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Databases and archives
Workshop on the Role of Electronic Information Resources in Enhancing and Supporting Research Output in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
30 September 2003 at the National Research Foundation.
The workshop focuses on three core perspectives:
Access to core electronic information resources.
The electronic publication of theses and dissertations (ETD) as an important national tool
Level of funding and funding mechanisms available for research and electronic resources.
More about it at: http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/forms/etdWS.html
South African Data Archive (SADA)
An archive of computerised raw quantitative data of large scale regional, national and international research projects mainly in the humanities and social sciences. These datasets are available to the research community for further analysis, comparative studies, longitudinal studies, teaching and decision-making purposes.
NEXUS Database System including:
Current and completed SA research projects
Research organisations
Professional associations
Researchers networking
Talk forthcoming conferences
Periodical submissions
Requirements database
Register of Grants
Database listing current (2000/2001) NRF research grants in the natural and social sciences, engineering and technology and the humanities
Excludes THRIP grants, freestanding bursaries and fellowships
South African Network of Skills Abroad (SANSA)
Take the opportunity to make your skills available to South Africa and search our database to find the right people in your field of expertise
SANSA links skilled people living abroad who wish to make a contribution to South Africa's economic and social development and connects them with local experts and projects
Women-in-Research
This database of women researchers in the social sciences and humanities is one of the mechanisms whereby the NRF aims to increase women researchers' access to agency funds, and stimulate collaboration between women researchers and ultimately, enhance women's contribution to the production and application of knowledge in social sciences and humanities.
Ministry: Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
International Collaborative Research Projects database
This database provides information on collabortive projects emanating from intergovernmental
agreements conducted by the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DAC and DST)
National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) - "Database of S&T Databases" project
The NRF is currently undertaking a survey of S&T and National System of Innovation databases in SA, with the aim of drawing together all these resources to produce a central South African S&T database.
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