Researchers are hereby encouraged to apply for the ERA-MIN Call that is currently open to all South African researchers. The South African Department of Science and Technology is a funding partner in ERA-MIN project. ERA-MIN is an ERA-NET program on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European industries and is supported by the European […]
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Horizon 2020 – the EU’s new research and innovation Programme 31 March 2014
How is funding organised under Horizon 2020? Horizon 2020 is built around three pillars: 1) Support for “Excellent Science” – including grants for individual researchers from the European Research Council and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships (formerly known as Marie Curie fellowships); 2) Support for “Industrial Leadership” – including grants for small and medium-sized enterprises and indirect […]
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Notes from the workshop on the European Union’s new Framework Programme Horizon 2020, 14 February 2014
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) hosted a workshop to launch the European Union’s new Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (H2020) to the South African science and technology community. The workshop was held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria on 27 January 2014. Eunice Ndeke attended the Forum on behalf of CSIR Strategic […]
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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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EUREKA network delegation visits the CSIR
On 12 June 2013, a delegation from the international EUREKA Network – guests of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) – visited the CSIR the National Laser Centre (NLC) and Meraka Institute on a fact-finding mission to investigate R&D networking and partnership opportunities with South Africa. EUREKA is an intergovernmental network launched in 1985, […]
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