| Belmont Forum (International multilateral funding partner Address: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Panama City, Panama. Website: https://www.belmontforum.org |
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Address: ICTP campus, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy E-mail: info@twas.org Website: http://www1.univ-tlemcen.dz/~lepm |
| INRS – Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (University of Quebec) Address: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Contact: Prof. Kulbir Kaur Ghuman (Canada Research Chair) Website: https://inrs.ca |
INIM – Institut de Nanotechnologie et Innovation en Matériaux Avancés Address: UCAD, BP. 5376, Dar-Fann, Senegal Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Contact: Prof. Michel Kalombo (Founding President). Website: https://inrsiit.cg/ |
| University of Cologne Address: Köln, Germany Contact: Prof. Sanjay Mathur (Director) |
(The existing iThemba LABS entry should be promoted from "partner" to co-host, since the 2026 report now lists the Chair under iThemba LABS/NRF – Materials Research Department/Tandetron.)
U2ACN2–Belmont Forum (NRF–ANR–FAPESP) As Principal Investigator, the Chair initiated and led a successful Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action under the multilateral programme jointly funded by the NRF (South Africa), ANR (France) and FAPESP (Brazil). A total of ~R8.78 million (€439,000) was awarded in 2025, with ~2 million Rand allocated to the Chair via the NRF; a further ~R9.5 million proposal was submitted to the 2026 call.
U2ACN2–Government of Canada / Quebec Following official visits by the Canadian federal Finance Minister and the Quebec Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, an MoU was signed cementing cooperation with INRS–University of Quebec on materials for energy conversion and storage. (This activates the previously "in process" UNESCO MATECSS–UNISA partnership.)
U2ACN2–UNESCO Africa Campus Award under the UNESCO Africa Campus 2026 call (~R400,000), supporting continental capacity-building activities.
U2ACN2–TWAS-UNESCO Participation in the TWAS-UNESCO Centre of Excellence in the South programme, together with TWAS/NRF-funded PhD fellowships for non-South African students.
U2ACN2–APS & IUPAP Sponsorship partnerships with the American Physical Society and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics towards the FSTA-2027 (Frontiers Sciences & Technologies for Africa) initiative.
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