Submission for the Dragon’s Den research proposals and research abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the Annual Research Symposium is now open.

Deadline extended - 31 August 2023

 Link for submission (no email submissions)

Dragon’s Den - R50,000 research grant to be awarded to the successful candidate.
3-4 proposals will be shortlisted from the submissions for oral presentation.

Eligibility criteria for the Dragon’s Den

• Young or early career researcher with a combined personal funding of less than one million Rands over last 5 years
• All stated objectives must be completed with the funds
• Project can be nested within a larger proposal
• Must have ethics approval (can be a substudy)

The written proposal should be a maximum of 2 pages divided into the following sections.

• Brief background/rationale
• Aims/objectives
• Methodology
• Study design:
  • Will it be a retrospective or prospective study? Participants: Does the study involve Human participants? Recruitment procedures: How will the participant be recruited/enrolled? Explanation of sample size/power considerations Proposed statistical analysis: What statistical analyses will be used to analyze the data?
• Budget (maximum of R50 000)
  • Detailed description of the budget and justification. Proposed project must be successfully completed with R50,000.
• Ethical considerations
  • Project must have HREC approval at the time of submission (or before the award is made)
• Impact or potential impact of the proposed study