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Dear colleagues
This announcement aims to keep members of the research community informed about news and updates in the research space.
In this newsletter:
Funding opportunities and awards
Book Award and Meritorious Book Prize
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020
UCT’s Book Award gives recognition for outstanding and influential books written by university staff members. The award committee will also consider books for the Meritorious Book Prize. The committee recognises books in specialised fields that
merit acknowledgement for their contribution, and promising first-time books by authors who deserve special recognition and support.
Download the call for more information.
Conference travel grants
Deadline for applications (first round): 28 February 2020
This grant allows recipients to present the results of recent research to a suitable audience at a conference or meeting of appropriately high academic standing.
Visit the Research Support Hub for more information.
Creative Works Award and Meritorious Creative Works Prize
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020
UCT’s Creative Works Award and Meritorious Creative Works Prize seek to give recognition to major creative works produced within the past five years by current employees of the university that are outstanding in their own terms. Creative works
include art works, performances, productions, compositions and architectural designs.
Download the call for more information.
Global Challenges Research Fund networking grants: pre-call announcement
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) networking grants support international networking events aimed at addressing global challenges and promoting interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers in developing countries and the United Kingdom.
The aim is to enable new networks to be better equipped to apply for larger grants offered by the GCRF and other funding initiatives.
Round 6 of this scheme will open early in February 2020, after which more information will be given, including closing date (estimated to be about seven weeks after the call opens), internal UCT deadlines and support offered by the Research
Office.
Download the pre-call announcement for more information.
Research equipment: faculty-prioritised large equipment grants
Deadline for submission of head of department-approved applications to Faculty Equipment Committee chairs and representatives: 9 April 2020
The University Equipment Committee’s annual call for applications for large equipment grants is open. Applications for funding to purchase faculty-prioritised, strategic equipment items that are not covered by Faculty Equipment Committees are
invited. Please see the detailed call for applications for the eligibility criteria, a link to the latest version of the application form as well as the submission requirements and other important information.
Download the call for more information.
Short research visit or short research course grants
Deadline for applications (first round): 8 April 2020
The purpose of this University Research Committee 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 attend short research courses abroad (for no longer
than two months) to enhance their research productivity. The visit or course attendance must be embedded within the ambit of the applicant’s research endeavours.
Download the call for more information.
Download the application form.
Visiting scholars and lecturers fund grants
Deadline for first round: 20 March 2020
The Visiting Scholars Fund intends to draw eminent academics from outside South Africa to UCT.
The Visiting Lecturers Fund intends to draw to UCT eminent academics based abroad, who are already in South Africa on other business, as well as eminent academics who are employed at other educational institutions in South Africa.
Download the call for more information.
Grant writing workshop
The Emerging Researcher Programme is hosting a grant writing workshop focused on National Research Foundation Thuthuka applications, but including general tips for grant writing. It is open to all UCT academics who have little experience in
writing a grant application.
The two-day workshop will explore the principles of funding, discuss what should go into a grant application, and how to develop timelines and budgets.
Date: 19 – 20 February 2020
Time: 9:00 to 16:30
Venue: Research Office Seminar Room, Allan Cormack House, 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray
RSVP to Judith Rix by 14 February 2020
Download the pamphlet for more information.
Southern African-Nordic Centre 2020 conference: call for abstracts
Global partnerships are key for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aim of the Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) 2020 conference is to strengthen and consolidate partnerships to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals.
The focus of this conference is on strong and vital partnerships through the joint research, knowledge and concrete collaborations formed through the variety of disciplines and institutions across the SANORD network, of which UCT is a member.
Find out more.
Student dissertations in collaboration with community partners
The UCT Knowledge Co-op engages community groups to collect research themes the groups consider useful for their work. These topics can form the basis for honours or master’s dissertations. Students develop a mini-proposal in consultation with
the Knowledge Co-op and their academic supervisors. A joint meeting determines whether this proposal fits the requirements of both the community partner and UCT, and the dissertation then follows the usual departmental timeframe and process.
Explore the roughly 130 topics available.
Discipline-specific lists and more information can be requested from Barbara Schmid.
Integrating systems for open science: Research Data Integration Project
Open science has many benefits including improved access to research outputs, greater global collaboration and reducing duplication in scientific efforts. Increasingly funders, governments and institutions are both encouraging and requiring
researchers to publish all their research outputs (including data) in ways that are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).
However a number of hurdles to the implementation of open science exist, including the challenge of working across a range of research infrastructure systems for maximum visibility of outputs, which now include articles, datasets, software and
workflow for reproducible science. Therefore UCT has embarked on a research data integration project, coordinated by UCT eResearch, to ensure interoperability between various systems to avoid duplication of processes for researchers and support
staff.
Read more about the RDIP here.
The Research Announcement is produced by the Research Office, University of Cape Town.
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