- Prof. Leila Patel, DST-NRF South African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development (Principal Investigator)
- Prof. Jace Pillay, DST-NRF South African Research Chair in Education Psychology (Co-Principal Investigator)
- Prof. Elizabeth Henning , DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Integrated Studies – Education (Mathematics and Language development in the early years of schooling), (Co-Principal Investigator)
- Prof. Shane Norris (Collaborator), Director at the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand
- Prof. Lauren Graham (Collaborator), Director at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Ida Faurie-du Plessis and Dr. Nompumelelo Ntshingila (Collaborators), Department of Nursing, University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Wanga Zembe-Mkabile (Collaborator), Medical Research Council
- Prof. Arnesh Telukdarie (Collaborator) and Dr. Megashnee Munsamy (Researcher), Department of Engineering, University of Johannesburg
- Tania Sani (Project Coordinator), Dr. Sadiyya Haffejee (Research Manager), Matshidiso Sello, Sonia Mbowa, Kim Baldry (Researchers)
- Dr. Rubina Setlhare-Kajee and Ro Govinsamy (Researchers), Department of Education Psychology, University of Johannesburg & University of the Western Cape
- Dr. Hanrie Bezuidenbout and Rhulane Ramsodi (Researchers), Centre for Education Practice Research (Integrated Studies of Learning Language, Science and Mathematics in the primary schools), University of Johannesburg
