Invitation for Nominations for Professional Development Programme (PDP) Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2023
-Science MattersFactors that Motivate or Deter Scientists to Participate in Science FestivalsScience festivals are becoming increasingly popular in South Africa as meeting places where the public can talk to scientists about their research, as well as enjoy various science-related shows such as science talks or interactive displays. Given that scientists are January 19, 2023Read more
-Science MattersSA’s Bird Atlas Citizen Science Project and COVID-19 lockdownThe effects of the Covid-19 lockdown are still ongoing and have resulted in major setbacks in many areas including citizen science projects in South Africa. The Southern African Bird Atlas Project, SABAP2, is such a project which was severely affected January 19, 2023Read more
-Science MattersScience Is Everywhere but Nobody Knows ItA study by researchers from the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University, funded by the National Research Foundation, has found that there is a large difference in how urban community members perceive and interpret January 19, 2023Read more
-Science MattersSustainability – Oriented Research and the Need for Knowledge Co-ProductionScience is one of the four levers (alongside governance, economy and finance, and individual and collective action) identified by the UN’s Sustainable Development Report that, together, could bring about achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainability-oriented research networks aim to January 19, 2023Read more
-Science MattersYoung Scientists and Public Engagement Perspectives from SAScientific knowledge is an important resource for all societies. Thus, researchers are being asked to engage members of the public in dialogue about their work and its implications for society. The demand on scientists to engage with society is also January 19, 2023Read more
-Science MattersTwitter and the Spread of Pseudoscience and Quackery Health MessagePseudoscience, quackery and alternative facts on health issues have been an ongoing problem for Twitter, the popular social media platform. This was brought into sharp focus with the Ebola outbreak in 2013 and worsened with the emergence of the COVID-19 January 19, 2023Read more
-Procurement InvitationsAppointment Of A Professional Service Provider To Provide Executive And Leadership Coaching To Senior Managers Of The National Research Foundation For A Period Of Thirty-Six (36) Months.Bid Number: NRF/CORP HRM/48/2022-23 Bid Description: Appointment Of A Professional Service Provider To Provide Executive And Leadership Coaching To Senior Managers Of The National Research Foundation For A Period Of Thirty-Six (36) Months. Closing Date & Time: 09 February 2023 January 18, 2023Read more
-Non-NRF OpportunitiesCall for Applications – Innovators, Doers and Entrepreneurs at Summer School (IDEAS)The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), with financial support provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports academic qualification measures for individuals from developing countries who participate in the In-Country/In-Region Programme. Every year, the DAAD awards January 18, 2023Read more
-Non-NRF OpportunitiesCall for Applications 2023 – Summer SchoolThe Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at the TH Köln, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany invites DAAD scholarship holders of the In-Region/ In-Country programme to apply and participate: Please consider: given the January 18, 2023Read more
-Non-NRF OpportunitiesCall for Applications – Enchancing Academic Qualifications in Teaching and Research in Global HealthThe German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), with financing provided by the Federal Ministryfor Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports academic qualification measures forindividuals from developing countries who participate in the In-Country / In-Region Programme. Everyyear the DAAD awards more than January 18, 2023Read more
