The National Research Foundation (NRF) is responsible for the management of the DST-NRF Internship Programme, in which unemployed Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) graduates and postgraduates are offered an opportunity to acquire practical work experience through mentoring and exposure to a research environment. This opportunity is also offered to those unemployed graduates and postgraduates who are interested in research management; research support and administration at public higher education institutions and research agencies through a partnership with the Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA). Applications are invited from candidates in the following areas of specialisation or disciplines and who are willing to be placed in the stipulated provinces:<\/p>\n
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Eastern Cape<\/strong><\/p>\n Agricultural Economics \u25cf Agricultural Engineering \u25cf Agricultural Management \u25cf Agriculture \u25cf Analytical Chemistry \u25cf Animal Production \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Biology \u25cf Biomedical Technology \u25cf Biophysics \u25cf Biostatistics \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Botany \u25cf Chemical Sciences \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Collections Management \u25cf Communication & Media Studies \u25cf Computer Sciences \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Sciences \u25cf Electrical Engineering \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Fisheries \u25cf Food Sciences & Technologies \u25cf Fresh Water Biology \u25cf Fresh Water Biology & Limnology \u25cf Geology \u25cf Health Systems & Research \u25cf Horticulture \u25cf Human Systems Research \u25cf Information & Computer Science \u25cf Information & Library Sciences \u25cf Information Science \u25cf Information Systems & Technologies \u25cf Inorganic Chemistry \u25cf Marine Biology \u25cf Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Medical Biotechnology \u25cf Medical Sciences \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Nursing Science \u25cf Oceanology \u25cf Organic Chemistry \u25cf Physical Geography \u25cf Physics \u25cf Physiology \u25cf Plant Production \u25cf Political Sciences \u25cf Public Health \u25cf Research Management, Research Support & Administration \u25cf Science & Technology \u25cf Social Science \u25cf Sociology \u25cf Soil & Water Sciences \u25cf Statistics \u25cf Zoology<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free State<\/strong><\/p>\n Agricultural Sciences \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Biophysics \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Sciences \u25cf Food Sciences & Technology \u25cf Genetics \u25cf Information Systems & Technologies \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Research Management, Research Support & Administration \u25cf Town & Regional Planning<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gauteng<\/strong><\/p>\n Agricultural Economics \u25cf Agriculture \u25cf Analytical Chemistry \u25cf Anatomical Science \u25cf Animal Breeding & Genetics \u25cf Animal Production \u25cf Animal Science \u25cf Anthropology \u25cf Applied Mathematics \u25cf Archaeology \u25cf Astronomy \u25cf Automotive Engineering \u25cf Biology \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Bio-engineering \u25cf Biological Sciences \u25cf Biomedical Technology \u25cf Biometrics \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Botany \u25cf Chemical Engineering \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Civil Engineering \u25cf Communication & Media Studies \u25cf Computer Engineering \u25cf Computer Hardware \u25cf Computer Programming \u25cf Computer Science \u25cf Computer Software \u25cf Dental Sciences \u25cf Development Studies \u25cf Ecology \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Sciences \u25cf Economic Sciences \u25cf Electrical Engineering \u25cf Electronic Engineering \u25cf Embryology & Fetal Development \u25cf Endocrinology \u25cf Engineering Management \u25cf Engineering Sciences \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Environmental Engineering \u25cf Environmental Health \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Epidemiology \u25cf Food Sciences & Technology \u25cf Forest Sciences \u25cf Fresh Water Biology & Limnology \u25cf Genetics \u25cf Geology \u25cf Health Economics \u25cf Health Promotion & Disease Prevention \u25cf Health Sciences \u25cf Health Systems Research \u25cf Horticulture \u25cf Industrial Engineering \u25cf Industrial Psychology & Sociology \u25cf Information & Computer Sciences \u25cf Information & Library Sciences \u25cf Information Management \u25cf Information Systems & Technologies \u25cf Information Technology \u25cf Innovation & Technology Transfer \u25cf Inorganic Chemistry \u25cf International Relations \u25cf Manufacturing & Process Technologies \u25cf Marine Biology \u25cf Material Sciences & Technologies \u25cf Mathematical Sciences \u25cf Mathematics \u25cf Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Medical Sciences \u25cf Medical Technologies \u25cf Medical Virology \u25cf Metallurgical