Category: NRF in the News

On 21 November 2025, during the global engagements of the G20 Summit hosted by South Africa, the National Research Foundation (NRF), in partnership with the University of Pretoria (UP) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), convened a

The Future Earth Africa Hub, hosted by the National Research Foundation of South Africa, is pleased to announce that submissions for session proposals for the SRI2026 Africa Regional Conference are now open! Contributions from across all sectors—research, industry, government, civil

Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, the CEO of the National Research Foundation, opened the 4th African Nuclear Physics Conference (ANPC) on Monday, 24 November 2025 at NRF-iThemba LABS in Cape Town. “This is a gathering of the storytellers of atoms. We need

At a time when African research systems are increasingly shaping global scientific conversations, the 2025 Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Academic Symposium held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, offered a compelling demonstration of how SSA public research funders

Sub-Saharan Africa took an important step toward strengthening its voice in global research governance during the Global Research Council (GRC) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting and the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Academic Symposium, held from 10 to 14 November 2025

As the 2025 Global Research Council (GRC) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting and Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Academic Symposium drew to a close in Bulawayo, Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, CEO of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and member

The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and Mitacs, Canada’s national research and innovation organisations, are pleased to announce the advancement of their collaboration through a pilot initiative under South Africa’s Presidential PhD Programme (PPP). Building on a Letter

Following the success of the first Post-Survey Workshop on Taxonomy Research in 2024, the EAF-Nansen Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Norway has once again partnered with the South African Institute for Aquatic

The 2025 Global Research Council (GRC) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting and Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Academic Symposium officially opened on 10 November 2025 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, under the theme From Regional Dialogue to Global Impact. Co-hosted by the Research

On 10 November, the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), Africa’s largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical excellence and breakthroughs. This flagship facility for South African and global astronomy