List of 60 Awarded Research Chairs
No. University Name of Research Chair
1 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Teacher Education
2 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Innovative Small Satellite Technology and Applications for Africa
3 Central University of Technology Medical Product Development Through Additive Manufacturing
4 Durban University of Technology Development and optimization of wastewater treatment technology for developing economics
5 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Law of the Sea and Development in Africa
6 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Shallow Water Ecosystems
7 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Microfluidic bio/chemical processing
8 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Earth Systems science
9 North-West University Early detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease in Africa
10 North-West University Coal Research
11 Rhodes University Marine Natural Products Research
12 Rhodes University Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
13 Rhodes University Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education
14 Rhodes University Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
15 Rhodes University Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction: Human Social Dynamics
16 Stellenbosch University Mycobactomics
17 Stellenbosch University Biomarkers for Tuberculosis
18 Stellenbosch University Animal Tuberculosis
19 Stellenbosch University Meat Science: Genomics to Nutrinomics
20 Stellenbosch University Mathematical and Theoretical Physical Biosciences
21 Stellenbosch University Integrated Wine Sciences
22 Tshwane University of Technology Energy Production and Consumption for Sustainable Global Survival
23 Tshwane University of Technology Phytomedicine
24 Tshwane University of Technology Technology, Sustainable Enterprises and Markets Development
25 Tshwane University of Technology Enabled Environments for Assisted Living
26 Tshwane University of Technology Water Quality and Wastewater Management
27 Tshwane University of Technology Acid Mine Drainage Treatment
28 University of Cape Town Stable Isotopes in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironmental Studies
29 University of Cape Town Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-Economy
30 University of Cape Town Reaction Engineering
31 University of Cape Town Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics
32 University of Fort Hare Past and Present Primate Diversity
33 University of Johannesburg Indigenous Plant Use
34 University of Johannesburg Education and Care in Childhood
35 University of Johannesburg African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
36 University of Johannesburg International Law
37 University of KwaZulu-Natal Land Use Planning and Management
38 University of KwaZulu-Natal Rural Agronomy and Development
39 University of KwaZulu-Natal Intelligent Real-Time Power Systems 40 University of Limpopo Sustainable Rural Development
41 University of Pretoria Sustainable Malaria Control
42 University of Pretoria Tax Policy and Governance
43 University of Pretoria Mathematical Models and Methods in Bioengineering and Biosciences
44 University of Pretoria Advanced Sensor Networks
45 University of South Africa Social Policy and the Family
46 University of the Free State Disease Resistance in Field Crops
47 University of the Free State Higher Education and Human Development
48 University of the Free State Solid State Luminescent and Advanced Materials
49 University of the Western Cape Microbial Genomics
50 University of the Western Cape Health systems, complexity and social change
51 University of the Western Cape Cosmology with multiwavelength data: exploiting SALT and Meerkat
52 University of the Western Cape Multi-level Government, Law and Development
53 University of the Western Cape NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology
54 University of the Western Cape Earth Observation Applications for Water Resources Assessment and Management
55 University of the Western Cape Nuclear Science
56 University of the Witwatersrand Bioinformatics of African Populations
57 University of the Witwatersrand Health Policy and Systems
58 University of the Witwatersrand HIV Vaccine Translational Research
59 University of Venda Biodiversity Value and Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve
60 University of Venda Communal land and rural entrepreneurship