Engineering \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Morphology \u25cf Neurosciences \u25cf Nutrition \u25cf Nutrition & Metabolism \u25cf Organic Chemistry \u25cf Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences \u25cf Pharmacology \u25cf Pharmaceutical Sciences \u25cf Phenomenological Physics \u25cf Physical Chemistry \u25cf Physics \u25cf Physiology \u25cf Plant Production \u25cf Political Sciences & Public Policy \u25cf Polymer Sciences \u25cf Process Engineering \u25cf Psychology \u25cf Public Health \u25cf Quality Management \u25cf Research Management, Research Support & Administration \u25cf Science & Statistics \u25cf Science Education \u25cf Science Journalism \u25cf Social Sciences \u25cf Sociology \u25cf Soil & Water Sciences \u25cf Space & Earth Science \u25cf Statistics \u25cf Statistics & Probability \u25cf Town & Regional Planning \u25cf Veterinary Microbiology \u25cf Veterinary Science \u25cf Zoology<\/p>\n <\/p>\n KwaZulu-Natal<\/strong><\/p>\n Agriculture \u25cf Analytical Chemistry \u25cf Animal Production \u25cf Applied Mathematics \u25cf Archeology \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Bio-engineering \u25cf Biological Sciences \u25cf Biology Biotechnology \u25cf Botany \u25cf Chemical Engineering \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Communication & Media Studies \u25cf Communication Technologies \u25cf Computer Hardware \u25cf Computer Programming \u25cf Computer Science \u25cf Computer Software \u25cf Ecology \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Science \u25cf Economic Sciences \u25cf Electrical Engineering \u25cf Electronic Engineering \u25cf Environmental Engineering \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Food Sciences & Technology \u25cf Genetics \u25cf Health Promotion & Disease Prevention \u25cf Horticulture \u25cf Hydrology \u25cf Information & Computer Sciences \u25cf Information & Library Sciences \u25cf Information Management \u25cf Information Systems & Technologies \u25cf IT Graphic Design \u25cf Manufacturing & Process Technologies \u25cf Marine Biology \u25cf Mathematical Sciences \u25cf Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Nutrition \u25cf Organic Chemistry \u25cf Physical Chemistry \u25cf Physical Sciences \u25cf Plant Biotechnology \u25cf Plant Production \u25cf Process Engineering \u25cf Research Management, Research Support & Administration \u25cf Social Sciences \u25cf Sociology \u25cf Soil & Water Sciences \u25cf Space & Earth Sciences \u25cf Statistics \u25cf Statistics & Probability \u25cf Toxicology \u25cf Veterinary Science \u25cf Zoology<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Limpopo<\/strong><\/p>\n Agricultural Economics \u25cf Agriculture \u25cf Animal Production \u25cf Animal Science \u25cf Applied Mathematics \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Biological Sciences \u25cf Biostatistics \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Botany \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Sciences \u25cf Electronic Engineering \u25cf Environmental Health \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Food Sciences & Technology \u25cf Geology \u25cf Horticulture \u25cf Hydrology \u25cf Information & Computer Sciences \u25cf Library Science \u25cf Mathematics \u25cf Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Medical Biotechnology \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Mining Engineering \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Organic Chemistry \u25cf Physical Geography \u25cf Physical Sciences \u25cf Plant Biotechnology \u25cf Plant Production \u25cf Psychology \u25cf Public Health \u25cf Science Education \u25cf Social Sciences \u25cf Soil & Water Sciences \u25cf Sports Sciences \u25cf Town & Regional Planning \u25cf Veterinary Science<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mpumalanga<\/strong><\/p>\n Horticulture<\/p>\n Northern Cape <\/p>\n North West<\/strong><\/p>\n Analytical Chemistry \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Biology \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Chemical Engineering \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Computer Programming \u25cf Dietetics \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Epidemiology \u25cf Food Sciences & Technology \u25cf Forensic Sciences \u25cf Genetics \u25cf Health Promotion \u25cf Health Sciences \u25cf Human Movement Sciences \u25cf Industrial Psychology & Sociology \u25cf Information & Computer Sciences \u25cf International Relations \u25cf Manufacturing & Process Technologies \u25cf Mathematics Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Nuclear Engineering \u25cf Nuclear Medicine & Organ Imaging \u25cf Nutrition \u25cf Physical Sciences \u25cf Physiology Polymer Sciences \u25cf Public Health \u25cf Science Education \u25cf Sports & Recreational Arts \u25cf Sports Medicine \u25cf Sports Sciences \u25cf Technologies & Applied Sciences<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Western Cape<\/strong><\/p>\n Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering \u25cf Agriculture \u25cf Analytical Chemistry \u25cf Applied Mathematics \u25cf Archaeology \u25cf