INingizimu Afrika, iNational Research Foundation (NRF)

I-National Research Foundation (NRF), eyasungulwa ngoMthetho Wephalamende ngowe-1999, ilawula i-South African Secretariat ye-ISC njengengxenye yezibopho zayo zokuxhumanisa isayensi. Umgomo we-NRF uwukuqinisekisa ukuhlinzekwa okuthengekayo nokulinganayo kwabasebenzi nobungcweti kwezesayensi, ubunjiniyela nobuchwepheshe ngokusekelwa ucwaningo nemfundo ukuze kuthuthukiswe umnotho kanye nentuthuko yezenhlalakahle yesizwe.

I-NRF inikeza ukwesekwa kanye nezibonelelo zocwaningo, ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe, imfundo, ukuqeqeshwa, ucwaningo ngokubambisana, imifundaze, ukuxhumana kwezesayensi kuzwelonke nakwamanye amazwe, futhi iqondise izikhungo ezinhlanu zocwaningo zikazwelonke - iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (eyayiyiNational Accelerator Centre), SA Astronomical. Observatory, Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (eyayiyi-JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology), kanye neHermanus Magnetic Observatory. Ngokwesimemezelo sikangqongqoshe sakamuva ngesaziso kuGazethi Kahulumeni, Isisekelo Sezemfundo, Isayensi Nobuchwepheshe safakwa ku-NRF. Imisebenzi ye-ISC eNingizimu Afrika ididiyelwa ngeBhodi Likazwelonke le-ISC laseNingizimu Afrika kanye namaKomidi Kazwelonke, wona enza izincomo ku-NRF, ezinye izinhlangano zocwaningo, amanyuvesi, izinhlangano zesayensi, kanye neminyango kahulumeni.

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