Engagement Advancement Fund

ENGAGEMENT ADVANCEMENT FUND (EAF)

Funds are made available on an annual basis for engagement projects and initiatives that are of strategic value to Nelson Mandela University and that are currently not directly funded via teaching and learning and research funding sources.

Innovative projects and initiatives that contribute towards the teaching and learning, research and service functions of the university receive preference. Marketing initiatives will not be considered.

The fund has as its objective to provide seed/supplementary funding for specific projects and activities that comply with specific criteria, thereby acknowledging their institutional importance as well as to promote further development and sustainability of these projects.

The fund therefore provides project funding for the establishing and developing of new engagement initiatives and for expanding and sustaining existing engagement initiatives.

In 2020 funding provision will be capped at no more than R50 000 max per application, but final allocations will depend on the availability of funding, the adherence to funding criteria and the realistic potential of deliverable outcomes.

Applications for 2020 funding close on 14 February 2020

Project Funding Criteria

The following criteria will be considered by a selection committee:

Initiatives that are clearly defined and have specific and measurable outcomes that contribute towards the realization of Vision 2020 and institutional values.
Initiatives that give effect to the Nelson Mandela University engagement conceptual framework and meet the institutional engagement excellence award criteria.
Initiatives that support and make a valued contribution to the three core functions of the university (Research, Teaching and Learning and Engagement).
Initiatives that deliver exceptional results and that have considerable impact for the beneficiaries and the university.
Initiatives that foster innovation in an exceptional manner.
Initiatives that have advanced monitoring, evaluation, reporting and quality assurance measures.
Initiatives with a proven and traceable record of the promotion of the image of the university as an engaged institution.
Initiatives that promote an interdisciplinary approach to building partnerships between the university and its external communities.
Project outcomes will be assessed in terms of the following criteria:
Significance (Are outcomes likely to impact widely internally and externally?)
Sustainability (Are outcomes likely to last well beyond the funding period?)
Immediacy (Are the outcomes likely to have an impact sooner rather than later?)

Funding Conditions

Successful applications will be funded on the basis of a specific budget request in the application. Allocations per project will be based on the following conditions:

The scope of institutional support will be reviewed on an annual basis.
The project needs to be supported by the faculty/department or division.
The applicant’s previous success in sourcing external funds for implementing engagement projects with external communities and stakeholders.
The project has to be registered on the Nelson Mandela University Engagement Management Information System
Funds will have to be sourced from elsewhere (faculty funds or third stream) to sustain expenses in subsequent years (after 2020) if the application is for an ongoing project.
Parallel efforts by applicants to raise “new money” for the project must continue and faculties should budget for these expenses in future as part of teaching and learning and research.
Funds will not be allocated to projects that are known to be carrying substantial reserves.
Priority will be given to programmes and projects falling within the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality with the target beneficiaries being underserviced and disadvantaged communities.
The funding is to be used for project running costs (no bursaries or capital equipment). A detailed budget should be provided indicating what the money will be spent on.
A project report will be required in the first term of 2021, providing evidence of expenditure and progress made towards meeting the aims and objectives of the project plan.
Funds that remain unspent or unreported after any 12 month funding cycle will be returned to the fund.

Eligibility

All permanent academic and PASS staff members will be eligible to apply for funding. Staff on 2 to 3 year contracts with the university will also be considered. Student projects will not be considered.

Application Process

Application forms and required documentation must be submitted to

Dr Belinda du Plooy (Engagement Office):

Belinda.duplooy@mandela.ac.za no later than 14 February 2020

The application form can be downloaded from the EAF web site – EAF Grant Funding Application Form For Current Year Document B

Applicants are required to provide details on how the project meets the specified project funding criteria as well as a budget. Each application will be reviewed by a Review Committee. Applicants could be invited to personally present/defend their application to the Review Committee should this be required for purposes of clarification.

