Core Mandate Business Divisions

Research Innovation Support and Advancement

The Research Innovation Support and Advancement (RISA) is a multi-disciplinary funding division of the NRF that supports, promote, and advance the creation of knowledge and innovation, through research funding, human capacity development funding, and research infrastructure funding.

Research Infrastructure Platforms

The NRF. through the national research infrastructure platforms is mandated to provide leading edge research infrastructure platforms in support of knowledge generation.

Science Engagement

To fully realise the social, economic, and environmental benefits of the significant investment in science, research, and innovation, we as a country must communicate and engage the wider community more fully in science and in an understanding of the knowledge economy to which we aspire.

Strategy, Planning and Partnerships

The Strategy, Planning and Partnerships (SPP) Business Unit provides evidence-informed strategic planning, policy experimentation and development, and strategic partnering services, as levers for advancing the mandate of the NRF.