Researchers in Ghana can access financial support from a special central fund being considered by government. Deputy Minister of Education responsible for Tertiary, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, says government is taking steps to set up the research fund to facilitate work in all fields of the country’s endeavor. He says the initiative is meant to permanently address the perennial conflict on research and book allowance between government and university lecturers. Mr. Ablakwa was addressing this year’s Deeper Life Campus Fellowship Annual Congress in Kumasi. The announcement comes days after university teachers refused to call off a strike over research and book allowance, payment of their market premium arrears. Currently, government is spending over seven million Ghana Cedis annually on research allowances. Lecturers receive between 500 and 600 dollars as allowances but, according to them, it is inadequate for in-depth research work. Mr. Ablakwa believes establishing a dedicated fund for research is the way to go. “Government has begun a process where the book and research fund will be coulisse into one fund. We want to set up a research fund because Ghana is one of the few countries without a national research fund. And in this era of technology and science where we need to invest in research, it is the only way we can keep up with the pace of development”, he said. Lecturers and students from the various tertiary institutions across the country were among congress participants. Pastor Francis Fosu, National Coordinator of the Deeper Life Campus Fellowship said “we invited such people because they are dealing with education in our country at the higher level; they are the experts in the field and in government. So we needed to collaborate with them since we are dealing with students at the higher institutions”.