URC CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

SHORT RESEARCH VISIT (SRV) / SHORT RESEARCH COURSE (SRC) GRANTS

Deadline for Second Round of 2017 Applications:

Friday, 1 September 2017

Please send all queries to Paul Dantu

(Contact details: , tel: 021 650 1954)

Purpose of the grant

The purpose of this URC funding is to contribute to UCT’s research output and profile. These grants are intended to support staff wishing to make short research visits or to attend short research courses abroad for no longer than TWO months to enhance their research productivity. The visit/course attendance must be embedded within the ambit of the applicant’s research endeavours.

Applications are highly competitive and funding is currently limited to a maximum of R 20,000 per application.

Eligibility

UCT researchers who are:

•Permanent academic staff;

•Honorary Research Associates; Emeritus Professors; Emeritus Associate Professors; Honorary Professors; Honorary Associate Professors and Senior Research Scholars who have published in accredited, subsidy-earning publications in the past year;

•Joint permanent academic staff (excluding registrars); and

•Contract staff employed on academic conditions of service and who have published in accredited, subsidy-earning publications in the past year. Preference will be given to contract staff with valid NRF ratings.

Track records in the training of post-graduate students and accredited publications are advantages.

Submission process

1. The applicant must use the correct application form (SRV: R&I24 form) downloaded from

2. The applicant must ensure that the complete and correctly endorsed application reaches the Research Office on or before the deadline date. Under NO circumstances will the deadline be extended.

3. Applications for visits/courses attended retrospective to the application closing date of 1 September 2017 will NOT be considered.

4. Hard copies may be posted to the Research Office, Research Support Services (for attention: Paul Dantu), 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray OR e-mailed to (but not both) on or before deadline date. Please ensure that you receive an acknowledgement of receipt within two days of the closing date.

Note

After the visit, a brief report must be submitted to the Committee (see R&I22 form) accessible at