Category: NRF in the News

Scientists from the NRF-SAEON Egagasini Node, Lara Atkinson, Thomas Mtontsi and Nicole Du Plessis, recently visited a group of nine primary school learners from Blouberg International School in Cape Town to support their FIRST LEGO League BIOGLOW innovation project on

A series of regional capacity-building workshops run by the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) is showing encouraging early signs of growing engagement. Participation from Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) rose from 3.7% of applications in the 2025

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has recognised the contribution of the Science Shop project in ensuring access to safe, adequate and affordable housing through participatory design, research and advocacy. The Science Shop participatory research project, titled “Co-Creating Wellness and

Travel to malaria-endemic areas, delayed diagnosis and changing environmental conditions are among the factors contributing to malaria cases reported in Gauteng, according to Professor Tiaan de Jager, a public health and environmental health researcher at the University of Pretoria (UP).

The 12th Annual BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG) Meeting will take place from 26 to 30 October 2026 in Pune, India. The meeting brings together researchers, government representatives, educators, science communicators and astronomy stakeholders to strengthen scientific collaboration and advance

“South Africa has always been blessed with incredible mineral wealth. But in the 21st century, that wealth cannot be measured only by what lies beneath the ground; it will also be measured by the human capital we develop to determine

The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRF-SARAO) Innovation Management office has celebrated more than 20 innovators from the South African Astronomical Observatory (NRF-SAAO) at the inaugural NRF-SAAO Innovation Awards, recognising the technology and clever ideas that keep the observatory at

Learners from Carnarvon High School have made their mark at the Namakwa District Eskom Expo for Young Scientists in Calvinia, with 21 learners recognised and two of them invited to progress to the ISF Competition. The learners were supported by

Delegates from the South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI), the Shallow Marine and Coastal Research Infrastructure (SMCRI), and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) attended specialised CytoSense Flow Cytometer training at CytoBuoy B.V. in Woerden, the Netherlands, from 29

The National Research Foundation (NRF), in partnership with the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), invites eligible early- and mid-career researchers to apply for the second cohort of the DSTI–NRF Policy Fellowship Programme. The programme aims to strengthen the