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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Brian Warner, a distinguished astronomer whose contributions to South African research in the field of astronomy have been immeasurable. Born in Crawley Down in England, Prof Warner obtained

Professor Mark New and his team at the University of Cape Town’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) has been awarded the prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize for a paper entitled Nature-based solutions in mountain catchments reduce impact of anthropogenic climate

The passing of a close colleague, friend or family member seems always to be untimely, unexpected, tragic even, and hearing about the passing of Dr Danny Adams is a combination of all of these. At the NRF we consider the

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) award Master’s and Doctoral Scholarships to South African citizens including permanent residents for postgraduate studies at public South African Universities. Benefits of the NRF-DAAD In-Country Scholarship (upon application):

Arusha, Tanzania boasts the reputation of being Africa’s Geneva for its critical role as the host of the East African Community and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It is also the city that hosts the Nelson Mandela African Institution

“We are a force”: One year of implementing the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair for Viral Epidemics Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) hosts one of two O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs in Tanzania awarded in partnership with the National Research

The Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) has embarked on a journey to establish a national research chairs programme, inspired by the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI). Working in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (South Africa),

Intersectionality refers to the many overlapping forms of discrimination that intensify and complicate the experiences of marginalised groups of people. For example, a woman facing gender-based exclusion may also experience discrimination related to her race, class or disability. Therefore, these

The National Research Foundation (NRF) jointly with Nelson Mandela University will be hosting the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI2023) congress Africa satellite event to showcase the richness of African perspectives in sustainability science and innovation. The event will take place

Pretoria, South Africa: The National Research Foundation (NRF) in partnership with the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) hosted the first Property Sector Research Conference on 1 March 2023. The conference aimed to stimulate scientific research, the generation of knowledge within

Today, 28 February 2023, the National Research Foundation (NRF) bids farewell to Dr Beverley Damonse, the NRF’s Group Executive for Science Engagement and Corporate Relations, who will be retiring. Dr Damonse joined the NRF in 1998. She rose through the

AJ-CORE is a partnership between the NRF and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) which aims to support joint research and innovation projects in designated fields of science between researchers from Japan, South Africa and the 17 African countries

The NRF wishes to congratulate Dr Nishana Bhogal on her recent PhD graduation. Dr Bhogal was funded under the Fulbright South Africa Foreign Student program as a Visiting Student Researcher (VSR), in collaboration with the NRF, from 2021 to 2022.

The National Research Foundation (NRF) adds its voice to the condemnation of the most recent attack on leadership at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) and the subsequent death of Mr Mboneli Vesele, the executive protection officer for the Vice-Chancellor

Wits physicist, Professor Bruce Mellado has been elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Science (AAS) in November. Mellado’s election is based on a series of reviews conducted at various levels following his nomination to the AAS in

The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) co-hosted an Africa-Japan Collaborative Research Programme (AJ-CORE) Funders’ Meeting on the margins of the World Science Forum in Cape Town, on 8 December 2022.

The Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP) in partnership with UNESECO hosted the Open Science Day on 7 December 2022, along the World Science Forum. Speaking during the event, Dr Philemon Mjwara, the Director-General of the South African Department of Science

Turning the tide against socio-economic injustices, patriarchy and cultural norms that propagate certain forms of masculinity, as well as young women rethinking their ideologies about love and relationships, would go a long way toward ending gender-based violence in South Africa,

The NRF extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Professor Carolina Odman, one of South Africa’s distinguished astronomers. Carolina passed away on 15 November 2022, after years of valiantly battling an aggressive cancer. Carolina was the wife

On Friday, 11 November 2022, the National Research Foundation (NRF) working with a consortium of research funders from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, announced a pre- launch of the International Joint

The Future Earth Africa hub, supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI2023) Africa satellite event. The SRI2023 satellite events are live hybrid engagements that take

Over 60 esteemed researchers from African and European countries have concluded a workshop in which they discussed ways to strengthen international collaboration. Themed “Strengthening scientific collaboration between Europe and Africa”, the workshop was held at the Future Africa Campus of

In October 2021, Prof Olga Lompo and Prof Samira Ouédraogo officially started implementing research and training activities under the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UJKZ) in Burkina Faso, the first ever research chair awarded

This call for expressions of interest is to solicit applications to host regional nodes for the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) in five African Regional and Economic Communities (RECs) – namely at the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the East

The research chair hosted at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana and awarded to Prof Nathaniel Boso was launched on 13 October 2022. The launch was officiated by the KNUST university leadership with representation from the

Pretoria, South Africa: The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) concluded an historic Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on Thursday, 13 October 2022 to support research and research support activities in the humanities and social sciences.

Energy transition presents an opportunity for stakeholders in various sectors to respond to energy, socio-economic and environmental challenges in a sustainable and inclusive way. In response to the need to develop practical research programmes and partnerships to support South Africa’s