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Table 6
Summary of awards made to international and African students in 2011
Source
Awards
Non-SADC International
SADC Unknown*
Total
UCT
Number
45
23
69
7
144
Value
R1,233,548
R 463,780
R1,738,055
R193,000
R3,628,383
Departmental
funds
Number
137
70
212
27
446
Value
R7,395,593
R4,234,135
R9,378,562
R1,552,935
R22,561,225
Donations
Number
32
7
60
10
109
Value
R2,613,154
R256,308
R2,593,645
R363,800
R5,826,907
Investments
Number
14
14
29
7
64
Value
R709,529
R288,600
R555,610
R96,000
R1,649,739
NRF
Number
25
12
51
14
102
Value
R1,390,295
R728,033
R2,664,365
R800,000
R5,582,693
Total
Number
253
126
421
65
865
Value
R13,342,119
R5,970,856
R16,930,237
R3,005,735
R39,248,947
*This denotes information provided by international students whose countries do not appear on UCT’s database
As demonstrated in
Figure 2
, of all international and
African students who had applied for funding, 41%
of awards made were to students from the SADC
region. The highest monetary value is allocated to
departmental scholarships.
Figure 2
Percentage of international, African, and
SADC students receiving awards in 2011
SADC
41%
Unknown
10%
Africa
26%
Other
international
23%
NSTF-BHP BILLITON 2011/12 FINALISTS
Contribution to research and its outcomes over
a lifetime
Professor John Field
Professor Ed Rybicki
Contributions to SETI through management and
related activities
Professor Kevin Naidoo
TW Kambule NRF awards: Emerging researchers
Dr William Horowitz
Associate Professor Brenda Morrow
Dr Thomas Scriba
Research leading to innovation by a team/
individual through a corporate organisation
Crystallization and Precipitation Research Unit –
Team Leader: Alison Lewis
In Situ XRD Cell – Team Leader:
Professor Michael Claeys
Lung Infection and Immunity Unit – Team Leader:
Professor Keertan Dheda
UCT Maxillofacial Surgery Unit – Team Leader:
Dr Rushdi Hendricks
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Winners are profiled on the next page