Free webinar – Due Diligence for Research Managers: Practical Processes & AI Enabled Compliance

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WHAT: Free webinar
WHY: Build practical competence to design and operate proportionate, risk based due diligence for research funding and partnerships, and learn how to responsibly embed AI to improve speed, accuracy, and auditability.

This interactive session will allow participants to:
1. Explain due diligence objectives, scope, and risk categories (financial, compliance, reputational, safeguarding, data protection, export controls, research integrity).
2. Map a fit for purpose due diligence workflow for pre award, post award, and subrecipient monitoring aligned to institutional policies and funder terms
3. Apply Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) informed capacity and control assessments for partners/subrecipients to select proportionate mitigations and monitoring.
4. Use AI responsibly to automate screening, document review, and risk triage with privacy, bias, and audit safeguards.
5. Maintain an audit ready trail (evidence, approvals, exceptions) and closeout sign offs.
WHO: University research managers or administrators, grants officers, finance partners, legal and contracts staff, ethics officers, and project leaders who interface with compliance across South Africa and other African institutions.
WHERE: Zoom.
WHEN: 2 December 2025, 11h00 – 13h00 (SAST).

Programme
11:00 (5 min) Welcome: training objectives, agenda and housekeeping Dr Yolanda Davids, Deputy Director: Research, Wits University
11:05 (15 min) Current landscape and fundamentals: why due diligence matters; common findings; Africa relevant constraints and opportunities. Dr Yolanda Davids, Deputy Director: Research, Wits University
11:20 (40 min) The due diligence process Ms Thashni Pillay, Head: Pre-award support, Wits University
Comfort Break (5 mins)
12:05 (35 min) AI & due diligence Dr Raven Jimmy, Director: Research Management and International Programmes, NRF
12:40 (15 min) Q&A panel discussion Dr Yolanda Davids, Deputy Director: Research, Wits University
12:55 (5 min) Recap and closing Dr Yolanda Davids, Deputy Director: Research, Wits University

• Event Cost: FREE
• Event Topic(s): AI Compliance
• Event URL: https://sarima.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4c1ee5f8c44c481d09ef48cd8&id=760ae39710&e=13708b312c
• Event Format: Online
• Event Location: Online
• Date of Event: 02/12/2025