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Call for proposals: India-Brazil-South Africa mobility funds 2013. Deadline: 30 September 2013

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has issued a joint call for research project proposals in the field of higher education as part of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Cooperation. The IBSA Trilateral Forum is a developmental initiative between India, Brazil and South Africa to promote research collaboration and the mobility of researchers. The Trilateral Forum seeks to promote cooperation […]

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Call for proposals Japan/South Africa collaboration. Deadline: 18 October 2013

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has issued a joint call for research project proposals for a joint research funding scheme that is aimed at the promotion of international partnerships and jointly administrated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and  participation of the South African Department of […]

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ACGT Funding Newletter: September 2013

The African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT) has released its funding newsletter for September 2013 on various funding opportunities. These include – National Research Foundation – South Africa-Japan;    TWAS – BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme;  TWAS – icipe Fellowship for visiting scholars in Kenya;  omics@vib– VIB International Postdoc Programme;  TWAS – Food Biotechnology Courses for Developing Countries; National Research Foundation […]

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity

Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions, is now accepting grant proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies. Proposals are being […]

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Opening of the Call: Nanotechnology Flagships Project (NFP) Funding Instrument. Deadline: 23 September 2013

In partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Nanotechnology Flagships Project (NFP), seeks to promote nanoscience and nanotechnology research to ensure that South Africa is ready to optimally use nanotechnology to enhance the nation’s global competitiveness and sustainable economic growth.  More info: The nanotechnology Flagships Project 

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Call for proposals – Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers. Deadline: 30 September 2013

Call for proposals – Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers The call for proposals for the National Research Fund (NRF) Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers is now open. The programme is a discipline-based funding instrument, which supports basic research in the disciplines of the humanities, as well as the social and natural sciences.      The […]

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Call for proposals: 2013 International Opportunities Fund

The Belmont Forum is collaborating with the European Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Changethrough an International Opportunities Fund to call for inter-disciplinary research proposals on ‘food security and land use change’. The call provides an opportunity for international research teams/consortia to contribute to addressing the challenges of complex interactions among the […]

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Call for applications: knowledge, interchange and collaboration scientific events/ travel grants Deadline: Monday, 29 July 2013

The National Research Fund’s (NRF) call for knowledge, interchange and collaboration (KIC) scientific events/travel grants is now open. The grants will support travel and event participation between 1 September 2013 and 31 March 2014 only. The KIC programme was established to contribute to the following objectives: Internationalising South Africa’s research platform; Enhancing networking within the […]

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Call for proposals: Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) 2014/2015 Deadline: Friday, 30 August 2013

The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is a partnership programme funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF). THRIP promotes partnerships in pre-commercial research between business and the public-funded research base including universities and research institutions. THRIP will consider support for projects […]

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NRF call for 2013 Annual Progress Report – Thuthuka and IRDP/RNA grant-holders

The National Research Fund has issued a call for 2013 Capacity Strategic Platforms and SARChI Grants (CSPSG) Annual Progress Report (APR) to be completed by the following grant-holders requiring continued funding for their existing NRF/CSPSG funded projects in 2014: 2013 Thuthuka grant-holders currently in their first, second, fourth and fifth year of funding, whether in […]

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