CUT Annual Report 2013

Research
partnership
development.
Capacity growth of
research projects.
Multi-, inter- and
transdisciplinary research.
Joint ventures with national
and international
universities, research
bodies and research
councils.
Joint ventures with
government/business/
industry.
Collaboration with SU,
UCT, CPUT, UFS, TUT,
NMMU. Projects on
food security and safety,
machine vision, research
education, and medical
product development.
CUT partners with UFS
in a Medical Ethical
Committee. Preliminary
discussions with UFS on
collaboration in Animal
Ethics Committee.
Collaborations with
international universities
[Aalen, Ulm, Charitre
(Germany), Lougborough,
Wales (UK), IUPUI (USA),
Kugari Institute of S & T
(Rwanda)] on projects on
food security and safety,
machine vision, management,
research education,
and medical product
development.
Development of
technology transfer
and innovation.
Developing the
institutional level of
involvement and
expertise in technology
transfer and
innovation.
Research Grant Awards Fund
Intellectual Property (IP)
Act of 2008 and
Technology Transfer Office
training.
Training of staff and
students in innovation
cycle.
Identification of research
outputs for possible
innovation.
Studying sustainable
technological development.
Supporting the community
in efforts at innovation and
new product development.
The following table indicates the external research grants available for research projects during 2013:
NRF research funding available for research projects in 2013
NRF FUNDING INSTRUMENT
AWARDED AMOUNT
As part of the STEPS
process, multi-,
interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary
research methodologies
and practices are
currently being
developed.
Development of
research clusters
and programmes.
Strengthening of
research capacity.
Student retention and
throughput
Publications
Conference attendance
Patents
Rated researchers
Research funding
1. NRF BTech block grants R2 995 000
2. NRF master’s grants and scholarships R460 000
3. NRF doctoral scholarships R300 000
4. NRF post-doctoral fellowships R920 619
5. SANHARP R58 083
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