Invitation for Nominations for Professional Development Programme (PDP) Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2023
Announcement of Successful Applications for the 2023 NRF Scarce Skills Post-Doctoral Fellowship Read More >
Call for Proposals: Japan Science and Technology Agency / Japan International Cooperation Agency Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development Read More >
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseNRF, Fondation Botnar and HSRC Launch u’GOOD Research ProgrammePretoria, Gauteng – Swiss philanthropic organisation, Fondation Botnar, has awarded the National Research Foundation (NRF) USD 10 million for the implementation of u’GOOD, a research programme that will study young people and their relational wellbeing in the Global South. The December 8, 2023Read more
-NRF in the News22nd HFSP Awardees MeetingToday is the first day of The HFSP Awardees Meeting taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC) in Cape Town from 06-08 December 2023. This meeting is an interdisciplinary event highly valued by our awardees for the December 6, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseNRF to Launch a 12-Country Research Programme Looking at Relational Wellbeing of Young PeopleThe National Research Foundation (NRF) will use this year’s Science Forum South Africa event as the launchpad for a new research programme. Called u’GOOD, the programme is a multilateral, multi-partner initiative aimed at further developing a framework for research into December 6, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsApproaches for Innovative Capacity Building Programmes to Support South Africa’s Just Energy TransitionSouth Africa is faced with the need to address energy security. This is further compounded by the country’s ageing coal fleet with associated greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to global warming and other pollution-related health challenges. In response, South Africa December 6, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsDeputy Minister, Buti Manamela, Delivers Keynote Address at the African Nuclear Physics ConferenceDeputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, the Honourable Buti Manamela, delivered a keynote address at the African Nuclear Physics Conference (ANPC 2023). In his keynote address, Mr Manamela reflected on the conference and the importance of improving the December 5, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseNRF Appoints Dr Thandi Mgwebi to top leadership structureThe National Research Foundation (NRF) is delighted to announce the appointment of leading executive, Dr Thandi Mgwebi,into its top leadership structure with effect from 01 February 2024. Dr Mgwebi re-joins the NRF to assume the role of Group Executive: Business December 5, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsNational Research Foundation participation at the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA2023)The National Research Foundation (NRF) is participating in the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA)[1] event hosted by the South African Department of Science and Innovation and the Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (SDCfA) in Pretoria from 06 to 08 December December 5, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseNRF-iThemba LABS hosts the 2nd South Africa-Joint Institute of Nuclear Research Workshop on Theory and ComputationThe iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (NRF-iThemba LABS) will host the 2nd South Africa-Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (SA-JINR) Workshop on Theory and Computation at Nelson Mandela University’s Summerstrand South Campus in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, from 05 to 08 December 4, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsSouthern Africa Regional Preparatory Conference for the 9th Pan-African CongressThe conference has been convened in the context of the African Union Decade for African Roots and Diaspora (2021-2031), with the overall objective of establishing institutional science, technology and innovation links between the continent and the African Diaspora for socio-economic December 1, 2023Read more
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseAbstract and Grant Submissions Open for IAU General Assembly 2024 in AfricaCape Town, South Africa – The National Organising Committee of the 32nd International Astronomical Union General Assembly 2024 (IAU GA 2024) proudly announces the opening of abstract submissions and grant applications. This landmark event, hosted by the National Research Foundation, December 1, 2023Read more
