UP Deadline: 26 October 2012


Call Information:

Please study the IKS Framework (Attached) in detail – below a brief summary of some of the requirements:


The intention of this programme:
• To promote and support research to deepen our understanding of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and its role in community life.
• Encourages both applied and basic (i.e., epistemological studies) ,
• but focuses on experimental research which will lead to technology transfer and patents (i.e. innovation and entrepreneurship).


Scope of the programme:
• IKS and Bioeconomy (African traditional medicine, food security and cosmetics);
• IKS Epistemology (Ubuntu and cosmology, taxonomies, pedagogies & ethologies );
• IKS and Climate Change;
• IKS and Energy;
• IKS Practices of Khoi, Nama, Griqua and San communities; and/or
• Novel and creative thinking that will shift the boundaries of IKS knowledge production and that address national priorities in South Africa

The aim of the programme:
To contribute to sustainable economic development of not only South Africa, but the African region as a whole - achieved through knowledge development and human capacity development.


How to apply:
Applications should be submitted electronically on the NRF Online Submission System at https:/nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za


UP Deadline and Validation

UP Deadline: 26 October 2012

As soon as you “final submit”on the Online Submission System, the system will notify your DA electronically. Research Office will follow up and endorse your application electronically if it meets with the requirements for submission.
Research Office DA: Ms Didi Botes: (012) 420-2871
Incomplete and late submissions will not be accepted by the NRF


Curriculum Vitae:
Applicants must ensure that their Curriculum Vitae are created or updated on the NRF Online Submission system at https:/nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za (All outputs that were previously entered by researchers on the NRF Online system were migrated to the NRF Submission system. When logging on to the NRF Submission system, researchers are requested to verify their outputs on the Landing Page by selecting the type of output under the heading “To be Reviewed” and verifying each output individually until there are none left to be reviewed)


Applications must provide:
• Clear evidence of active participation and equal ownership of IKS practitioners and communities in all research activities is a crucial feature as well as
• appropriately acknowledging those who contributed intellectually (i.e., knowledge holders/practitioners) as more than just mere subjects or informants.
• Without exception, projects require joint or active participation and equal ownership between scientists and IKS knowledge holders, who must be clearly designated as principal investigators or co-investigators in the application.
• In addition, verifiable evidence, in the form of a written and signed contract or agreement, of such collaboration must be submitted along with the IKS application.
• Failure to adhere to these specifications and all those mentioned in the framework will automatically render the application unsuccessful.

Evalulation Criteria:
Criteria for how the PMC will assess submitted application is provided in Table 2 (Scorecard) of the attached framework document.


UP Contact & DA
Mrs Didi Botes
Research Support; Marketing Building Room 2-6
University of Pretoria
Tel: (012) 420-2871
[email protected]


NRF Contacts:
Joyce Mokono
Grant Officer: GMSA: Strategic Knowledge Fields
Tel: +27(0) 12 481 4223
Email: [email protected]
Jane Mabena
Administrative Officer: GMSA: Strategic Knowledge Fields
Tel: +27(0) 12 481 4067
Email: [email protected]