ResearchAnnouncement

Research Announcement: UCT research news and funding opportunities

3 March 2022

Dear colleagues

The purpose of this announcement is to keep members of the UCT research community informed about news and funding opportunities in the research space. All new funding opportunities can also be found on the current funding opportunities page of the Research Support Hub.

In this newsletter:

Noticeboard

Funding opportunities and funder announcements

Research capacity building

Noticeboard

On the Research Announcement noticeboard, we share news and items of interest from the UCT Research Office.


Invitation: Ibali Indaba webinar
16 March 2022 from 13:00 to 14:00 (SAST)

As part of nurturing a growing community of Ibali users at UCT, Digital Library Services (DLS) runs a monthly webinar series called Ibali Iindaba. Launched in 2021, the Ibali platform is part of a drive to develop an open-access space where digital collections can be created, curated, published and showcased.

For the session on 16 March 2022, DLS will talk to lecturer and doctoral candidate Nina Liebenberg about how she used Ibali to showcase her curatorial research for her doctoral thesis. The discussion will highlight how Ibali can be used as a platform for teaching and learning.

Register here.


Funding opportunities

Visit the current funding opportunities page on the Research Support Hub to view all open funding opportunities.


Call for applications: Harvard University's Center for African Studies Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: 30 April 2022

Applications are now open for Harvard University's Center for African Studies (CAS) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. This 18-month programme aims to provide opportunities for postdoctoral candidates to conduct independent research, publish and increase knowledge in their fields of study that will be beneficial to the African continent. Twelve months will be spent at the scholar’s home institution and six months in residency at Harvard University.
 
Africa-based researchers who intend to continue to work in African academia are invited to apply. Fellows will need to have completed their doctoral programme at an institution anywhere in the world and will need to currently hold a paid academic appointment at their home institution.

Apply here

Research capacity building

Below are events, workshops and webinars that offer capacity-building opportunities for the UCT research community.


Connect with other researchers on the WUN Hub

UCT is a member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) which comprises 25 universities from six continents. WUN has established a database that enables researchers at WUN universities to find and connect with WUN colleagues and WUN-supported research projects.

As a WUN researcher, you join the WUN Hub by creating a profile that illustrates your affiliation, research interests and participation in WUN research projects (if any). This profile enables WUN colleagues with related interests to identify and connect with each other. As a registered user, you can search the hub to find information on members with particular research interests and active WUN research projects. You can also post and view calls for collaborators and funding opportunities.

Find out how to create your profile on the WUN Hub here.
DLS video series to help postgrads manage research data

Of particular interest to researchers who are supervising students, UCT Libraries’ Digital Library Services (DLS) is developing a series of short videos to assist postgraduates with the completion of their MoU/PPA and the management of research data.

The first video, titled ‘Data Management Plans: What, Why and Where to Start?’, covers data management plans as part of research data management and the research project life cycle. It gives a brief motivation on why to do them and how they fit within the UCT research project process, as well as introducing UCT's online DMP creation tool, UCT DMP.

The video is available here

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