Researchers
and students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Stellenbosch University are invited and encouraged to make use of the
research and internationalisation mechanisms on offer by the FMHS
division for Research and Internationalisation Development and Support
(RIDS).
RIDS operates under the leadership of Prof Nico Gey van Pittius, Vice Dean: Research and Internationalisation. RIDS aims to provide a friendly, professional and efficient service for the promotion of research in the FMHS.
Broad areas of research development and support covered by RIDS include:
developing and strengthening research capacity among staff and
students; coordinating research funding applications and awards from SU
and national and international funding bodies; compliance with regulatory requirements such as the ethical approval of research protocols; and collaboration with the Research Grants Management Office.
RIDS is comprised of seven offices: the Research Capacity Development and Funding Office, the Tygerberg Doctoral Office,
the Registrar Research Support Office,
the Undergraduate Research Office, the Health Research Ethics Office, the Animal Research Unit, and Tygerberg International. Together, these units service the research, funding and ethics-related needs of Faculty staff, students and research partners; and maintain close links with the Division of Research Development (DRD) of SU in addressing a number of other research-related issues.
