FameLab South Africa 2017
Winners
TU QMBDF 5TIJBNP -FHPBMF OE QMBDF /BOKJ 4IFOJ SE QMBDF %S 4IFFUBM 4JMBM
Finalists
5TIFQP .BLHPCB $4*3 8ZOBOE WBO -FTFOPPSE Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
.JDIBFM #PEVOSJO ° 8JUT University
4BOFMJTXB .BHBHVMB 0MVXBTFHVO ,VMPZP University of the Free State
"WJXF .BUJXBOF %45
NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences
1IZMJT .BLVSVOKF %45 /3' Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials
Semi-finalists
6OJTB
$MBSJTTB 7BO EFS -PP University of Johannesburg (Academy of Sciences South Africa)
;BOFMF .BUTBOF $FOUSBM University of Technology (CUT)
0UUP +PTFQI 3IPEFT University
7FSFFTF WBO 5POEFS 4RVBSF Kilometer Array (SKA) South Africa
.BQVMB 3B[XJOBOJ BOE /UPNCJLB[J +PKP 5TIXBOF University of Technology (TUT)
6STVMB 3PIMXJOL 6OJWFSTJUZ of Cape Town (UCT)
.VLVOEJ .VOZBJ 6OJWFSTJUZ of Limpopo
'VMVGIFMP .VEBV 6OJWFSTJUZ of South Africa (Unisa)
-VOHJMF ,IBNCVMF University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Participating Institutions
6OJWFSTJUZ PG the Witwatersrand
8JUT %45 /3' $FOUSFT PG Excellence (in Paleosciences; Strong Materials; and Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
6OJTB
5TIXBOF 6OJWFSTJUZ PG Technology (TUT)
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$PVODJM GPS 4DJFOUJ½D BOE Industrial Research (CSIR)
$FOUSBM 6OJWFSTJUZ PG Technology (CUT)
6OJWFSTJUZ PG UIF 'SFF 4UBUF (UFS)
6OJWFSTJUZ PG $BQF 5PXO (UCT)
5IF "DBEFNZ PG 4DJFODFT PG South Africa (ASSAf)
4RVBSF ,JMPNFUFS "SSBZ (SKA)
/FMTPO .BOEFMB Metropolitan University (NMMU)
6OJWFSTJUZ PG -JNQPQP 5IF Mail and Guardian
4DJ #POP %JTDPWFSZ $FOUSF 5IF EFQBSUNFOU PG TDJFODF and technology