Beyond the cuts: Rethinking South African research dependencies amid funding uncertainty

Authors

Desiree C. Petersen South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research and Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-2574
Liezel C. Smith South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research and Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-6351
Craig J. Kinnear 1.South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research and Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; 2.South African Medical Research Council Genomics Platform, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-0026
Samantha L. Sampson South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research and Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9596-8019

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/21976

Keywords:

NIH, South Africa, tuberculosis, genomics, sustainability

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Published

2025-05-29

Issue

Vol. 121 No. 5/6 (2025)

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Discussion Commentary

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Petersen, D. C., Smith, L. C., Kinnear, C. J., & Sampson, S. L. (2025). Beyond the cuts: Rethinking South African research dependencies amid funding uncertainty. South African Journal of Science, 121(5/6). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/21976