Category: NRF in the News

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This call is open to groups composed of anyone working in sustainability science and practice, which includes the research sector, government, business, philanthropy, art and civil society. Proposals can be submitted in English, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish! Submissions close

Following 12 years of exceptional service to the NRF, we bid a fond farewell to the National Research Foundation’s Deputy CEO of Research and Innovation Support and Advancement (RISA), Dr Gansen Pillay, as he retires on the 31st of January

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, is pleased that one of two new ATLAS asteroid alert system telescopes is being hosted in South Africa. The system, operated by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy,

Dear everyone, This serves to draw your attention to this Call for Proposals aimed at facilitating research collaborations amongst early career academics/researchers in mathematical sciences. This is open to all early career researchers/academics at member institutions of the National Graduate

Dr Gansen Pillay, Deputy Chief Executive Officer RISA, has been recognised by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) with an appointment as IIASA Honorary Scholar. A highly significant title, Dr Pillay’s long-standing commitment and prominent leadership in establishing and expanding

IIASA offers a summer program for PhD students to undertake a scientific project on a topic related to the IIASA research agenda. Annually, from 1 June to 31 August, IIASA hosts up to 50 doctoral students from around the world

On Tuesday, 09 November, NRF-iThemba LABS officially became an International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Collaborating Centres. This designation was conferred during a virtual signing ceremony with signatories the Deputy Director General for Nuclear Science and Applications at the IAEA, Ms

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), consisting of 173 member-states collaborates with designated Member State Institutions through its Collaborating Centres Network to implement its programmatic activities that focus on research, development and training in the field of nuclear science. There are