Creator
Debbi Schultz
Lifetime focus to improve service delivery
Lifetime Award by an individual
Low carbon energy economy with socioeconomic benefits
Special Annual Theme Award: Sustainable Energy for All in recognition of the United Nations ‘International Decade of Sustainable Energy for All’
Changing our understanding of the world one rock (succession) at a time
Award for achievement over a lifetime, by an individual
Finding answers in tourism
Special Sustainable Tourism for Development Award
Future-proofing South Africa for food and environmental security
NSTF-GreenMatter Award for achievement by an individual or team in biodiversity conservation, environmental stability and a greener economy
Designing solutions with polymer chemistry
For achievement over a lifetime, by an individual
Pioneering crop biotechnology research
Special Annual Theme Award in Crop Science and Food Security (sponsored by the DST)
Paving the way for SMME incubators
Achievement by an NGO through technology transfer or training activities
Innovative biological control of invasive aquatic plants
NTSF-Green Matter Award for achieving biodiversity conservation, environmental stability and a greener economy
Moving South Africa into the light fantastic
By an individual through research and its outputs over a lifetime: or over the last five to 10 years; or as an emerging researcher
Mentorship model to aid new teachers
Achievement by an NGO (including NPOs and community-based organisations) through technology transfer or training activities
The activist changing health policy on global scale
For achievement over a lifetime, by an individual
A life of global impact on environmental science
For an achievement over a lifetime, by an individual
Shining light on science
While pure research is recognised, capacity building, commercialisation of the research and the impact on society are taken into consideration
Was Census 2011 sucessful?
With a cost of around R3-billion, one of the questions raised is whether the census was a success.