Announcement of Successful Proposals for the Global Research Council Sustainable Devlopment Goals Pilot Call
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NRF)-FIRST RAND EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION (FREF) BLACK ACADEMICS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMME (BAAP) 2026 Read More >
-NRF in the NewsNRF Partners with DFG to Host SGCI Peer Learning Visit in BonnFrom 08 to 10 April 2025, under the auspices of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI), the NRF and German Research Foundation (DFG) co-hosted a peer learning visit in Bonn, Germany. This peer learning visit brought together April 14, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsNRF Science for Society Lecture Spotlights Nanotechnology in MedicineOn 09 April 2025, the National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted another impactful edition of its Science for Society Lecture Series at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), this time spotlighting the future of nanotechnology in medicine, or nanomedicine. Prof Lynn April 10, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsNRF and RoRI Transform Research Systems Through Partnerships and CooperationThe inaugural trans-disciplinary meeting between South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and the United Kingdom’s Research on Research Institute (RoRI), held from 24 to 25 March 2025 at the NRF headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa, served as a platform for April 8, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsINVITATION: NRF Science for Society Lecture on the future of nanotechnologyThe National Research Foundation (NRF) extends an invitation to members of the media to attend the NRF Science for Society Lecture on the Future of Nanotechnology. It will be delivered by Professor Yahya Choonara, the DSTI-NRF SARChI Chair in Pharmaceutical April 7, 2025Read more
-FundingNRF AwardsNRF CallsNRF in the News2025 NRF Awards: Call for NominationsNominations for the NRF Awards’ Special Award Categories opened on Monday, 17 March 2025. The awards celebrate the hard work of individual researchers and benefit the awardees’ institutions by growing their status among their local and international peers. If you April 3, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsSpecial Issue: IIASA and Systems Analysis in AfricaWe are excited to announce and share the newly published special issue on IIASA and Systems Analysis in Africa in Elsevier’s Environmental Development Journal. In 2022, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) increased its membership footprint through its April 1, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsFrom Policy to Practice: African Science Granting Councils Champion Gender Equality and InclusivityAs International Women’s History Month 2025 concludes, we reflect on the growing visibility and influence of gender and diversity considerations in science. While challenges persist, significant strides have been made in advancing gender equity across the research landscape. For nearly April 1, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsICSHMO Conference Tackles Climate SolutionsCape Town- The 14th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO) officially opened this morning at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and will run until 04 April 2025. The conference is hosted by the National Research March 31, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsNRF Bids Farewell to Supply Chain Management Veteran, Mr Ron Grace (former Head of Supply Chain)On March 24, 2025, the National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a heartfelt farewell gathering to honour Ron Grace, former Head of Supply Chain (SC), as he concluded his distinguished almost 20-year tenure with the organisation. Colleagues from various functions came March 26, 2025Read more
-NRF in the NewsNRF-funded emerging researchers attend the 16th HOPE Meeting in JapanTwo South African emerging researchers funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) attended the 16th Japan HOPE Meeting held as a physical event in Yokohama, Japan from 09 to 13 March 2025. Hosted annually by the Japanese Society for the March 25, 2025Read more
