI Funding Facility established, grantees selected trhough transparent, merited based competition.	Value	A1: Technical Committee & Calls-for-proposals non-	TC functional. 12c meetings held. Ratio of applica	Indicator A1: MSI TC seated; call for proposals is
	Date		June 4, 2013	December 31, 2012
	Comment		Three rounds of research grants have been funded beyond the two planned under the project. No further research grants are beingfunded

PDO Indicator 1: Number of active researchers	Value	Researchers -261	720	522
	Date	March 2, 2007	June 4, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment

PDO Indicator 2: Percentage of researchers publishing in int’l peer-reviewed journals	Value	2.00	35.00	4.00
	Date	September 21, 2012	January 15, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment