The National Research Foundation (NRF) congratulates uLwazi Node, which manages the Open Data Platform of the South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), for winning the coveted NSTF-South32 Data for Research Award. uLwazi, meaning ‘knowledge’, is one of NRF-SAEON’s seven nodes. It was established in 2018 to support data management... Read more
The NRF is pleased to announce that the Minister of the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, the Honourable Dr Blade Nzimande, pursuant to Section 6 of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Act (Act 23 of 1998 as amended) has appointed new members to the Board of the... Read more
SARChI Research Chair, Prof Bongani Ncube, Marks World Water Day
National Research Foundation March 25, 2024
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 South Africa’s disadvantaged communities. “I’m talking about water for... Read more
Portfolio Committee launches the Legacy Report at NRF-iThemba
National Research FoundationUncategorized March 15, 2024
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. The committee chairperson, Ms Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, led members on a site visit to... Read more
STFC, NRF announce funding for two flagship African partnerships
National Research Foundation March 15, 2024
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 and sustainable energy. A total of £25m will fund... Read more
DSI, NRF-SAIAB launch cutting-edge marine science laboratory at WSU
National Research Foundation January 26, 2024
On 24 January 2023, 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 Rural Coastal Sustainability Laboratory. This is the fourth... Read more
International Conference on Public Procurement & Innovation in Africa a success
National Research Foundation November 21, 2023
The inaugural International Conference on Public Procurement and Innovation in Africa (PPI 2023) was hosted by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in partnership with Stellenbosch University’s African Procurement Law Unit (APLU) at its head offices in Pretoria and concluded on Wednesday, 15 November 2023. A first of its kind... Read more
Distinguished Prof Jill Adler receives NRF’s lifetime award
National Research FoundationUniversity of the Witwatersrand September 3, 2023
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded Witwatersrand University’s Distinguished Professor Jill Adler the Lifetime Achiever Award at the 2023 NRF Awards ceremony held last night in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Introduced to the NRF Awards in 2004, the Lifetime Achiever Award recognises an individual who has demonstrably made extraordinary contributions... Read more
