ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FORNRF- SASOL YOUNG ACADEMICS ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME (YAAP) RESEARCH GRANTS FOR 2025

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and Sasol are pleased to announce the provisional NRF- SASOL Young Academics Accelerator Programme (YAAP) grant awards for the 2025 academic year. The new NRF- SASOL YAAP awards for applicants, who responded to the 2025 Call for applications, have been made according to the strategic objectives of the NRF- SASOL Young Academics Accelerator Programme Funding Instrument and the available budget. The successful new NRF- SASOL YAAP applicants are listed in Table 1.

Please note:

• If your name does not appear on Table 1, you have not been awarded the NRF- SASOL Young Academics Accelerator Programme research grant 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.
• 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 between January and March 2025.