Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo (UMPWR) - Another proud achievement was made by one of its lecturers who successfully passed the funding in the Research Downstreaming Program - Model and Prototype Testing in 2025 held by the Directorate of Downstreaming and Partnership, Directorate General of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. The certainty was officially announced on Friday 11 July 2025.
The lecturers who won the funding are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teguh Wibowo, M.Pd., from the FETT Mathematics Education Study Programme, with the research title ‘Prototype of NICE (Nusantara Interactive E-Comic Based on Android) to Improve Literacy and Numeracy Skills of Students with Dyscalculia’. This research was selected as one of the 379 best proposals nationally to receive funding support in the downstream research scheme at the model and prototype testing stage. This programme aims to accelerate the utilisation of university research results so that they are more applicable and can be used directly by industry and society.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Teguh Wibowo, M.Pd, who is also the Rector of UMPWR, expressed his gratitude for this achievement. ‘We are very grateful, proud and fully support research innovations from UMPWR lecturers. This success is proof that regional universities are also able to contribute to the development of technology and applicable solutions for the wider community,’ he said.
Going forward, UMPWR is committed to continuing to encourage downstream research through cross-disciplinary collaboration, support for applied research laboratories, and partnerships with industry and local governments. (akb/KP).
