ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR Y-RATED RESEARCHERS 2025

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) are pleased to announce the provisional Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers awards for the 2025 academic year. The new Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers awards for applicants, who responded to the 2024 Call for applications, have been made according to the strategic objectives of the Funding Instrument and the available budget. The successful new Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers applicants are listed in Table 1.

Please note:

• If your name does not appear on Table 1, you have not been awarded the Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers for 2025.
• Successful candidates will be able to view and download their award letters in January 2025, via NRF Connect against their applications.
• Read through the Conditions of Grant (CoG) letter and award letter documents carefully before accepting the award.
• Access Guidelines on how to accept the award: https://www.nrf.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Acceptance-of-Award.pdf
• All required documentation must be uploaded on the awardees’ NRF Connect profile within two months of receipt of the award letter.
• The sooner the NRF obtains all the required documents, the sooner it will release the funds.
• The NRF feedback on the review of applications will be forwarded to all unsuccessful applicants by February 2025.
• Please send all enquiries regarding the outcomes to the NRF via your Research Office.