NMMU Nominated for National Science and Technology Forum Awards
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Mandela Metropolitan University has been nominated twice in the 2008/9
National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) awards in the categories
for research for Innovation by a team or individual in a Small, medium
or micro enterprise (SMME) and in a Not-for-Profit / Non Governmental /
Community Based organization.
The two entities that are nominated are Rubber Nano Products and the
NMMU
Institute for Chemical Technology and Downstream Chemicals
Technology Station.
The criteria for the nomination of such an award depend on a number of
factors:
* the contribution to the advancement of science/technological
innovation and new knowledge generated,
* the inputs to this contribution,
* the research process,
* the outputs, the practical application/implementation, and
* the commercial or economic impact and social and economic
sustainability, are only a few of the requirements to be met.
The winners will be announced at the NSTF Awards Gala Dinner on 26 May
2009 to be held at Emperor’s Palace, Gauteng. The high-profile event
has been held for the past eleven years and supported by the Ministry
of Science and Technology and other key stakeholders.
The NSTF is a broadly-representative stakeholder body for all SETI
(science, engineering, technology and innovation) organizations in
South Africa, which seeks to influence policy formulation and delivery.
The NSTF was established in 1995, and has a proud history of
involvement with SET policy issues and the promotion of discussion
about SETI matters.
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