Funding decisions, March 2013, recommended for funding:
| Grantholder | Institution | Equipment Information |
| PROF JR BOTHA | NMMU | Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) |
| PROF M MAAZA | iThemba | Multi-Functional/ Multi-Stage Advanced Optical Characterization Facility for Materials/Nano-Systems |
| PROF OM NDWANDWE | UNIZULU | Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) |
| PROF OM NTWAEABORWA | UFS | Field Emission Scanning Microscope (FE-SEM) with Cathodoluminescence Spectrometer |

