I am still waiting for funding opportunities to be able to pursue research

It was 2013. I was in the second year of my MSc in the department of zoology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. I was at the stage in the program where everybody is expected to discuss and agree on a research topic with their assigned supervisor, prepare a study design, and finish it within the stipulated time to fulfill all the requirements for the conferment of the degree. That is the traditional style.