The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has been organizing Research and Innovation Week (formerly known as Research Week and abbreviated as RW) since 2015 for showcasing competitive research results. The main drive is to bring together diverse groups of researchers to share and further scholarly and creative research work and highlight some of their best research outputs and innovations. UDSM RW events are normally carried out first at the Unit level, followed by a University-wide level. During the events, the University community
recognizes students, faculty, departments, schools, colleges, and institutes for their cutting edge scholarly and creative research activities through a series of discussions, forums, dialogues, symposia, exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and award ceremonies. In general, the RW has succeeded in many ways such as motivating students and staff members of the University to continue with the impetus of searching for competitive knowledge and creative innovations.