Project Report

All successful applicants will be expected to submit a satisfactory progress report at the end of each 12 month funding cycle to indicate the achievement of project objectives and outputs. The Engagement Office will call for these projects 2-3 months before the end of the funding cycle. The full grant amount for each funding cycle can be claimed back from the grant recipient account if a project progress report is not submitted at the end of the 12^th month of the funding cycle and at the end of the project.

Recipients of EAF grants in 2018:

Title	Name	Surname	Dept	Project Title
Dr	Richard	Betz	Chemistry	SUNCOI-Satellite
Dr	Deidre	Geduld	SITE	Community Engaged Learning for Social Justice Using a PALAR lens
Mr	Johan	Jordaan	Agricultural Management	Assessment of Land Reform Farms
Mr	Msimelelo	Nkohla	SERE	Bridging Theory and Practice: TVET Collaboration
Mr	Andrew	Palframan	Architecture	Pinnacle Point Information Centre Architecture Student Concept Design Competition
Dr	Brenda	Scholtz	Computing Sciences	DigiHub Finishing School
Ms	Karen	Snyman	Student Affairs	UNAKO Student Chapter
Prof	Darelle	Van Greunen	IT	Learn to Code
Dr	Kathija	Yassim	SERE	Our Healing Stories
Dr	Belinda	Du Plooy	Engagement Office	Hope In The Heart UK-SA North-South Collaboration Compassion-based project
Dr	Eileen	Scheckle	SERE	Masikulisane Reading Project
Dr	Jennifer	Jansen	Psychology	7 P Project: Missionvale
Dr	Magda	Minguzzi	Architecture	The Way of Water
Dr	Suzette	Du Randt	Nursing and Clinical Care	Fairview Community

Recipients of EAF grants in 2017:

Title	Name	Surname	Project Title	Dept

Mr	Michael	Barry	Arts & Culture Drama Programme	Arts & Culture
Ms	Mary	Duker	Art Meets Science Meets Place	SoMAD
Dr	Amanda	Werner	Pay-it-Forward Community Outreach Initiative	Human Resource Management
Dr	Belinda	Du Plooy	Hope In The Heart UK-SA North-South Collaboration Compassion-based project	Engagement Office
Ms	Shanene	Olivera	Zanempilo (Mobile Clinic) - Training the Trainers: A Community Health Care Initiative	Clinical Care
Dr	Eileen	Scheckle	Masikulisane Reading Project	SITE
Mr	Gareth	Williams	Sound of Learning (SOUL) Project	Music
Dr	Jennifer	Jansen	7P Project	Missionvale Psychology Clinic
Dr	Timothy	Pittaway	Small Scale Vegetable Production Tech Transfer	Agriculture
Prof	Gerrit	Crafford	JBCC Principal Building Agreement Case Study Competition	Quantity Surveying
Ms	Gail	Halforty	Soccer Charity Cup	Human Movement Science
Dr	Magda	Minguzzi	The Way of Water	Architecture
Ms	Karen	Snyman	Enactus	Student Life
Prof	Margaret	Cullen	Business School Women's Forum	Business School
Ms	Debbie	Mattheus	Strengthening Community Capacity to Reduce Crime	Community Development Unit
Dr	Suzette	Du Rand	Fairview Community - Interprofessional Support	IPE
Prof	Darelle	Van Greunen	Project Phuhlisa	CCT

Recipients of EAF grants in 2016:

