Research Management
Our mandate is to govern CPUT’s research agenda through:
- Research Communication and Marketing
- Manage and implement the internal research incentive baskets
- Conversation Africa
- CPUT Annual Research Reports
- Policies (review, development and implementation)
- Review of entities and special projects
- The efficient and effective of research management, implementation and administration through processes and systems;
- Monitoring and evaluating research performance and funding mechanisms through electronic platforms and approved research information management system (RIMS). Click here for Clarivate Converis
- Perform an overarching management function of all Research Directorate (RD) responsibilities;
- Research leadership and implementation, policy and governance.
Research Publications
This section manages research outputs and publications, creative outputs and innovations. Its function, is the annual submission of the accredited research outputs, creative outputs and innovation to the Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology (DHSET) to claim for subsidy. This process is governed by the DHET Research Outputs Policy of 2015. The CPUT annual internal deadline for submission to the RD Office is 28 February. This process goes through online submissions, evaluations, and assessments by the RD and appointed committee for approval before submission to the DHSET annually. The annual final date to the DHSET is of May.
Research publications recognised for subsidy purposes include:
- Articles in journals which appear on the lists of DHET approved journals supplied annually
- Peer-reviewed scholarly books and conference proceedings that meet certain criteria as outlined in the policy
- DHET accredited lists for journal articles published in 2023: View List
How to submit DHET accredited outputs to claim subsidy
The publications must be submitted by academics/researchers via the online system called Clarivate Analytics.
User guides for submitting research outputs:
Creative Outputs and Innovations
In April 2017, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) gazetted the Policy on the Evaluation of Creative Outputs and Innovations produced by South African Public Higher Education Institutions, 2017 (Vol. 40819 28 April 2017, No. 395). The purpose of this policy is to recognize and reward quality creative research outputs produced by public Higher Education Institutions. The creative outputs that the policy recognizes for the purpose of research subsidy are in the following subfields, Fine and Visual Arts, Music, Theatre, Performance and Dance, Design, Film and Television and Literary Arts. Under Innovations, the policy recognizes patents and plant breeder’s rights.
Policy on Creative Outputs and Innovations
The Department has developed an implementation tool to guide public higher education institutions in preparing submissions of the creative research outputs. The guidelines are supplementary to the policy and must be read in conjunction.
Creative outputs and innovations will be submitted annually to the DHET in May.
How to submit creative outputs and innovation
Creative outputs must be submitted to the faculty by completing the Creative Output Template with all the supporting documents
Granted patents and plants breeders’ rights will be obtained from the Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
The Allocation of Publication Subsidy Funds - Rand Value of a Unit = R 123 635
Research Information Management System (RIMS)
CPUT is a member of The South African Technology Network (SATN) Consortium, together with other University of Technologies (UoTs), they implemented a web-based RIMS called Clarivate Analytics/ Converis. The purpose of RIMS is to provide a common application platform to support all research processes. In the Research Directorate, the RIMS section is tasked with keeping up-to-date records of research outputs and submitting these outputs to the DHET for subsidy and supporting the Grants Unit with research proposal development and tracking. Creative outputs and Innovations must be submitted through the online system.
CPUT’s Annual Research Report and Research Festival
The Research Directorate records, celebrates and publicises CPUT’s excellence in research, innovation and uptake through the institution’s annual Research Report. It also showcases these achievements at the institution’s annual Research Festival, which celebrates this excellence through a display of vibrant exhibitions, followed by an awards ceremony and gala brunch.
CPUT’s Research Reports from 2006 to the present can be viewed here: https://www.cput.ac.za/research-technology-and-innovation/reports
The 2020/2021 Research Festival, including the Awards Ceremony, can be viewed here: https://cputdev.online/research-festival/
Staff
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Mr Clement Matasane |
Research Manager |
Tel: +27 460 3383 Office: Research Directorate, Room 2.8, Administration Building, District Six Campus |
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Ms Luyolo Kamati |
Coordinator: Research Information Management System (RIMS) |
Tel +27 (0) 21 460 3843 Office: Research Directorate, Room 2.8, Administration Building, District Six Campus |
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Ms Lara Lee Smith |
Coordinator: Research Writing, Information, Publications |
Tel: +27 21 460 3328 Office: Research Directorate, Room 2.8, Administration Building, District Six Campus |
