National Research Foundation esale e le setho ho tloha ka 1919.
Mokgatlo wa Bosetšhaba wa Dinyakišišo (NRF), wo o hlomilwego ka Molao wa Palamente ka 1999, o laola Bongwaledi bja ISC bja Afrika Borwa bjalo ka karolo ya maikarabelo a yona a kgokagano ya tša mahlale. Maikemisetso a NRF ke ho netefatsa phano e fihlellehang le e leka-lekaneng ea mehlodi ya batho le botsebi ba saense, boenjiniere le thekenoloji ka tshehetso ya dipatlisiso le thuto bakeng sa kgolo ya moruo le ntshetsopele ya setjhaba sa setjhaba.
NRF e fana ka tshehetso le dithuso bakeng sa dipatlisiso, ntshetsopele ya botsebi, thuto, kwetliso, dipatlisiso tsa tshebedisanommoho, dibasari, kgokahanyo ya saense ya naha le ya matjhaba, mme e tsamaisa disebediswa tse hlano tsa naha tsa dipatlisiso – Themba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (eo pele e neng e le National Accelerator Centre), SA Astronomical. Observatory, Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (eo pele e neng e le JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology), le Hermanus Magnetic Observatory. Ho latela phatlalatso ea haufinyane ea matona ka tsebiso Koranteng ea 'Muso, Motheo oa Thuto, Saense le Thekenoloji o kenyelelitsoe ho NRF. Ditiro tsa ISC mo Aforika Borwa di gokaganngwa ka Boto ya Bosetšhaba ya ISC ya Aforika Borwa le Dikomiti tsa Bosetšhaba, tseo le tsone di dirang dikgakololo go NRF, mekgatlho e mengwe ya dipatlisiso, diyunibesithi, mekgatlho ya saense, le mafapha a puso.
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