PROFOMA: A

1.	Name of department: ……………………………………………………………………........
2.	Name of Applicant: …………………………………………………………………………..
3.	Position of Applicant: ………………………………………………………………………..
4.	Assumption of Duty: …………………………………………………………………….......
5.	Expiry Date of contract: ……………………………………………………………………...
6.	Previous Grants: ……………………………………………………………………………...
7.	Name of project: ……………………………………………………………………………..
8.	Amount being requested:……………………………………………………………………..
Total:………………………………………………………………………………………….
a)	Capital equipment: ……………………………………………………………………
b)	Consumables Materials: ………………………………………………………………
c)	Student Research Assistants: …………………………………………………………
d)	Amount of Foreign exchange required: ………………………………………………
e)	Local travel and subsistence: …………………………………………………………
9.	 Project
The following information must be given in all cases:
a)	Brief description and estimates of viability
b)	Whether a new project or the continuation of an existing project, in which case vote number has to be quoted.
c)	Expected commencement and completion dates.
d)	Whether a project is expected to provide material for higher degree, and if so, for whom.
e)	Whether publication is envisaged as a direct result of the project.
         Where appropriate the following information should also be given to assist the Board.

f)	Relevance of project to Zimbabwe circumstances.
g)	Indication of how the project amplifies current knowledge in the field.
h)	Further research methodology
i)	Information necessary for major capital items.

10.	Amount of Financial Available 

a)	Unless specified in a recent Progress Report (in which case the Research Board paper number should be quoted) this should include a list of current grants made by the research board to the applicant in the past 5 years, with the following details:

(i)	Name of project and grant number
(ii)	Amount granted and current balance
(iii)	Publication arising and/or state of progress of the research, with reference to any Progress Reports submitted.

b)	Details of how the applicant`s block Allocation has been, or will be spent.

c)	Possibility of any external support: if so give details.

11.	Statements by Chairperson of Department(or Dean appropriate)      

This must include:

a)	Comments and recommendations to the Board.
b)	Certification that none of the requests can be met from existing departmental resources (including the applicant`s block Allocation)or other sources within the University.
c)	Certification that prices is realistic and economical.

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Date				Applicant`s Signature			Chairperson of   
Department`s 
Signature

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Faculty Representative Signature			Date

Note:    (i)  All applications for Research Grants should be set out in the above format

(ii)	The application should be typed or printed clearly on not more than Two A4 pages

(iii)	Before the closing date for the Research board meeting the application should be sent to the Secretary of the Research Board after adequate discussion with the Faculty Representative.

Applications for funds to continue a research project should be set out in the above format, with the word SUPPLEMENTARY inserted in the title.