Current funding opportunities
Internal and external grants and awards, NRF funding and more
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- General grants and awards (including URC funding opportunities and external grants and awards)
- NRF grants
- Forthcoming NRF grants (these opportunities will open shortly)
General grants and awards
Notice |
Contact person(s) |
Deadline |
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| Honorary Research Associate notice | Research Funding | None |
| Oppenheimer Memorial Trust: Awards for Sabbatical Study | sabbatical@omt.org.za / +27 11 551 9500 | • 30th September of the previous year for sabbaticals commencing January to March • 31st January in the same year for sabbaticals commencing April to June • 31st March in the same year for sabbaticals commencing July to October |
| Wellcome Early-Career Awards February 2024 round | Faculty of Health Sciences Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za | Intention-to-submit: 15 December 2023 |
| Call for applications: UCT Industry Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme | Lezette Daniels | 15 January 2024 and 15 May 2024 |
NRF grants
Application categories |
Funding programme |
Contact person(s) |
UCT internal deadline |
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Concept Notes |
NRF Call for Concept Notes for South Africa (SA) — Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) research and innovation grants | Alison Witbooi | 15 November |
General Research Grants |
Call for applications: BRICS STI multilateral research collaboration 2023 | Robyn Udemans | 7 and 27 November 2023 |
| NRF call for proposals: SA–China Joint Research Programme (JRP) | Alison Witbooi | 12 January 2024 | |
| NRF call for proposals: Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) small grants - review period two | Zam Ndzotyana | 5 December 2023 | |
International Research and Mobility Grants |
Call for proposals: The Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) for Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) | Robyn Udemans | 1) Compulsory notice of intention to submit: 29 Sep 2023; 2) NRF application (internal): 30 Oct 2023; 3) Submission of full proposal, 6 Nov 2023. |
Travel, Training and Conference Grants |
Forthcoming NRF grants (these opportunities will open shortly)
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Contact person(s) |
Deadline |
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General research grants |
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International collaborative grants |
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