Unisa 2008 Research Report - University of South Africa

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F U N D I N G A N D R AT I N G The national Research Foundation (nRF) is a nationally dedicated agency for research support and promotion. It does this through funding, human resources development and the provision of research facilities, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of the natural and social sciences, humanities and technology. 22
UnISA PARTICIPATES actively in nRF funding programmes such as Focus Area Funding for Established Researchers, the Thuthuka programme for young researchers, nRF bursaries and scholarships, and International networking/liaison or Travel Grants funding, as well as in the rating of its researchers against their peers in the country. Annually, the nRF invites individual scientists working in South African institutions of higher learning (universities and science councils) in all academic fields to apply for individual rating as researchers. In order to be rated, a scientist must submit a list of all recent research outputs accompanied by solid motivation as to why and how these make a substantial and original contribution to scholarship. The submission is then sent to peers (some of whom are chosen by the applicants themselves) for review. The reports of the reviewers are sent to a discipline based specialist panel for review. The specialist panel will then make a recommendation to the nRF committee, which will determine whether a researcher is rateable, and if so, the nRF committee will determine a category. N E w L Y R AT E D R E S E A R C H E R S 2 0 0 8 coLLege of economIc And mAnAgemenT scIences the nRf rating categories leading international researcher Researchers who are unequivocally recognised by their peers as leading international scholars in their field for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs. (3 levels: A1, A2, A3) a internationally acclaimed researcher Researchers who enjoy considerable international recognition by their peers for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs. (3 levels: B1, B2, B3) B nationally established researcher Established researchers with a sustained recent record of productivity in the field. (3 levels: C1, C2, C3) c president’s award for young researchers with tremendous potential young researchers (normally younger than 35 years of age), who have held the doctorate or equivalent qualification for less than five years at the time of application and who, on the basis of exceptional potential demonstrated in their published doctoral work and/or their research outputs in their early post-doctoral careers are considered likely to become future leaders in their field. p promising young researchers young researchers (normally younger than 35 years of age), who have held the doctorate or equivalent qualification for less than five years at the time of application, and who are recognised as having the potential to establish themselves as researchers within a five-year period after evaluation. y late research entrant with potential Persons (normally younger than 55 years) who were previously established as researchers or who previously demonstrated potential through their own research products, and who are considered capable of fully establishing or re-establishing themselves as researchers within a five-year period after evaluation. l Prof M de Beer Prof Mk luhandjula C2 C2 coLLege of hUmAn scIences Prof kruger A Prof P ngulube Prof EJ Pretorius Prof E Bornman Prof G Poulos Prof RS Viljoen C2 C2 C2 C3 C2 y2 coLLege of LAw Prof JT Pretorius Prof ADEV Minnaar Prof HC Roodt B3 C3 C2 coLLege of scIence, engIneeRIng And TechnoLogy Prof P kotze Prof M Setati Prof MJ Mphahlele Dr AE Botha Dr Ek ketcha ngassam B3 C1 C3 y2 y2 23
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