Sponsors & Partners

The NSTF supports the principle of collaborative, widely-inclusive awards.

The NSTF welcomes collaboration with other organisations,

such as the mutually rewarding partnerships it has enjoyed with some over the years:

Department of Science and Innovation (since 1998)
Eskom (since 2003)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (2003-2017)
National Research Foundation (NRF) (2003-2014)
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) (2016-2018), previously through the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP), an initiative of the dtic (2005-2015)
South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), a business unit of the NRF (2005-2014)
Business Report (since 2009) which is part of The Star, Pretoria News, Cape Times and The Mercury newspapers
Mail & Guardian newspaper (since 2009)
South32 since 2016 (previously through BHP Billiton from 2011-2015)
GreenMatter (2015-2018)
proSET – Professionals in SET, a sector of the NSTF representing Professional Bodies and Learned Societies (Prize sponsor since 2015)

Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation – for the Youth outreach projects (2016-2020)
Water Research Commission (WRC) since 2017
Network of Data and Information Curation Communities (NeDICC) – category co-founders of the Data for Research Award (2017)
Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) – category co-founders of the Data for Research Award (2017)
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) – for the Brilliants programme tour (2017-2019)
National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) for the SMME award (since 2019)
Lewis Foundation (since 2019-2022)
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) ( since 2023)
South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) (since 2023)
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) (since 2023)
Science Diplomacy Capital for Africa (SDCfA) (since 2024)