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NEWS
Maties among SA’s young trailblazers

Three current and five former Maties are among the 200 notable South Africans under the age of 35 featuring in the Mail & Guardian's annual edition of '200 Young South Africans' who have made their mark in areas such education, health, arts and entertainment, justice and law, and politics and sport.
 
FMHS scoops three Discovery Foundation Awards
 
Three academics at Stellenbosch 肆客足球's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were recipients of the 2019 Discovery Foundation Awards. 

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Four SU researchers competing for NSTF Awards
 
Four researchers from Stellenbosch 肆客足球 (SU) competed as finalists at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards. According to the organisers, it is an extraordinary honour to be a finalist given the quality of the nominations received every year, the fierce competition that nominees face and growing interest from the SET community over the years.

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Research should promote social justice, human dignity

This was one of the key messages of Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela,Research Chair for Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch 肆客足球 (SU) when she delivered the third Stellenbosch Forum Lecture of 2019 at the SU Museum. The title of her talk was Making the Invisible Visible: Rethinking Reflexivity in Research.

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Making the Invisible Visible: Rethinking Reflexivity in Research.
OPPORTUNITIES

Submission of Creative Outputs for subsidy purposes
 
Researchers now have the opportunity to submit their creative outputs to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) for formal recognition and subsidy purposes. The closing date for submissions of these outputs is Friday, 19 July 2019. Please complete the online form for each of your submissions here..  
 
 Future professors programme: Call for applications
 
The Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology (DHET) calls on promising early-career academics to apply to be part of a transformative programme aimed at producing the next cohort of South African professors.

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FUNDING
Interested in research and innovation funding for European collaboration?
 
The DRD offers dedicated support for all Horizon 2020 programmes.
 
                                                                          For support in:
Identification of H2020 calls
H2020 application process
Advice on H2020 participation
Contact Lizél Kleingbiel
Coordinator: EU & other international funding opportunities
Email: lizelk@sun.ac.za // x2105

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WORKSHOPS
Project Management
 
The basic project management skills that this workshop seeks to develop could be applied in the effective planning and management of research projects. These skills will also be useful in the preparation of competitive research project proposals.
 

 Date: 16 July 2019
Time: 08:30 - 16:00 
Venue: STIAS 
Contact: Fadwha Patel
 
NRF Rating
 
This interactive workshop will focus on the NRF’s evaluation and rating process. The focus is to address researchers` specific questions about the rating process and the online application itself. 
 
\Date: 1 August 2019 
Venue: STIAS 
Time: 08:30 - 15:00 

To register contact::Fadwha Patel 
 
 

 
Women’s Advancement Forum: International Exchanges, Research & Academia 

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in collaboration with the Pan-African Network for the Popularization of Science & Technology and Science Communication in Africa, plans to host a three - day workshop which will bring together at least 150 women in STEM academia and research.
 

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NOTICES

 
The evaluation and rating of individuals is based primarily on the quality of the research outputs in the recent past. “Recent”, in the context of the NRF evaluation and rating system, means outputs of the past eight years. The next round for NRF rating will open in September 2019 and refers to outputs between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2019. The evaluation is undertaken by national and international reviewers who are requested to critically scrutinize the research completed during the assessment period.
 

Special Lecture: Visiting Professor John Brewer

Rethinking the Public 肆客足球 in Societies Emerging out of Conflict 

8 August 2019, SU Museum
(13:00 - 14:00) no RSVP required

Lunchtime information???-sharing sessions.

Research Contracts and Budgets -  

7 August 2019
(13:00 - 14:00), 1012 Wilcocks Building

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Is your profile updated on the SU Knowledge Directory?
 
The aim of the SU Knowledge Directory is to make information about the expertise of our researchers more accessible by means of a web console which will feature on the SU website.  

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OPINIONS

African universities need structures to assess and measure the impact of grants

Evaluation is a critical tool for decisions on improving performance. It also assures that African universities are getting value for money from grants, donations and the like.
 

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