Dear recipient,

The African Laser Centre(ALC) program is a Department of Science and Innovation supported program and is managed and implemented by the CSIR Photonics Centre. The ALC program at the CSIR herewith issue a call for proposals for the ALC Knowledge Exchange Program, aimed at ALC collaborators. The ALC Knowledge Exchange Program (KEP) is targeted at Doctoral and Masters students, to spend a period of up to six months at a collaborator to gain knowledge and experience from the host collaborator, or to gain access to specialised research infrastructure not available at the applicant's home institution. More detail on the ALC Knowledge Exchange Program is available in the Call document attached. The focus of the ALC KEP proposal should be specifically targeted at a nominated post graduate student or young researcher to visit a collaborator’s laboratories in order to receive specialised training or knowledge transfer, with the goal to establish new competencies at his or her home institution. General ALC Research Collaboration projects submitted under this call will not be considered.

The application has to be submitted by both the applicant institution as well as the host institution.

Please find attached the following:

1. Call announcement for the 2024 ALC Knowledge Exchange Program.

2. Application form for support under the ALC Knowledge Exchange Program in 2024.

Please note that the call closes on Friday 27 October 2023. No late submissions will be considered.

Funding allocations will be made subject to funding support received from the DSI.

All submissions must be made electronically to nlcrentalpool@csir.co.za AND tiduplooy@csir.co.za

For more information, please contact Mr. Thomas du Plooy at the CSIR Photonics Centre.

Good luck with your submissions

Hardus Greyling

CSIR Photonics Centre