Category: NRF in the News

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is delighted to announce that it has maintained a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Level 1 rating. This achievement symbolises the NRF’s commitment to the transformation of the equity profiles of the South African research

The National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a delegation from the Ghana National Research Fund from 03 to 04 March 2026 as part of a strategic study visit to South Africa aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation

Dear Members of the Marine and Antarctic Research Community. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, together with the National Research Foundation is scheduling two independent Research Plan workshops at the end of March 2026 to bring together representatives of

Despite significant investments in scientific research, data systems, and analytical capacity, sustainability policymaking across the Global South continues to face persistent gaps between knowledge generation and decision-making. These gaps are not primarily technical, but institutional and systemic – rooted in

Cape Town, South Africa – The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), a partnership between the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), has signed a Memorandum of

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), a partnership of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), is pleased to announce that 10 African projects, part of

The British Academy and the Royal Society, in collaboration with the National Research Foundation’s Strategic Investments, Innovation and Impact directorate, hosted the Second Conference on Equitable Partnership from 03–05 February 2026 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. Proceedings

As part of the build-up to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address yesterday, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Blade Nzimande, hosted close to a hundred learners and educators from Fezeka High in Gugulethu and Siyabulela

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | February 12, 2026 — Ahead of the Annual Summit of Heads of State at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa this February, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC); the Government of Norway; the United Kingdom’s