Media releases and news
Announcement of Dr Albert van Jaarsveld as NRF President & CEO
4 July 2009
The Board of the National Research Foundation (NRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Albert van Jaarsveld as President & CEO of the NRF.
Cultivating PhDs for global competitiveness
5 May 2009
South Africa's global competitiveness depends on cultivating a pool of highly skilled doctoral graduates. This is according to Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld, the Acting CEO and President of the National Research Foundation (NRF), which spearheads the SA PhD Project.
Media invitation: Opening 2nd African Science Communication Conference
19 February 2009
The media are invited to join SAASTA at the launch of this conference which will be opened by the Honorable Deputy Minister of the Department of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom.
National Research Foundation appoints new Vice President
3 February 2009
The national agency tasked with supporting and promoting research, the National Research Foundation (NRF), has appointed Dr. Gatsha Mazithulela as Vice-President responsible for Research Infrastructure and the National Research Facilities.
Skills Shortage in Science and Engineering - Student development drive underway
23 January 2009
The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, the honourable Derek Hanekom, says South Africa is suffering from a skills shortage in Science, Engineering, Technology, Research and Development. The Deputy Minister was speaking at the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) Internship programme held in Pretoria on 23 January 2009.
South Africa to roll out first electric-powered vehicle
6 October 2008
Local motorists can look forward to carving huge chunks off their monthly petrol bills from 2010 onwards with the launch of the first South African-made electric-powered family car.
National Research Foundation Exhibition at the South African International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INSITE)
11 September 2008
The South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) will be host to the third South African International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INSITE) at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, from September 15 to 18, 2008. The event will showcase cutting edge, enabling technologies that will steadily improve the growing climate of innovation.
International Workshop of Experts on Health and Well-being in Africa
22 August 2008
The ICSU Regional Office for Africa (ICSU ROA) has published, and is now moving into the implementation of a science plan on Health and Human Well-being in sub-Saharan Africa. It is in this context that ICSU ROA is organising this workshop, in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (NRF).
NRF Presidents Awards: Top rated researchers in SA honoured
25 July 2008
Following a stringent evaluation process, the county's entity tasked with the promotion and support of research, the National Research Foundation (NRF), honoured top researchers in South Africa on Friday 25th July.
The SA PhD Project Conference
27 May 2008
A high level conference designed to boost the number of people with doctorates in the country is under way at Emperor's Palace in Johannesburg. The South African PhD Project is an initiative of the National Research Foundation (NRF) supported by the Department of Science and Technology.
Conclusion of the 2007 HESA LED Review of the NRF System for the evaluation and rating of individual researchers
12 February 2008
The 2007 review of the NRF system for the evaluation and rating of individual researchers co-convened by Higher Education South Africa (HESA) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) has been concluded.
Food security under the spotlight
12 November 2007
The European Action in Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) Food Forum and the South African agency of choice in facilitating research, the National Research Foundation (NRF), are to host the ICT and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Symposium.
A drive to increase PhD qualifications in South Africa
5 November 2007
The country's key public entity responsible for supporting the development of human resource capacity and knowledge generation, the National Research Foundation (NRF), has embarked on a nationwide initiative to increase the number of PhD graduates in South Africa.
Taking control of their future - from the rural Eastern Cape SAIAB's Bright Sparks 2007 grapple with global issues
1 October 2007
Global warming, wetlands, the state of the environment and the diversity of life in water were topics that spurred eight aspiring Grade 10 learners from the rural Eastern Cape to enter the 2007 Bright Sparks essay competition run by the Education and Outreach section of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity's (SAIAB's) Communications Division.
From brain drain to brain gain
20 September 2007
South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology, Mosibudi Mangena, today announced a second cohort of 51 research chairs in an initiative aimed at invigorating research and human capital development in the country's National System of Innovation (NSI).
