Category: Press Release

This week, the National Research Foundation (NRF) celebrates a major milestone in its history as it commemorates its 25th anniversary. To reflect on its contribution to the science system, the NRF will hold a number of events during the 2024/25

To mark the 2024 World Water Day, Professor Bongani Ncube, the DSI-NRF-WRC South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Governance and Economics for Water and Sanitation Sector Institutions, has highlighted the need to improve access to productive water across

The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, are delighted to announce a new global research network that will advance crucial physics in topics such as radio astronomy

The outgoing Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation visited the new South African Isotope Facility (SAIF) at the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (NRF-iThemba LABS), Cape Town campus, on Wednesday, 13 March 2024. Chairperson of the Committee,

The Organising Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in 2024 is excited to announce that over 3000 abstracts were submitted for the first such event to be held on African soil. This milestone not only highlights the

The South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Atlantic Ocean Competition. This annual national school competition, hosted in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation, received entries in categories of poetry,

With 2024 marking five years since the first MeerKAT science paper, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRF-SARAO) will host its very first MeerKAT@5 conference. This conference aims to celebrate the telescope’s achievements in the scientific, engineering, and human capacity

On 24 January 2024, the Joint Marine Laboratories Programme (JML), funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF), reached its ultimate milestone at Walter Sisulu University’s (WSU) Mthatha campus where the partners launched

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is delighted to announce its decision to increase the annual value of grants awarded to postdoctoral fellows. The new cohort that will start their Freestanding, Innovation and Scarce Skills (FISS) and grantholder-linked Postdoctoral Fellowships in