The South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) invites applications to an OPEN CALL for a three-year funding cycle (2027-2029). All application materials must be submitted electronically via the NRF’s Submission system at NRFCONNECT. The SANAP call is now open on NRF Connect under the Research Grants category. All applications must be endorsed by the research office of the principal investigator before submission to the NRF. It is the responsibility of each applicant to familiarise himself / herself with the internal closing dates set by their institution to meet the NRF closing date. Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered. All applicants need to consider all three parts of the framework document -the information relating to the research proposals, the frameworks for DFFE, which inter alia details logistic requirements and indicates compulsory attachments, and the SAPRI framework. Which inter alia details infrastructure availability and data storage requirements, included below. Each partner has specific requirements, and the frameworks for SANAP, DFFE and SAPRI need to be considered together. (Information in Framework Document.)
SANAP FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT Download here
For all NRF RIISA content -related queries:
- Ms Singathwa Mbangeni
- 012 481 4269
- S.Mbangeni@risa.nrf.ac.za
- Ms Tracy Klarenbeek
- 012 481 4177
- TJ.Klarenbeek@risa.nrf.ac.za
The National Research Foundation (NRF) recognises that for South Africa to be internationally competitive and to meaningfully contribute to the global economy, the country must have the capability to understand the knowledge produced by others. This understanding can best be developed through performing research. Publicly funded basic and applied research is viewed as a source of new ideas, opportunities, methods, and most importantly, the means through which problem solvers can be trained. The SANAP is a long-term funding instrument designed to ensure the creation of a demographically balanced Antarctic research programme that strives for internationally competitive research, promotes inter-disciplinarity and creates links with other African countries.
The 2016 DSTI Marine and Antarctic Research Strategy serves to link South Africa’s comparative geographic and research advantage, regional stewardship, and national interest considerations to research themes to stimulate systems scale integration of knowledge and understanding. This will not only strengthen South Africa’s profile and develop advanced skills, but in so doing will also support the Country’s geo-political and citizenship goals in both regional and global dialogues. The importance of South Africa’s geographical proximity to Antarctica and its position as a Southern Ocean. South Africa also maintains bases at Marion and Gough Islands, administered by the DFFE. Marion Island and Prince Edward Island together form the Prince Edward Islands Group, annexed by South Africa in 1947. Gough Island is a British protectorate which hosts the South African meteorological station, which operates as part of an agreement between South Africa and the United Kingdom
