Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF FUNDING

Name:		

On approval of the appointment of PDRF at UJ, the Supervisor has the responsibility of requesting source of funding from the Faculty-URC funds or from UJ-GES.
1. INTERNAL FUNDING
1.1 The total monetary value of the Faculty-URC fellowship is R220 0000 per annum for the first year of this agreement.
1.2 The total monetary value of the UJ Global Excellence and Stature (UJ-GES) Fellowship is R220 000 per annum.
1.3 More funding might be made available to those PDRFs who publish above the norm.

SOURCE OF FUNDING	AMOUNT PROPOSED

FACULTY URC
UJ-GES NRF
SUPERVISOR’S RESEARCH FUNDS

OTHER (Insert name)

TOTAL

Faculty-URC funds

OR

Dean’s signature 	PGS Director’s signature

UJ-GES funds

Dean’s signature 	PGS Director’s signature

2. EXTERNAL FUNDING

All PDRFs are required to apply for external funding from the NRF or Claude Leon Foundation where possible and they must provide proof of such to the Vice-Dean: Research in their faculties. Please find the website addresses of these Funders on the reverse side of this form.

2.1 National Research Foundation

For more information on NRF Postdoctoral Fellowships, please visit www.uj.ac.za/research. Alternatively, you can visit the NRF website at www.nrf.ac.za.
The NRF provides a PDRF the opportunity to apply online for a research grant based on the type of scholarship applied for.
2.2 Claude Leon Foundation

The Trustees of the Claude Leon Foundation have established PDRFs in Science, Engineering and
Medical Sciences at South African universities. The Fellowships are available for two years.

For more details on the fellowship award and access to the application form, please see the following website: https://www.leonfoundation.co.za/postdoctoral.htm