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166 NMMU Research and Innovation Report 2011 - Research Support Research Support Department of Research Management The Department of Research Management (RM) focuses mainly on the needs of established researchers. It manages: • All NRF grants, excluding Thuthuka and student bursaries. • The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP). • The development of an in-house research information system, RIMS, and the roll out of the national DST/NRF supported InfoEd RIMS. • The submission of applications for NRF rating. • The registration and activity reporting of research institutes, centres and units. • The submission of publication research output subsidy claims to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). • The development and implementation of various categories of research incentives. • Applications for research leave and research sabbaticals via the NMMU Research Committee, which is chaired by the Director of RM. • All external research grants aimed at established researchers. • Internal support such as the Transformation and Equity Research Grants (TERG) and the Research Theme Grants (RTG). • The Unit for Statistical Consultation (USC), which renders a free statistical consultation service to staff, as well as postgraduate students. • The identification and nomination of staff for external research awards. • The DST/NRF Research Chairs. • The Researcher of the Year Awards. • Internal and external research surveys. • Research partnerships. • Monitoring various research activities on behalf of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Engagement and the NMMU Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI) Committee. • Advises the Capital Resource Allocation Committee (CRAC) on the allocation of research equipment, and • Individual research accounts in close cooperation with NMMU’s Finance Department. Department of Research Capacity Development The Department of Research Capacity Development (RCD) focuses mainly on the needs of emerging researchers and postgraduate students. Its core functions are: • Managing institutional and external funding support for postgraduate students. • Facilitating initiatives to expand the levels of accredited research outputs by emerging researchers. • Improving the academic staff qualification profile. • Assuming responsibility for institutional research capacity development programmes/interventions. • Providing mentorship to developing research staff and postgraduate students. • Harnessing the research contribution of research associates, and • Managing the NMMU Research Ethics Committees (Animal and Human). Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer The Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer (IS&TT) undertakes the following activities: • Technology transfer activities, which encompass the protection, management and commercialisation of NMMU’s Intellectual Property (IP) such as: - Development of patenting/protection strategy. - Development of commercialisation strategy. - New company creation and protection of NMMU’s interests. - License agreements. • Innovation Support for external research-related activities such as facilitating collaborations and contracts, proposal writing, access to funding, including: - Presence on Advisory Boards of research entities with commercial activities. - Contract development and negotiation. - Management of Innovation Award scheme. - Implementation of Technology Transfer and Proposal Tracking modules in InfoEd. • Other innovation activities at local, provincial and national level such as: - Running the National Innovation Competition at NMMU. - Guiding the Regional Technology Transfer Office anchored at NMMU. - Driving the creation of a regional innovation forum. - Development of the business case for the creation of a Research Park at NMMU. Finance Department The Department of Finance has created a section (comprising three staff members) whose primary function it is to focus on researchrelated financial matters. The Unit for Statistical Consultation The Unit for Statistical Consultation (USC) renders a free statistical consultation service to staff as well as Masters and Doctoral students engaged in academic research. In 2011, a total of 122 students and staff members made use of this service.
Research Funding Database NMMU subscribes to Research Africa, a funding database that is available to all staff and postgraduate students. Research Africa allows researchers to search for funding opportunities in specific areas of interest and to set up e-mail alerts when calls for proposals are made. Research Websites The Departments of Research Management (RM), Research Capacity Development (RCD) and Innovation Support and Technology Transfer (IS & TT) have designed their own websites aimed at providing online access to information and services offered. These can be accessed at: www.nmmu.ac.za. Research Management Information Systems The InfoEd national Research Information Management System (RIMS) allows the Research Office to capture a wide range of research data that can easily be extracted and allows for trends to be identified and strategies to be developed to further enhance research capacity and quality. For example, it allows individual research profiles to be extracted, along with CVs of researchers and specific faculty or department outputs. Other capabilities include tracking and developing proposals, assisting with research ethics approval and identifying research funding opportunities via Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN). During 2011, the following InfoEd modules were used or are in the process of being rolled out: Research Output Module (ROM), Technology Transfer (TT) and Ethics (Human). An in-house information system has also been developed. This system, referred to as Research Master File, compiles various valuable pieces of data into an informative view of research activity by the researcher, in terms of research output that can be subsidised and main streams of funding. This archive of pertinent research data can provide valuable assistance to stakeholders of various levels to evaluate performance of individuals and faculties. 167
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Research Output Units The research
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Contribution to Regional Innovation
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