Announcement

From:Carmen Louw
Date:09-Jun-2016 14:30
Subject:[Amended] Advanced Computing Committee (ACC) Research Equipment Call for 2017

Faculty-prioritised Research Compute Grants

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN SUBMISSION PROCESS

Deadline for Applications to Faculty of Health Sciences Research Office: 30 June 2016

(Please send queries to the Faculty Research Office at research.health@uct.ac.za)

Purpose:

The purpose of these grants is to provide funding to faculties for prioritised pieces of medium size R50 000 to R500 000) compute related hardware and software.

The Advanced Computing Committee (ACC) considers applications from Faculties for strategic research related compute equipment and software items that are not covered in the conventional way by Faculty Equipment Committees.

Eligibility:

UCT researchers are eligible to apply if they are:

Honorary Research Associates; Emeritus Professors; Emeritus Associate Professors; Honorary Professors; Honorary Associate Professors and Senior Research Scholars are NOT eligible to apply. Those who wish to have access to new compute equipment must form part of research groupings and may not be the Principal Applicant.

Submission process:

Award Conditions:

Timelines:

Applications to reach the Faculty Research Office: 30 June 2016

Faculty IT Committees to submit applications to the Research Office for ACC review: 25 July 2016

Funding outcome to Faculty IT Committee Representatives: 15 December 2016