ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM (RIPP) FOR 2026

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) is pleased to announce the provisional awards for the Research Infrastructure Professional Programme (RIPP) Call 2025. The successful applications for the 2026 academic year are listed in Table 1, 2 and 3 for Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral candidates respectively. The NRF reserves the right to withdraw and cancel the scholarship should the applicant fail to meet all necessary conditions and/or requirements as stated in the RIPP Call for 2026 Framework document and the Conditions of Grant.

PLEASE NOTE:

• If your name appears in the tables that follows, you have been successful in receiving a provisional award for 2026.
• Successful candidates will be able to view and download their award letters in January 2026, via NRF Connect against their applications.
• Read through the Conditions of Grant (CoG) letter and award letter documents carefully before accepting the award.
• Guidelines on how to accept the award: https://www.nrf.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Acceptance-of-Award.pdf
• All required documentation must be uploaded on the awardees’ NRF Connect profile within thirty (30) days of receipt of the award letter.
• Funds will only be released once the completed and required documentation has been received by the NRF.
• The NRF feedback on the review of applications will be forwarded to all unsuccessful applicants between January and March 2026.
• If your name does not appear in the Tables below or any other published list of successful applicants, it means you have not been awarded a grant for 2026

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