The NRF pays grants to the grant holder’s institution of employment. Batch payments are made twice a month during the first and third week of the month. Each payment is accompanied by a description of the grant for which the payment is earmarked. Institutional finance officials process the expenditure online at http://nrfonline.ac.za. Updated statements are generated after payments have been made.

Grant statements can also be accessed online on a continuous basis by the grant -holder and the institution’s research office at http://nrfonline.ac.za through the Grant-holder Tools facility or Institutional Facilities.

NRF Grants Payment Process

1. The award letter is sent out by the NRF who commits itself to the payment of funds against certain conditions.
2. Funds are only released by the NRF should the completed grant conditions together with supporting documents be uploaded onto the NRF system by the institution’s Research office. All outstanding reports for the grant holder's previous or other NRF grants should also be submitted for the funds to be released. 
3. Rhodes University’s Finance department reports on the expenditure of NRF grants.
4. Payments are made against the reported expenditure.    

Last Modified: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:25:32 SAST