Overview: Research Funding

Introduction

The Research Funding sub-category includes both the Research Funding listings and the Research Funding Narrative listings.

For both sections/listings:

There is no restriction on the total number of entries you may add.
Existing entries may be edited / updated subsequently, if required, or deleted.
Entries may be manually sorted into a logical order which will be used when generating CVs and displaying on websites.
Each subsequent entry on this page will be listed in a new row and will be displayed alternately in a blue / black font colour. This formatting is only used within the Researcher Profile context and purely for ease of visual display of multiple entries.

Research Funding displays a listing of entries by Grant / Contract, Value and Year/s.
Each Research Funding entry requires a minimum of a Grant / Contract and Description to be entered.

The Research Funding Narrative is used to provide additional information, such as exchange rates, to the information captured under Research Funding.
The text relating to the description of the Research Funding Narrative is entered into the rich text Description / Summary field.
Each Research Funding Narrative entry requires a minimum of a Title or Keywords to be entered.
An assortment of relevant keywords can be entered in the Keywords field separated by space, comma or semicolon.

Field types/fields	Description/field rules
Compulsory fields	All fields which are UCT compulsory fields are noted by * All fields which are NRF compulsory fields are noted by * If synchronisation with the NRF is required, completion of the National Research Foundation (NRF) fields is mandatory. For more information, see: NRF funding overview (external link). Note: Not all academics/researchers require synchronisation with the NRF
Free text fields	Title free text fields are restricted to 100 characters. The NRF Summary text is restricted to 5500 characters. Other free text fields are restricted to 500 characters and have no limit on type of character input.
Rich text fields	In rich text fields you may apply formatting to the text (bold / italics /underline / strikethrough / alignment / subscript / superscript / bullets / numbering / indentation / special characters). There is no limit on the amount of characters you may enter in this field.
Check box	Check boxes are square selection options. When selected, a check box contains a tick (check) mark. When cleared, a check box is empty. Clicking in the check box toggles the appearance of the tick (check) mark.
Keywords field	Keywords provide a way of assigning an assortment of relevant words to an entry. Each keyword may be separated by a space, comma or semi-colon. When creating a CV, the assigned keywords are displayed. Keywords may contain a maximum of 100 characters.