# IGNITE Grant

**Source**: https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/brn/ignite-grant/
**Parent**: https://brn.utoronto.ca/announcing-the-2024-brn-ignite-grant-recipients/

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, January 21, 2026

BRN IGNITE Grant project examines how documents contribute to land dispossession in Kenya

Kariuki Kirigia’s project aims to avert land loss among the Massai of southern Kenya.

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[African Studies](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/african-studies/)
[BRN](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/brn/)

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Monday, January 12, 2026

BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes

Growing up in the city of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, Nigeria, Adébísí Ògún learned to cook traditional Yorùbá dishes at her paternal grandmother’s side, memorizing recipes passed...

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[African Studies](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/african-studies/)
[BRN](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/brn/)
[Humanities and the Arts](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/humanities-and-the-arts/)

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Tuesday, November 25, 2025

BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia

When Gelan Ayana Zewdie was growing up near Bedele in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, his community became deeply concerned when a...

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[BRN](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/brn/)
[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Announcing the 2024 BRN IGNITE grant recipients

The Black Research Network is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 IGNITE grant.  From across the University of...

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[BRN](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/brn/)
[Research](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/research/)

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Meet the recipients of the Black Research Network’s 2022/2023 IGNITE grant

The Black Research Network is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022/2023 IGNITE grant.  Launched in 2022, the BRN’s...

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[Research](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/research/)
[UofT](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/uoft/)

[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Meet the recipients of the Black Research Network’s IGNITE grant

Researchers at the University of Toronto make innovative and inspiring advances in their field every day. The Black Research Network...

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[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Monday, January 31, 2022

We’ve launched the Ignite Grant!

We’re excited to announce the inaugural launch of the Ignite Grant, an initiative of the University of Toronto’s BRN to...

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