Gidauniyar Bincike ta ƙasa ta kasance memba tun 1919.
Gidauniyar Bincike ta Kasa (NRF), wacce Dokar Majalisa ta kafa a cikin 1999, tana gudanar da Sakatariyar ISC ta Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin wani bangare na alhakin dangantakarta na kimiyya. Manufar NRF ita ce tabbatar da samar da araha da daidaito na albarkatun ɗan adam da ƙwarewar kimiyya, injiniyanci da fasaha ta hanyar tallafin bincike da ilimi don ci gaban tattalin arziki da ci gaban zamantakewar al'umma.
NRF tana ba da tallafi da tallafi don bincike, haɓaka gwaninta, ilimi, horo, bincike na haɗin gwiwa, bursaries, haɗin gwiwar kimiyyar ƙasa da ƙasa, da kuma gudanar da wuraren bincike na ƙasa guda biyar - Themba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (tsohon Cibiyar Accelerator ta Kasa), SA Astronomical Observatory, Hartebeesthoek Radio Observatory Astronomy, Cibiyar Nazarin Ruwa ta Afirka ta Kudu (Tsohon Cibiyar Nazarin Ichthyology ta JLB Smith), da Hermanus Magnetic Observatory. A cikin sanarwar ministocin kwanan nan ta hanyar sanarwa a cikin Gazette na Gwamnati, an shigar da Gidauniyar Ilimi, Kimiyya da Fasaha a cikin NRF. Ana gudanar da ayyukan ISC a Afirka ta Kudu ta hanyar Hukumar ISC ta Afirka ta Kudu da kwamitocin ƙasa, waɗanda ke ba da shawarwari ga NRF, sauran ƙungiyoyin bincike, jami'o'i, ƙungiyoyin kimiyya, da sassan gwamnati.
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