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Unlocking the Future: Advancing
and Strengthening Strategic Knowledge
Openness and intellectual competitiveness
"Innovation is about the desire to discover, the capacity to create, the perseverance to adapt and the will to do things differently." (Marc Renaud 2002)
Innovation and discovery know no boundaries. For South Africa to compete internationally and to contribute to the development of a sense of national confidence and pride in our scientific achievements, we need to build on and exploit the strengths and advantages of our current research community. In this pursuit we need the flexibility to forge new directions where our people and/or our context gives us the edge. To qualify for Unlocking the Future, the merit and excellence of such unconstrained research must be clearly recognized as world-class.
Aims
- To push the frontiers of knowledge within or between disciplines, advancing or developing paradigms and theories, and leading to new discovery and/or methodological innovation.
- To create, maintain and position a knowledge base that empowers our people to resolve current problems, anticipate future ones, and/or intellectually generate new challenges and opportunities.
- To contribute to the development of a sound fundamental basis to science in South Africa, whether in the humanities, the natural or the social sciences.
- To ensure recognition, both nationally and internationally, of the high quality of the research.
Research Themes
Because of the openness of this programme, research themes are not listed. Research should be self-initiated and proposals should address the aims of this focus area as stated above.
Contact
Lebusa Monyooe
Manager: Focus Areas
email: lebusa@nrf.ac.za
Tel:+27 12 4814230
Fax:+27 12 4814005
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