PURPOSE

To facilitate the advancement of the frontiers of existing knowledge; and the development of new fields of  knowledge and the necessary associated research capacity within the context of national research and developmental challenges and strategic initiative

ACHIEVED BY

Promoting active transdisciplinary interaction between researchers. Strengthening the SA research community through its scientific and professional organisations and networks

ELIGIBILITY

Development Grants will be awarded for the development of any discipline/field of research, including:

·         Social Sciences,

·         Humanities,

·         Law,

·         Natural science,

·         Engineering and Technology

to applicants employed at  NRF recognised research institutions, like science councils, museums and publicly funded higher education institutions.

TYPES OF

ACTIVITIES

FUNDED

Roundtable discussions, advisory committees, workshops; forum meetings; symposia, audits of professional associations etc., in support of the development of a field, both with the research community and with other stakeholders (government; industry; etc.)

INITIATIVES

NOT

FUNDED

·       Activities that are/or could be supported by way of other NRF funding programmes

·       Conferences and conference attendance, as these are supported by the Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) programme;

·       Initiatives that could be directly funded through strategic initiatives with specific funding programmes;

·       Individual research interests or research projects);

·       General [community/people] development initiatives unless they are research development focused;

·       Community engagement initiatives; 

·       Curriculum development;

·       Human capacity development, unless such applications contain a strong argument for how the activity will advance a specific knowledge field;

·       Post-graduate studies/bursaries and training courses will not be considered.

DEADLINE

There is a monthly deadline for all submissions to be considered in the following month.

Applications submitted to the NRF on or before the 25^th of each month will be considered within 2 weeks by a constituted KFD panel, and outcomes will be available in the following month. Applications received after the 25th of the month will be considered in the next round.

It is advisable that applicants submit applications at least 2 months before the proposed intervention.