Announcement of Successful Applications for the DSI-NRF general masters scholarships for 2022 academic year Read More >
2022 TUT Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Call: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Read More >
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseYoung South African researchers take leading roles at the ATLAS experiment collaboration of CERNEvery year, the large LHC collaborations such as the ATLAS Experiment organise an internal overview session that is attended by the entire collaboration spanning 243 institutes from 41 countries, including South Africa. Ryan Mckenzie has been chosen to undertake the June 29, 2022Read more
-NRF in the NewsPress ReleaseTwo Decades of Deep Insights celebrated this World Oceans DayOn World Oceans Day 8 June 2022, South African National Biodiversity Institute marine scientist Prof Kerry Sink and her Deep Connections project team will unveil findings from a three-week research expedition at iSimangaliso Wetland Park. This year, the theme of June 8, 2022Read more
-Press ReleaseNRF and MINDS Announce Partnership Agreement for Joint Postgraduate Scholarship and Exchange Programme for AfricaThe National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) have formalised a prominent agreement for a joint postgraduate scholarship and exchange programme for Africa. The scholarship programme will support postgraduate students in critical fields for the April 12, 2022Read more
-Press ReleaseWorld TB Day 2022: Invest in Research to End TB and Save LivesThe National Research Foundation (NRF) joins organisations worldwide to commemorate World TB Day observed on the 24th of March each year. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium that causes March 24, 2022Read more
-Press ReleaseVinFuture Foundation in Vietnam honours world renowned South African epidemiologistsWorld renowned South African scientists and infectious disease epidemiologists at CAPRISA, Professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim have been honoured in Vietnam as one of the inaugural recipients of a VinFuture special prize for their ground-breaking research on HIV prevention January 24, 2022Read more
-Press ReleaseSouth Africa and Germany Renew Science & Technology AgreementThe National Research Foundation (NRF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) renewed their science and technology cooperation agreement at a signing ceremony at the NRF in Pretoria on Wednesday, 15 December 2021. The two countries originally signed the cooperative December 15, 2021Read more
-Press ReleaseMessage from the NRF to all StakeholdersThe National Research Foundation (NRF) wishes you and your loved ones a restful and happy holiday break. As we reach the end of another particularly challenging year, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued support. We December 15, 2021Read more
-Press ReleaseAfrican Open Science Platform (AOSP): New NRF AppointmentsThe Directorate Strategic Partnerships is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa as Director, and Dr Nokuthula Mchunu as Deputy-Director of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). Dr Motshegwa will take up the position on 1 January 2022, December 14, 2021Read more
-Press ReleaseEinstein wins againA team of researchers from 10 countries, including the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Chief Scientist Dr Fernando Camilo, has conducted a 16-year-long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of General Relativity with some of the most rigorous tests yet. Their December 14, 2021Read more
-Press ReleaseCongratulations to Professor Tinyiko Maluleke on His New AppointmentThe Board of the National Research Foundation (NRF) wishes to congratulate Professor Tinyiko Maluleke on his new appointment as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Professor Maluleke joins TUT from the University of Pretoria, where he December 10, 2021Read more