South African participants in IRSES project may not receive funding from the European Union for their participation in IRSES projects if applications for such funding were not well motivated. In cases where funding is provided, South African participants may still require additional financial support to cover the expenses to be incurred while visiting their project partners. Cognisant to these issues, the DST created the "IRSES Co-investment Funding Instrument". Under this Instrument, the DST is able to support South African participants (a maximum of three persons per project per year) in FP7 IRSES projects. The DST will provide financial support of up to 3000 € per person per month (a maximum of four months). Budgetary requirements and expenditure will, however, need to be fully justified. All requests should be drafted using the IRSES Co-investment Funding Instrument application template available below.

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