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Focus and Responsibilities

The general strategy statement of the department is to:

Create an enabling environment for quality research
Excel in providing support to develop research capacity
Streamline and standardise research support processes to improve the quality of research
Support towards enhancing excellence and visibility of researchers and research programmes

Our focus for 2024 is on:

research development

Research Development

Management of research funds

Research Ethics and Integrity

Outputs

Management of Research Outputs Information

Quality

Quality Improvement of Research

Higher Degrees Support

Contribution to NWU Annual Performance Plan 2024

Goal 2: Strengthen research and innovation with a strategic focus on impactful globalisation

Improve research productivity through research excellence and global leadership
Implementation of the higher degree improvement plan to ensure a better throughput rate of master and doctoral students
Create and maintain a conducive, sustainable and supportive environment to advance research excellence

Goal 3: Integrate and align community engagement with teaching‐learning and research to develop a culture of active citizenship

Promote the Scholarship of Engagement: Community Engagement, Engaged TL and Engaged research

We plan to contribute towards abatement of the following risks:

Risk 3 – PG students
Risk 43 – Digital business strategy;
Risk 28 – Business processes;
Risk 8 – Internationalisation
Risk 2 – Student debt
Risk 17: Academic integrity

Focus (Relevant APP Goal)	Programme(s)/Project(s)	Responsibility	Contacts
Research Development APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Risk 3, 8, 2	Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme DST/HSRC Internship Programme Universities Capacity Development Programme (UCDP) Planning and reporting UCDG Research Chairs Support Enhancement of Researcher Profiles	MPE Meintjies	0182994856
	Informal Research Development (e.g. workshops & trainings) Advancing Higher Degrees Qualifications: Emerging Researchers UCDG Finance: Disbursements and reporting	Amanda Koto	0182994531
	Research Skills and Training Register Informal Academic Professional Development: Communications and administration of workshops and trainings Administrative support for IREA process	MPE Meintjies	0182994856

Focus (Relevant APP Goal)	Programme(s)/Project(s)	Responsibility	Contacts
Management of Research funds APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Risk 3, 8, 2, 28	Pre-Award Management Management of NRF Evaluation and Rating (Pre‐Award process only) Management of NRF, MRC & other research grant applications Communication of Research Funding opportunities to researchers Management of South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) (Pre‐Award process only) Briefing and Training Sessions for researchers	Yolanda Nxumalo	0182852081
	Management of NRF postgraduate funding applications (Pre‐Award process only) Communication of Research Funding opportunities to students Briefing and Training Sessions for students	Yolanda Nxumalo	0182852081
	Post-Award Management Verifications, Compliance monitoring, Funds transfers, Disbursements, Claims processing and submission to funders, Recovery of unspent funds, Financial reporting, Audits for: Grant holder awards Grant holder linked bursaries Block Grants Freestanding Travel Grants and Bursaries (NRF & SKA) Freestanding Post Doc Research Grants and Bursaries SKA Student Travel Grants and Bursaries External Auditing THUTHUKA payments Medical Research Council (MRC) NWU Postdoc funding	Johann Du Plessis	0182994854
	Compilation, signing off and submission of grant documents (e.g. conditions of grants); Processing and submission of progress reports for: Grant holder awards Grant holder linked bursaries Block Grants Freestanding Travel Grants and Bursaries (NRF & SKA) Freestanding Post Doc Research Grants and Bursaries SKA Student Travel Grants and Bursaries External Auditing THUTHUKA Payments for NWU Postdocs	Heide Goedhals	0182994855

Focus (Relevant APP Goal)	Programme(s)/Project(s)	Responsibility	Contacts
Management of Research funds APP Goal 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Risk 3, 8, 2, 28	Pre-Award Management Management of NRF Evaluation and Rating (Pre‐Award process only) Management of NRF, MRC & other research grant applications Communication of Research Funding opportunities to researchers Management of South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) (Pre‐Award process only) Briefing and Training Sessions for researchers	Yolanda Nxumalo	0182852081
	Management of NRF postgraduate funding applications (Pre‐Award process only) Communication of Research Funding opportunities to students Briefing and Training Sessions for students	Yolanda Nxumalo	0182852081
	Post-Award Management Verifications, Compliance monitoring, Funds transfers, Disbursements, Claims processing and submission to funders, Recovery of unspent funds, Financial reporting, Audits for: Grant holder awards Grant holder linked bursaries Block Grants Freestanding Travel Grants and Bursaries (NRF & SKA) Freestanding Post Doc Research Grants and Bursaries SKA Student Travel Grants and Bursaries External Auditing THUTHUKA payments Medical Research Council (MRC) NWU Postdoc funding	Johann Du Plessis	0182994854
	Compilation, signing off and submission of grant documents (e.g. conditions of grants); Processing and submission of progress reports for: Grant holder awards Grant holder linked bursaries Block Grants Freestanding Travel Grants and Bursaries (NRF & SKA) Freestanding Post Doc Research Grants and Bursaries SKA Student Travel Grants and Bursaries External Auditing THUTHUKA Payments for NWU Postdocs	Heide Goedhals	0182994855

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