The National Research Foundation (NRF) invites researchers to submit proposals in the following areas:
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and Bioeconomy (African traditional medicine, food security, technology,
- nutraceuticals, health and beauty, and cosmetics).
- IKS epistemology (Ubuntu and cosmology, taxonomies, pedagogies and methodologies).
- IKS and climate change (environmental management).
- Women and IKS-based technology innovations.
- IKS and energy (alternative and clean sources).
- IKS Practices of the Khoi, Nama, Griqua and San communities.
- Novel and creative thinking that will shift the boundaries of IKS knowledge production and that address national priorities in South Africa.
This funding instrument aims to promote, support research and deepen our understanding of IKS and its role in community life. The focus is on experimental research, which will lead to technology transfer and patents (innovation and entrepreneurship).
