From:                                             Meyer, DM, Me <dominiquem@sun.ac.za> <dominiquem@sun.ac.za>

Sent:                                               Tuesday, 02 July 2019 15:28

Subject:                                         CALL:  Collaboration with Japan, India or Netherlands

Attachments:                               South Africa Japan (JSPS) Call Guideline.pdf; South Africa_India Joint Call Guideline.pdf; Call for Proposals Cooperation South Africa-The Netherlands 2019.pdf

 

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Funding Opportunity

Research areas

Categories/Activities to be funded from SA budget

Funding (SA budget)

Eligibility /
Special Conditions

Number of projects to be funded in SA

Internal and external closing date

SA-Japan bilateral

Humanities

 

Social Sciences

 

Natural Sciences

-       Research-related costs, including field work

 

-       Exchange visits (researchers, postdocs and doctoral students) as part of the joint project: sending side pays flight tickets, visas & medical insurance, receiving side pays accommodation & subsistence of visiting partners.

 

-       Master’s Bursaries

 

-       Networking events (i.e. joint workshops, seminars, conferences, symposia)

 

Not funded:

-       Consultant’s fees

-       Project management fees

-       Large equipment

-       Salaries/remuneration

-       Overheads

 

 

On SA side:

 

R980 000 for max 2 years

 

R400 000 p.a for networking and mobility of researchers

R90 000 Masters’ bursary p.a

 

 

On Japanese side:

 

JPY 2,500,000 p.a. (up to JPY 5, 000, 000 in total)

 

 

Applications to be submitted both in SA and Japan

 

Principal Investigator must have PhD.

 

SA PI must be a full-time employee at SU.

 

To be prioritised in SA and Japan:

-       Projects with potential to lead to future bi- and multilateral collaborations

-       Involvement of students and postdocs

-       Gender-balanced involvement in projects 

-       Involvement of SA historically disadvantaged universities and researchers

 

(See attached Guide for further details)

           

4

23 September 2019

SA-India bilateral

Advanced materials incl. manufacturing

 

Biotechnology

 

Renewable energy

-       Research-related costs, including field work

 

-       Exchange visits (researchers, postdocs and doctoral students) as part of the joint project: sending side pays flight tickets, visas & medical insurance, receiving side pays accommodation & subsistence of visiting partners.

 

-       Doctoral Bursaries

 

-       Science engagement/ knowledge sharing costs (i.e. joint workshops, seminars, conferences, symposia)

Not funded:

-       Consultant’s fees

-       Project management fees

-       Large equipment

-       Salaries/remuneration

 

On SA side:

 

R960 000 for max 3 years

 

R200 000 p.a for research and mobility.

R120 000 doctoral bursary p.a

 

 

On Indian side:

 

Contact:

 

Dr Sulakshana Jain

Scientist D,

jain.s@nic.in

Applications to be submitted both in SA and India

 

Principal Investigator must have PhD.

 

SA PI must be a full-time employee at SU.

 

SA PI must be a full-time employee at SU.

 

To be prioritised in SA and India:

-       Projects with potential to lead to future bi- and multilateral collaborations

-       Involvement of students and postdocs

-       Gender-balanced involvement in projects 

-       Involvement of SA historically disadvantaged universities and researchers

 

(See attached Guide for further details)

 

10

23 September 2019

SA-Netherlands bilateral

Water

 

Energy

 

Food

-       Research-related costs, including field work

 

-       Exchange visits (researchers, postdocs and doctoral students) as part of the joint project: sending side pays flight tickets, visas & medical insurance, receiving side pays accommodation & subsistence of visiting partners.

 

-       Postgraduate Bursaries

 

-       Science engagement/ knowledge sharing costs (i.e. joint workshops, seminars, conferences, symposia)

 

-       Small equipment and consumables (up to 25% of the budget)

Not funded:

-       Consultant’s fees

-       Project management fees

-       Large equipment

-       Salaries/remuneration

-       Overheads

 

On SA side:

 

R5.220 million for max 3 years

 

R1.740 million p.a for research and mobility.

R200 000 postdoctoral bursary p.a

R120 000 doctoral bursary p.a

R90 000 Masters bursary p.a

 

On Netherlands side:

 

€700 000 for max 3 years

 

 

Applications to be submitted both in SA and Netherlands

 

Principal Investigator must have PhD.

 

SA PI must be a full-time employee at SU.

 

SA PI must be a full-time employee at SU.

 

To be prioritised in SA and Netherlands:

-       Projects with potential to lead to future bi- and multilateral collaborations

-       Involvement of students and postdocs

-       Gender-balanced involvement in projects 

-       Involvement of SA historically disadvantaged universities and researchers

 

(See attached Guide for further details)

 

2

16 September 2019

Submission of applications:

South African partners:  electronically via the NRF’s Submission System at https://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za

 

Japanese partners: http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-bilat/semina/shinsei_bosyu.html

Indian Partners: www.onlinedst.gov.in

 

 

PLEASE VERY CAREFULLY READ THE CALL GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING QUERIES TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

 

 

Riana Coetsee (proposal guidance): mjc@sun.ac.za

 

Dominique Meyer (queries re budget): dominiquem@sun.ac.za

 

 

 


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