Project Title	Title	Name	Surname	Dept
Arts & Culture Drama Programme	Mr	Michael	Barry	Arts & Culture
Shell Eco Car Marathon	Mr	Clive	Hands	Mechanical Engineering
Heritage and Cultural Centre: George Campus	Mr	Martin	Loubser	George Campus Operations
Science to Schools Outreach	Dr	Gletwyn	Rubidge	Chemistry
Baja Bug	Mr	Trevor	Stroud	Mechanical Engineering
Pay-it-Forward Community Outreach Initiative	Dr	Amanda	Werner	Human Resource Management
The Alodia Afrika Design Office	Mr	Nii	Botchway	Art & Design
HIV Adolescent Empowerment Project	Dr	Rosemary	Chimbala-Kalenga	HIV/AIDS Unit
Monitoring Peer Helper Engagement Through Innovative Technology	Ms & Ms	Marina & Fareedah	De Jager & Sauls	Student Counselling
Hope In The Heart UK-SA North-South Collaboration Compassion-based project	Dr	Belinda	Du Plooy	Engagement Office
67 Hours Volunteer Service	Ms	Kim-Marie	Elliott	Student Affairs
Mobilizing Stakeholders for Collaborative Management of Invasive Alien Plants in the Garden Route	Prof	Christo	Fabricius	Sustainability Research Unit
Ubomi Obutsha Growth Monitoring Site	Ms	Phumeza	Mkontwana	Lifestyle Sciences
Masikulisane Reading Project	Dr	Eileen	Scheckle	SITE
e-Skills Development in Low Income Areas	Prof	Darelle	Van Greunen	Information Technology
Rape Crisis Intervention Project	Mr	Kempie	Van Rooyen	Psychology
Sound of Learning (SOUL) Project	Mr	Gareth	Williams	Music

Recipients of EAF grants in 2015:

Project Title	Project Leader	Department
Arts & Culture Drama Programme	Mr Michael Barry	Arts & Culture
George Campus Open Day Sport Clinics/Competitions	Mr Petrus Boukes	Madibaz Sport
Art Meets Science Meets Place	Prof Richard Cowling & Ms Mary Duker	Botany & Arts
Shell Eco Car Marathon	Mr Karl Du Preez	Mechanical Engineering
Polymer Science and Technology Engagement Outreach: Linking Industry and Learners	Mr Fanus Gerber	Chemistry
Grysbok Environmental Education Trail	Prof Graham Kerley	Zoology CAEC
Lego Robotics	Mr Ronald Leppan	ITC
Heritage and Cultural Centre: George Campus	Mr Martin Loubser	Operations George Campus
Drive To Success Interactive Game	Dr Ann Lourens	Industrial Engineering
Racing: DIbaE Electric Race Car	Mr Bryndan Roberts	Mechanical Engineering
Science to Schools Outreach	Dr Gletwyn Rubidge	Chemistry
Alternatives to Violence National Network	Prof Lyn Snodgrass	Politics & Conflict Management
Baja Bug	Mr Trevor Stroud	Mechanical Engineering
Online Continuing Education Programme for Mental Health Professionals	Prof Louise Stroud	Psychology
Cyber Safety Calendar Competition	Prof Johan Van Niekerk	IT
Pay-it-Forward Community Outreach Initiative	Dr Amanda Werner	Human Resources Management

Recipients of EAF grants in 2014:

Project	Dept/Unit
Bambanani Mental Health Project	Psychology
Ms Lisa Currin
Shell Eco Car Marathon	Mechanical Engineering
Mr Karl du Preez
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists	SERE
Ms Marilyn Gibbs
Mobile Clinical Laboratory	Clinical Care Studies
Prof Esmeralda Ricks
Science to Schools Outreach	Chemistry
Dr Gletwyn Rubidge
Racing Project	Mechanical Engineering
Mr Trevor Stroud
Mobile Community Health Learning Space	ITC
Prof Darelle van Greunen
Cyber Safety Calendar Competition	ITC
Prof Johan van Niekerk
Science Discovery Week	Dean's Office
Prof Andrew Leitch

EAF Projects:

2015 Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP): Prof Lyn Snodgrass and Ms Shena Lamb-Du Plessis (Political and Conflict Management)

Below: AVP facilitators at the Colloquium, August 2015

Below: AVP workshop for PE local community leaders, South End Museum, November 2015

