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Prof Nnenesi Kgabi
Director: Research Support Department

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Ms Marí Labuschagné
Senior Administrative Officer

Responsible for secretarial services for the director, general office management, liaising with internal and external role players, organisation process for research excellence awards and prestige dinner, document management system, support services for staff of the department.

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Ms Funanani Lavhelani
Cluster Coordinator : Pre-Award

Responsible for the administration of all national funding applications (pre-awards), administration of international funding applications (pre- awards), presenting training workshops for processing the above-mentioned funding applications, coordination of the tasks in the funding agencies cluster as well as liaising with the NRF and other funding agencies.

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Mr Johann du Plessis
Senior Financial Research Officer : Post Award

Ms Heide Goedhals
Senior Research Support Officer: Post Award

Responsible for post award funding-related processes of all national and international funding agencies, post-funding administration, administration of Rated Researchers (post award), as well as liaison with the NRF and other stakeholders.

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Mr Peter Monyelo
Administrative Assistant: Post Award - Monitoring and Reporting

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Boitumelo Mdluli
Administrative Assistant: General Research Support & Funding

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Ms Mpe Meintjes
Cluster Coordinator: General Research Support

Oversees the post-doctoral fellowship programme, institutional postgraduate bursaries, capacity development workshops, emerging researchers development programme, research support commission and nomination for excellence in research awards.

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Ms Teresa Smit
Cluster Coordinator: Monitoring and Reporting

Administration of research publications subsidy claims and internal incentive awards (IREA). Management, administration and implementation of the national research information management system (RIMS/InfoEd) and the annual research report.

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Assists in the implementation of the national research management information system (RIMS/InfoEd) ethics module, and the administration and coordination of the institutional research ethics process and database. Provides support to research ethics committees and researchers with regard to ethics applications and approval certificates.