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Projects Funded - Round 3 sorted

 

Round 3 was announced in the newspapers in the second half of Oct 1999 with the closing date set for 15 December 1999. A total of 185 proposals were received and the distribution was as follows:

 

Focal Area Total Proposals Received  Category D Category C Category B Category A (funded)
ICT 45 22  5 13 5
Value Adding 93 45 21 21 6
Biotechnology 31 16 5 5 5
Other 16 16 0 0 0

Totals:

185 99 31 39 16

Table: Spread of proposals received in round 3 of the Innovation Fund.

 

Category A proposals are the ones that were funded and their details are indicated below.  Click on the project number to see more details of the project, the organisation, the contract values and the contact details of the project co-ordinator.

 

Project number

Proposal title

21300

Collaborative African Virtual Environment System (CAVES): Advanced software tools and methods for developing local content for delivery on a cost-effective interactive communicating platform

21308

Development of a dynamic computer simulation system, mine toolbox, to reduce the cost of cooling in deep mines

21313

Expert Technical training online

21318

Development and implementation of innovative information and communication technologies utilizing renewable energy in support of communities in deep rural areas with particular emphasis on sustainability

23303

Software application for the prediction of workplace environmental conditions

31313

Anti-malarial medicines from the medicinal plants of Southern Africa

32315

Aluminothermic production of additives for aluminium and titanium alloys

32327

Closed loop automated manufacture (CLAM)

32340

Smart digital cameras based on one-dimensional sensors applied to industrial processing and medical environments

32348

Novel food fortification product from fish waste

32352

Bioceramics for medical implants

41306

Production of diagnostic enzymes

42305

Production of high quality arbuscular mycorrhiza fungal (AMF) inoculants for target plants used in the agricultural, horticultural and environmental rehabilitation industries

42311

Production in fungi of enzymes used in animal feeds

42316

Application of chromosome doubling for the commercial exploitation of our indigenous flora

42319

Development and optimised production of a rapid and routine HIV diagnostic test - a prototype for other rapid and routine diagnostic assays

 

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