Sasol Announces Partnership With NRF To Strengthen Science And Engineering Research
Sasol Announces Partnership With NRF To Strengthen Science And Engineering Research. Sasol, through its Foundation and Research & Technology function, today signed two significant cooperation agreements with the National Research Foundation (NRF) to jointly sponsor and support South Africa’s next generation of science and engineering researchers.
The first agreement relates to the joint implementation of the NRF-Sasol Foundation Scholarship Programme, which aims to bolster the number of science researchers from historically disadvantaged universities as well as Black and/or female scientists and those living with disabilities. Since its inception in 2011, the scholarship programme has sponsored over 300 postgraduate students, producing over 500 peer-reviewed research publications.
“What we have learned over the years is that the scale and complexity of the transformation that needs to take place in our country’s education sector is such that no organisation can achieve it alone. We need strategic partnerships and collaborations to effectively address these challenges,” said Charlotte Mokoena, Sasol Executive Vice-President: Human Resources and Stakeholder Relations on the company’s website.
This partnership will provide the much needed assistance the science and engineering sector needs in order to produce top quality professionals in the field. Through this collaboration science and engineering students get to finish their studies and become valuable members of society and they will be solving problems that are prevalent in society. By supporting these students this partnership is set to produce innovative leaders that will then be able to advance the country’s science and engineering sectors.
The second agreement is with Sasol’s Research and Technology function and pertains to dedicated industry-academia research collaboration. It aims to provide funding and strategic support such as assistance with research focus and direction, for research in science and engineering areas that can enable South Africa’s energy transition as well as the development of its green economy.
