| Grantholder | Institution | Equipment information |
| Prof JR Botha | NMMU | Metalorganic Chemical Vapour Deposition Reactor |
| Prof M Harting | UCT | Wyko NT1100 Optical Profiler |
| Dr MO Ntwaeaborwa | UOVS | FTIR-Raman Spectrometer |
| Dr KI Ozoemena | UP | MMSPM-EC |
| Prof WJ Perold | US | Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer |

