National Research Foundation Nepal
It is one of the well- established, highly prestigious Research Institute as well as non- profitable organization in Nepal led by Professor, Doctors, educators and research scientist team. NRFN offers truly international standard research preparation classes by highly qualified faculties. Additionally, NRFN has full of resources of useful study materials, lucrative infrastructure, & high caliber faculties who are involved in doing research in the field of biodiversity, environment, natural disaster prevention, archaeology, health and sanitation, gender issue, agriculture, renewable energy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, land and water management and technology for development. NRFN closely works with different national and international level organizations for sustainable development. National Research Foundation Nepal assists and encourages Scientist, students, teachers, young researchers to address current issues through journals and magazines, active participations in national and international conferences. NRFN also provides consultation services to government concerned authorities to make policies for public with the help of renowned faculties.. NRFN closely works with different national and international level organizations ,University, NGO, INGO for sustainable development.
National Research Foundation Nepal focus is to serve Nepalese people and communities in the field of public health and environment. NRFN has adopted the vision of bridging people with the science and technology for healthy leaving and environmental safety and taken a mission to act as bridging forum between people with science and technology to make access new scientific knowledge, technology and safety measures of environment and public health sector through research, coordination, capacity building and policy dialogue, etc.
NRFN is working with and also willing to work with group and organizations around the country with an understanding that this will help to bring the experience from the ground to the concerned authorities’ notice that leads to more meaningful and sustainable solutions.
From the very beginning of its establishment, NRFN has been engaged mainly on research, awareness raising, capacity building, policy influence especially in the area of chemical management, pesticide, obsolete pesticide, healthcare waste, POPs, heavy metals like mercury, lead and cadmium, toxic children toys, lead in paints, lead in household and school dust, lead in artificial jewellery, Lead in Lipsticks, mercury in cosmetic-skin whitening creams, mercury in hospital environment, mercury in aquatic animal(fish), mercury in human bodies (Dental Doctors, Nurses, Fisher folks and Female with child bearing age) etc.
Additionally, NRFN has been actively engaged in research, production of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials both in printed and electronic format widely disseminating all over the country. The research results and findings have been shared with all stakeholders especially government, business communities and general public with special focus on vulnerable community and people especially children, pregnant women and occupationally vulnerable communities such as waste handler, medical professionals etc. at large scale thorough all possible means such as meeting, interaction, presentation, newspaper, radio and television programme and also through organizing series of local, district, regional and national level awareness and capacity building training programmes on these issues.
With its growing interest and engagement with various environmental issues of national and international importance, it became an active participating organization of several global networks working in the area of public health, environment and toxic free future.NRFN has been doing research, raising awareness and at the same time setting pilot model projects on Environment Sound Management of Health Care Waste (ESM of HCWM), Mercury Free Health Care Services, Mercury Free Dentistry and PCB Free Metal Fabrication etc. NRFN has set up several mercury free health care services and mercury free dentistry from different pilot projects. The second intervention made by NRFN towards curbing the release of POPs (Dioxins, Furans) is the development of environmentally sound management of health care waste and promotion of the use of dry welding machine for metal fabricating throughout country as model programme.