Atmospheric Science & Meteorology \u25cf Atomic, Molecular & Nuclear Physics \u25cf Biochemistry \u25cf Bio-engineering \u25cf Biological Sciences \u25cf Biology \u25cf Biomedical Technology \u25cf Biostatistics \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Botany \u25cf Chemical Engineering \u25cf Chemical Pathology \u25cf Chemistry \u25cf Communication & Media Studies \u25cf Computer Engineering \u25cf Computer Programming \u25cf Computer Sciences \u25cf Ecology & Environmental Sciences \u25cf Economic Sciences \u25cf Electrical Engineering \u25cf Electronic Engineering \u25cf Environmental Studies \u25cf Epidemiology \u25cf Fisheries \u25cf Food Science & Technology \u25cf Forensic Sciences \u25cf Genetics \u25cf Geology \u25cf Geospace Physics \u25cf Health \u25cf Informatics \u25cf Health Promotion & Disease Prevention \u25cf Health Sciences \u25cf Health Technology \u25cf Horticulture \u25cf Hydrology \u25cf Immunology \u25cf Industrial \u25cf Biotechnology \u25cf Infectious Diseases \u25cf Information & Computer Sciences \u25cf Information & Library Sciences \u25cf Information Management \u25cf Information \u25cf Systems & Technologies \u25cf Marine Biology \u25cf Material Sciences & Technologies \u25cf Mathematical Sciences \u25cf Mechanical Engineering \u25cf Medical Biotechnology \u25cf Medical Sciences \u25cf Medical Technologies \u25cf Medical Virology \u25cf Microbiology \u25cf Molecular & Cell Biology \u25cf Natural Sciences \u25cf Nutrition \u25cf Oceanology \u25cf Organic Chemistry \u25cf Paleontology \u25cf Physics \u25cf Physiology \u25cf Plant Biotechnology \u25cf Polymer Sciences \u25cf Psychology \u25cf Rehabilitation Medicine \u25cf Research Management, Research Support & Administration \u25cf Science Education \u25cf Science Journalism \u25cf Social Sciences \u25cf Soil & Water Sciences \u25cf Space & Earth Science \u25cf Sports Medicine \u25cf Sports Sciences \u25cf Statistics \u25cf Statistics & Probability \u25cf Theoretical & Condensed Matter Physics \u25cf Toxicology \u25cf Zoology<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Required Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n Only university graduates with Bachelor\u2019s, Honours, BTech, MTech or Master\u2019s degrees may apply. People holding a National Diploma, DTech and PhD need not apply.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remuneration<\/strong> <\/p>\n Who is Eligible to Apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n Unemployed South African university graduates and postgraduates in the Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Research and Development fields are eligible. Non-South Africans need not apply. Applicants should not be older than 35 years at the time of submission of application. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Placement<\/strong><\/p>\n Successful applicants will be placed in various institutions throughout the country and should thus apply for a position available in the province where they would like to be placed<\/p>\n The NRF does not pay relocation costs to appointed candidates who need to relocate to another Province<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n The internship programme is offered for a period of 12 months.<\/p>\n Successful candidates will be required to sign an internship contract for the duration of the internship period.<\/p>\n Successful candidates will start their internship on 1 April 2013.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n All applications must be submitted electronically on the NRF Online Submission System at https:\/\/nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za \u2013 register and then log in. Please also attach certified copies of qualifications, academic records and the South African Identity Document. Please note that you can only apply for a maximum of 3 disciplines across all provinces.<\/p>\n Please also scan in and attach certified copies of qualifications, academic record and SA ID. Please note that you can only apply for a minimum of three disciplines across all province.<\/p>\n No e-mailed or faxed applications will be considered.<\/p>\n For technical online enquiries, please contact the Support Desk (Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to16:30) at tel. (012) 481-4202 or e-mail: supportdesk@nrf.ac.za NB: Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If no correspondence has been received within four months of the closing date, applicants should consider their applications unsuccessful.<\/p>\n Closing Date: 31 October 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Research Foundation (NRF) is responsible for the management of the DST-NRF Internship Programme, in which unemployed Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) graduates and postgraduates are offered an opportunity…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38,326],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nInterns will receive a monthly salary ranging between R5 772 and R 7 691 per month, depending on the level of qualification.<\/p>\n
\nFor programme-related queries, contact Sello Raseruthe at tel. (012) 481-4388 or Monwabisi Mfihlo at tel. (012) 481-4023.<\/p>\n