Alan Pifer Award
Alan Pifer award
The award is the Vice-Chancellor's annual prize in recognition of outstanding welfare-related research. It highlights the strategic goal of promoting socially responsive research, and honours a UCT researcher whose outreach work has contributed to the advancement and welfare of South Africa's disadvantaged people.
About Pifer
The prize was established to honour Alan Pifer, philanthropist and former president of long-term UCT benefactors, the Carnegie Corporation. He died in 2005.
Throughout Pifer's career, his focus was on social justice and strengthening the rights of historically disadvantaged groups, including women. Pifer also established the UCT Fund, which raises funds in the US to support black students and to promote the advancement and welfare of disadvantaged groups.
| Year | Recipients | Department |
| 2011 | Prof Kelly Chibale | H3-D Drug Discovery & Development Centre |
| 2010 | Prof S Parnell | Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences |
| 2009 | Prof Dan Stein | Department of Psychiatry |
| 2008 | Prof Raj Ramesar | Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences |
| 2007 | Prof Pippa Skotnes Associate Prof Mark Fleishman |
School of Fine Art Department of Drama |
| 2006 | Prof Timm Hoffman | Plant Conservation Unit (PCU) |
| 2005 | Prof Alan Flisher | Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/ Adolescent Health Research Unit |
| 2004 | Prof David Chidester | Religious Studies |
| 2003 | Dr Haroon Bhorat Prof Murray Leibbrandt |
School of Economics |
| 2002 | No Award | |
| 2001 | Prof Sandra Burman | Centre for Socio-Legal Research |
| 2000 | Prof Nicoli Nattrass Associate Prof Jeremy Seekings |
Centre for Social Science Research Unit |
| 1999 | Prof John Parkington | Department of Archaeology |
| 1998 | Dr Lynette Denny | Gynaecology and obstetrics |
| 1997 | Dr Farieda Khan | Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences |
| 1996 | Dr Leslie London | School of Public Health and Family Medicine |
