Benefits of making research data open and available

<em>Professor Tandi Matsha </em>was awarded the National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF) Data for Research Award at the National Science and Technology Foundation-South32 Awards – dubbed the ‘Oscars of Science’ for her work in identifying cardio-metabolic risk factors in South African populations of mixed ancestry and making that data available for reuse through the CPUT instance of Figshare, funded through the ilifu project. <br>Her name appears in:<br>Winners for 2018/2019 http://www.nstf.org.za/awards/winners/current/National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF) -South32 Awards finalists for 2018/2019 http://www.nstf.org.za/awards/finalists/current/ <br>NRF press release page https://www.nrf.ac.za/media-room/news/congratulations-years-nstf-south32-awards-finalists<br>UCT eResearch page http://www.eresearch.uct.ac.za/eresearch/news/cput-researcher-honoured<br>