2015 Arts & Culture Drama Programme: Mr Michael Barry (Arts & Culture)

2015 George Campus Open Day Sport Clinics and Competitions: Mr Petrus Boukes and Mr Riaan Osman (Madibaz Sport)

2015 Baja Bug Project: Mr Trevor Stroud (Mechanical Engineering)

2015 Pay-it-Forward Project: Ms Bridget de Villiers and Dr Amanda Werner (Human Resource Management)

2015 Lego Robotics: Mr Ronald Leppan (Applied Informatics)

Below: 2015 First Lego League Regional Championships

Below: 2015 First Lego League Open Africa Championships

2015 Mobile Community Health Learning Space Project: Prof Darelle van Greunen (Information Technology and Communication)

2015 Racing DibaE Electric Race Car: Mr Bryndan Roberts (Engineering)

2015 Cyber Safety Calendar Competition: Prof Johan van Niekerk (Centre for Research in Information and Cyber Security)

Below: Cyber Sid and Cyber Sindi, the cyber safety mascots

2015 Arts meets Science meets Place Project: Ms Mary Duker and Prof Richard Cowling (School of Music, Art and Design & Botany)

2015 George Campus Heritage and Culture Centre Project: Mr Martin Loubser (George Campus)

Below: Pampoenkraal Homestead, George Campus, where the Centre will be housed

2015 Bambanani Mental Health Project: Ms Lisa Currin (Psychology)

Below: Equine therapy

2015 Science to Schools Outreach Project: Dr Gletwyn Rubidge (Chemistry)

2015 Polymer Sciences and Technology Engagement Outreach: Mr Fanus Gerber (Chemistry)

2015 Mobile Clinical Laboratory Project: Prof Esmeralda Ricks (Clinical Care Studies)

2015 Online Continuing Education Programme: Prof Louise Stroud and Dr Ruth Stewart (below) (Psychology)

2014 EAF Projects:

2014 Science to Schools Outreach: Dr Gletwyn Rubidge (Department of Chemistry)

2014 Racing Project: DibaTwo (Project Leader: Mr Trevor Stroud, Department of Mechanical Engineering)

2014 Racing Project: Sasol Mini Baja Bug Competition Team (Project Leader: Mr Trevor Stroud, Department of Mechanical Engineering)

2014 Cyber Safety Calendar Competition: Prof Johan van Niekerk (Project Leader, Department of Information Technology), Prof Kerry-Lynne Thomson and Prof Rossouw von Solms at the 2014 Cyber Safety Teacher’s Workshop

2014 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists judges at work (Project Leader: Ms Marilyn Gibbs, Faculty of Education)

2014 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists winners (Project Leader: Ms Marilyn Gibbs, Faculty of Education)

2014 Shell Eco-Car Marathon: Swiss Federal Councillor and Swiss Business Delegation visit to the university (Project Leader: Mr Karl du Preez, Mechanical Engineering, AMTC)

2014 Mobile Community Health Learning Space Project: Nelson Mandela Day Outreach at the FamHealth Medipark in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth (Project Leader: Prof Darelle van Greunen, Department of Information Technology)

2014 Science Discovery Week: Dr Tim Pittaway (Department of Agriculture and Game Management) at one of the plenary sessions (Project Leader: Prof Andrew Leitch, Faculty of Science)

2014 Science Discovery Week: Eric Bashman, Harold Marchand and Dr Benita Barton at the Chemistry Unplugged plenary session (Project Leader: Prof Andrew Leitch, Faculty of Science)

The 300 learners who attended the 2014 Science Discovery Week (Project Leader: Prof Andrew Leitch, Faculty of Science)

2014 Mobile Clinical Laboratory (Project Leader: Prof Esmeralda Ricks, Department of Clinical Care Studies, Nursing Science)

2014 Bambanani Mental Health Project (Project Leader: Ms Lisa Currin, Department of Psychology): Equine therapy

2014 Bambanani Mental Health Project (Project Leader: Ms Lisa Currin, Department of Psychology): Teaching children in Missionvale about preventative behaviours

2014 Bambanani Mental Health Project (Project Leader: Ms Lisa Currin, Department of Psychology): Upcycling – educational toys created by pensioners in the Missionvale community.