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Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers
This award recognises outstanding research performance by early career or emerging researchers who are NRF grant holders, with a focus on advancing transformation by prioritising black, female, and disabled researchers.
Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers The NRF aspires to develop and enhance the research stature of Early Career/ Emerging Researchers, prioritising black, female and people with disabilities as part of its transformation agenda which, among others, aims to redress historical imbalances in the South African researcher cohort. This award recognises outstanding research performance by current Early Career/Emerging Researchers in any discipline, who are NRF grant holders.
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A-Rated Researchers
A-rated researchers are recognised by the NRF as being unequivocally excellent in their field, representing the highest level of research performance.
A-Rated Researchers A-rated researchers are unequivocally recognised by their p
Public Engagement with Research Award
This award recognises academics who have made significant contributions to making science and technology more accessible to the public through public engagement activities.
Public Engagement with Research Award The Public Engagement with Research Award recognises outstanding contributions to public engagement with science and encourages academics to make their work, and science and technology in general, more accessible to the public.
NRF Excelleration Award for SA Research Institutions
This award acknowledges South African research institutions that have shown the most improved research performance over recent years, as measured by independent evaluations.
NRF Excelleration Award for SA Research Institutions Derived from the words “excellence” and “acceleration”, the Excelleration Award acknowledges South African research institutions for achieving the most improved research performance over recent years as evaluated by independent parties, and measured against a selection of critical indicators.
Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation at SAHEI
This award honours individuals within the research community who contribute to transforming and diversifying South Africa’s science workforce through the supervision of research students.
Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation at SAHEI This category recognises individuals within the research community who contribute to the transformation, and thus diversity, of South Africa’s science cohort through the research students they supervise.
NRF CEO’s Special Recognition Award
This award is presented to a South African research institution that previously won the Excelleration Award and continues to demonstrate commitment to excellence in research performance.
NRF CEO’s Special Recognition Award Presented to a South African research institution which has previously won the NRF Excelleration Award for SA Research Institutions, this award recognises the institution’s continued progress and commitment to excellence in research performance as measured against a selection of critical indicators.
Research Excellence Award for Next Generation Researchers
This award provides funding to postgraduate students to address skills shortages in science, engineering, technology, humanities, and social sciences by supporting outstanding final-year doctoral students.
Research Excellence Award for Next Generation Researchers The NRF provides funding to postgraduate students in order to address the skills shortages in the fields of science, engineering, technology, humanities and social sciences by increasing the possibility of retaining suitably qualified young scientists, thereby increasing the pool of researchers and knowledge workers in the National System of Innovation. This award recognises outstanding academic performance by final-year doctoral students.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award is given to individuals who have made extraordinary, internationally impactful contributions to science in South Africa over a long period, and whose work has significantly influenced many South Africans.
Lifetime Achievement Award This accolade is awarded to individuals considered to have made extraordinary contributions, of international standard and impact, to the development of science in and for South Africa over an extended period of time, and for the manner in which their work has touched and shaped the lives and views of many South Africans.
Science Team Award
This award recognises science teams for extending the boundaries of scientific research in Africa, producing societal benefits, and enhancing South Africa’s global research standing.
Science Team Award In recognition of the contributions, creativity and achievements of a science team towards extending the boundaries of scientific research in Africa, producing science outcomes which have positively impacted society and for the role they played in raising South Africa’s international stature as a world-class research destination.
Hamilton Naki Award
Named after a self-taught surgeon, this award honours individuals who have achieved world-class research performance despite significant challenges.
Hamilton Naki Award Named after the self-taught surgeon who trained generations of medical students in surgical techniques, the Hamilton Naki Award honours individuals for achieving world-class research performance despite considerable challenges.
