The following partner institutions consist of a comprehensive set of higher education institutions, international funding agencies, national research councils and continental operational initiatives with which the proposed chairholder has established track records since 2005:
| UNESCO-AIEA Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Address: The Abdu Slam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera, 11, I-34151, Trieste, Italy Tel: +39 040 22400 111 Fax: +39 040 22400 111 E-mail: Director@ictp.it Website: http://www.ictp.it |
Universite Aboubakr Belkaid Address: Universite Aboubakr Belkaid, BP 119-13000, Tlemcen, Algerie Tel: + 213 (0) 43 21 58 87 Fax: + 213 (0) 43 21 58 87 E-mail: g_merad@mail.univ-tlemcen.dz, gmerad@hotmail.com Website: http://www1.univ-tlemcen.dz/~lepm |
| UNIDO-International Centre for Science & Technology Address: Area Science Park, Patrician 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy Tel: +39 040 9228 111 Fax: +39 040 9228 101 E-mail: Directorate@ics.trieste.it Website: http://www.ics.trieste.it |
Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Address: UCAD, BP. 5376, Dar-Fann, Senegal Tel: +21 824-02-02 E-mail: acbeye@refer.sn Website: http://www.ucad.sn |
| iThemba LABS - National Research Foundation of South Africa Address: 1 Old Faure Road, PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129, Western Cape, South Africa. Tel: 021 843 1215 Fax: 021 843 3543 E-mail: Director@tlabs.ac.za Website: http://www.tlabs.ac.za |
Kigali Institute of Technology Address: KIT, PO Box 5039, Kigali, Rwanda Tel: +250 255 100 591 Fax: +250 252 586 890 E-mail: admini@kie.ac.rw, eminani@yahoo.fr Website: http://www.kie.ac.rw |
| African Laser Centre Address: Meiring Naude road, CSIR Campus, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa Tel: 012 841 3573 Fax: 012 841 3152 E-mail: ncingo@csir.co.za (BoD Chairman) Website: http://www.africanlasercentre.org |
Centre for Energy Research & Development (CERD) & Obafemi Awolowo University Address: OAU main campus, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Tel: +234-803-711-7816 Fax: +234-705-503-7908 E-mail: ayfasasi@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.oau.ng |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 16-127 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-430 Tel: 617 253 7602 E-mail: mtingwa@mit.edu Website: http://www.mit.edu |
University of Cape Coast Address: UCC Campus, Cape Coast, Ghana Tel: +2333 3321-3-33773 Fax: +2333 3321-3-33773 E-mail: Lafoc@ncs.gh.com Website: http://www.ucc.gh |
| Northeastern University-Boston Address: 111 Dana Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000 Tel: 617 373 2902 Fax: 617 373 2943 E-mail: l.menon@neu.edu Website: http://www.neu.edu |
National University of Lesotho, Roma Address: PO Roma 180, Lesotho, Southern Africa Tel: +266 22 213495/4 Fax: +266 22 340601 E-mail: msekota@yahoo.com Website: http://www.nul.ls |
| Clark Atlanta University Address: 223 James P Brawley Drive SW, Atlanta, Georgia 303 14-4391, Georgia, USA Tel: +1 404 880 8663 Fax: +1 4040 880 8000 E-mail: AMsezane@cau.edu Website: http://www.cau.edu |
University of Zululand Address: PO Box X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Tel: 035 902 6558 Fax: 035 902 6317 E-mail: Onemra@pan.uzulu.ac.za (Physics Dept) Website: http://www.uzulu.ac.zaU |
| University of Nottingham Address: University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK Tel: + 44 115 951 5197 Fax: +44 115 951 5180 E-mail: Mohamed.Henini@nottingham.ac.uk Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |
University of Western Cape Address: Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, Western Cape, South Africa Tel: 021 959 3447 Fax: 021 959 3474 E-mail:Cjarendse@uwc.ac.za Website: http://www.uwc.ac.za |
| Moroccan Foundation for Science and Innovation and Research (MASCIR) Address: Avenue de l’Armee Royale, Madinat Al Ifrane, 10 100, Rabat, Maroc Tel: +212 – (0) 537 57 08 80 Fax: +212- (0) 537 57 61 81 E-mail: z.sekkat@mascir.com Website: http://www.mascir.ma |
National Laser Centre, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research Address: Meiring Naude road, CSIR Campus, Pretoria, South Africa Tel: 012 841 3573 Fax: 012 841 3152 E-mail: ncingo@csir.co.za (Managing Director) Website: http://www.csir.co.za/nlc |
| University of Alexandria Address: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alexandria, Main Campus, Alexandria Tel: +203 485 8353 Fax: +203 485 8351 E-mail: Mona.marei@gmail.com Website: http://www.ua.ac.eg |
Centre for High Performance Computing Address: CHPC, Meraka Institute, 15 Lowe Hope Road, Cape Town 7700, South Africa Tel: 021 658 2745 Fax: 021 658 2744 Email: HSithole@csir.co.za (Director) Website: http://www.csir.co.za/chpc |
U2ACN2-NRF
The NRF has included the chair within its SARCHis programme with annual funding dedicated to it. The 2014 funding of R700 000 is being used to support two postdoctoral and four postgraduate fellows. The NRF grant letter was received by the office of the Vice-Principal: Research & Innovation and copied to the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and the iThemba LABS Director.
U2ACN2-DAAD-AIMS
In view of the established track records with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), this has facilitated the financial support of the Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst-German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for non-SA postgraduates.
TWAS-UNISA-ALC
Trilateral MoU with the Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS-Italy) and the African Laser Centre (ALC) (Co-signed by the Vice-Principal: Research & Innovation Prof M Phakeng)
OWSD-UNISA-iThemba LABS
Unisa trilateral MoU with the International Organisation of Women in Sciences (OWSDW, Trieste-Italy) and iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation of South Africa (iTl-NRF) (Co-signed by the Vice-Principal: Research & Innovation Prof M Phakeng)
UNESCO MATECCS-UNISA
U2ACN2 MoU with the recently awarded UNESCO Canada chair on “Materials & Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving & Storage: MATECSS” of the INRS-University of Quebec-Canada (In process).
UN NAM S&T-UNISA
U2ACN2 MoU with the Non-Aligned Movement Centre for Science & Technology (NAM S&T), New Delhi- India (In process).
In line with the strategic vision of Unisa and the NRF, within Africa, new ties have been established via implemented “small success stories”. The new cooperations are: