Category: NRF in the News

A significant milestone in South Africa’s research and innovation landscape was reached this past week as the National Research Foundation (NRF), through the Presidential PhD Programme, and the Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (Globelics)

The 6th National Global Change Conference, jointly hosted by the National Research Foundation (NRF); the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI); and the University of Mpumalanga (UMP); officially commenced today at UMP’s Mbombela Campus. The conference provides a national platform

The South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), in collaboration with the University of the Free State’s Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), has installed the highest weather station in Southern Africa in the Mont-aux-Sources area of the Maluti-Drakensberg. Positioned atop the iconic

The NRF has deepened its strategic partnerships with fellow African science funding agencies, following productive bilateral engagements with the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) and the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) during the 2025 GRC Sub-Saharan Africa Regional

This serves to inform you that the NRF Connect system is now open for the submission of the 2025 Progress Reports (PRs). Motivations for the Carry Forward of unspent funds should be submitted in the financials section of the Progress

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) has been awarded a prestigious Science Diplomacy Award at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), held from 24–28 November at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The largest

The National Research Foundation (NRF), in partnership with the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), invites eligible doctoral candidates to a strategic Masterclass designed to support strong and competitive applications to the 2026 IIASA

Panel Session Hosted at the Science Forum South Africa 2025 As part of the National Research Foundation’s participation at the 2025 Science Forum South Africa, the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), in partnership with the

On 26 November, the National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a panel discussion entitled Presidential PhD Programme: Is Africa ready to reimagine Doctoral training for real-world impact? on the sidelines of the Science Forum South Africa that is currently underway at