The Department of Science and Technology is calling for project concept proposals (not more than 5 pages) to be supported under the program of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the cycle of 2014 – 2015. The objective of the program is to build infrastructure relating to human resources, equipment and facilities.
The Belmont Forum is a platform established by some of the world’s major funders of global change research including the National Research foundation and the Department of Science and Technology, to mobilise international resources and expertise in order to drive global environmental research for earth system sustainability.
Following the bilateral agreement on cooperation between South Africa and the Republic of South Korea in science and technology which was signed in the Republic of Korea in February 2004, a Joint Committee Meeting was held in Pretoriain November 2011.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor has announced the awarded 60 additional Research Chairs to expand the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI).
KFD’s primary focus is to facilitate and support activities at the beginningend,i.e. basic research, of the research-innovation - commercialization value chain. In addressing its goals, the directorate also complements and works in tandem with other research value-chain directorates of Research and Innovation Support and Advancement.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor has approved funding in the Departmental 2011/12 Medium Term Expenditure Framework for the awarding of 62 additional Research Chairs to expand the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). The Research Chairs Initiative was established in 2006 as a strategic intervention of the South African government to reverse brain drain in the public academic and research sector.
