Category: NRF in the News

The 7th WCRI will take place next year from the 29th May to 1st June 2022. The deadline for submitting abstracts and applying for conference travel grants is fast approaching on the 15th October 2021. Please visit the conference website to submit

Sasol, together with the National Research Foundation (NRF), is calling for research proposals on science and engineering projects that can enable its energy transition and that of the country, as well as the development of South Africa’s green economy. The

The NRF congratulates Prof Felix Dakora as the 2021 Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food Laureate. This prominent award was made in the category of ‘Outstanding Career in Agricultural Development’ for his distinguished career devoted to agricultural

The HERA telescope, an array of 350 antennas situated next to MeerKAT in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, is being built by a team of local artisans from the town of Carnarvon. It has now released its first

Researchers discover three supermassive black holes merging together in our nearby universe Researchers using the IRSF (InfraRed Survey Facility) at SAAO in Sutherland, have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together! The IRSF is a collaboration between

In line with NRF Vision 2030, which is grounded on Transformation, Impact Excellence and Sustainability (TIES), the NRF has developed a Framework to Advance the Societal and Knowledge Impact of Research. This Framework outlines how the NRF, through its core

The Department of Science and Innovation-funded Internship Programme, previously managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF), has been moved to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). Over the 15 years it was led by the NRF, the programme enabled over

The National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) wishes to call upon all the researchers (Doctoral students and Postdoctoral fellows) to send through their nominations for the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2022. The

An article written by Julienne Du Toit for The Daily Maverick. The story of how a shy radio astronomer from the Eastern Cape came to be a central character in building of one of the world’s most sensitive scientific instruments involves

Professor Nadine Petersen, member of the NRF Board’s Research Development Committee, has been appointed Executive Dean: Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The appointment will be for a five-year term from 01 January 2022 to 31 December