Categories – Full title:

All the awards are ‘for an outstanding contribution to SET and innovation…’ – the complete title of each award starts with this wording in place of ‘contribution’

Short title:

1.

Awards for individual contributions

1a

Lifetime Award – contribution by an individual over 15 years or more

Lifetime Award

1b

TW Kambule-NSTF Researcher Award – contribution through research and its outputs (by an individual over a period from 6 years up to 15 years of research work from the commencement of the research career, predominantly in SA

Researcher Award

1c

TW Kambule-NSTF Emerging Researcher Awards – contribution through research and its outputs (by an individual over a period of up to 6 years of research work from the commencement of the research career, predominantly in SA)

Emerging Researcher Awards

1d

Management Award – contribution through management of SET and innovation activities (by an individual over the last 5-10 years)

Management Award

2.

Engineering Research Capacity Development Awards – contribution by an individual or a team over the last 5-10 years

Engineering Research Capacity Development Awards

3.

NSTF-Water Research Commission (WRC) Award – contribution towards sustainable water management, knowledge generation and solutions (by an individual or an organisation over the last 5-10 years)

Water Award

4.

NSTF-SAMRC Clinician-Scientist Award – contribution through research and its outputs in biomedical areas (by an individual up to 6 years of research work from the commencement of the research career, predominantly in SA)

Clinician-Scientist Award

5.

NSTF-TIA Green Economy Award – contribution towards achieving biodiversity conservation, environmental sustainability and a greener economy (by an individual or an organisation over the last 5-10 years)

Green Economy Award

6.

Science Diplomacy for Africa Award – contribution for impactful solutions and/or collaborations for the benefit of SA and the African continent (by a team or individual within the last 10 years)

Science Diplomacy Award

7.

NSTF-Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Award – contribution towards sustainable agricultural management, knowledge generation and solutions (by an individual or an organisation over the last 5-10 years)

Agricultural Award

8.

Research Software Awards – contribution through the development, maintenance, or extension of research software in SA (by an individual or a team within the past 10 years regardless of when the software was released)

8a

Research Software – contribution that enables research in any scientific field, including humanities and social sciences (HSS)

Research Software Award

8b

Research Software Award: Human Language Technologies (HLT) – contribution that enables the processing, understanding, generation, or analysis of human language in written, spoken, or signed form

Research Software Award: HLT

9.

Data for Research Award – contribution for advancing the availability, management and re-use of research data (by an individual or a team)

Data for Research Award

10.

Innovation Awards – contribution for innovations and their research and/or development (by an individual, team or an organisation)

10a

through a Corporate Organisation

Innovation Award: Corporate Organisation

10b

through a Small, Medium and Micro enterprise (SMME)

Innovation Award: SMME

11.

Communication Award – contribution for outreach and creating awareness of SET and innovation (by a team or individual over the last 5 years)

Communication Award

12.

Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Award – contribution including technology transfer, and education and training activities (over the last 5-10 years)

NGO Award

13.

Special Annual Theme Award: Healthy Aging – contribution through sustainable science (awarded according to criteria in any of the above categories)

Special Annual Theme Award: Healthy Aging