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General grants and awards

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Deadline
Honorary Research Associate notice Research Funding None 
Wellcome Discovery Awards Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za UCT Intention to submit deadline: 6 May 2025
Wellcome Career Development Awards Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za UCT Intention to submit deadline:  30 April 2025
Wellcome Early-Career Awards – May 2025 Round Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za UCT Intention to Submit deadline: 19 February 2025
Wellcome Climate and Health Award: Advancing climate mitigation solutions with health co-benefits in low- and middle-income countries (Preliminary application) Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za 18 February , 17:00 GMT
Spencer Foundation: Large Research Grants on Education Program Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za UCT Intention to submit deadline:10 Jan 2024
Wellcome: Biology of fungal adaptation Joy.Joachims@uct.ac.za 28 January 2025
The British Academy: Official Development Assistance (ODA) Challenge-Oriented Research Grants 2025 (FORECAST) Health Sciences: contact fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za; All other faculties contact internationalgrants@uct.ac.za 10 April 2025
2024/2025 NSTF-South32 Awards Amanda.Raman@uct.ac.za 13 January 2025
Call for applications: The British Academy: Evidence-informed policymaking grants Contacts: Faculty of Health Sciences: FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za ; All Other Faculties - internationalgrants@uct.ac.za 8 January 2025

NRF grants

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Funding programme
Contact person(s)
UCT internal deadline
Concept Notes
      
  Long-term Europe – Africa WEF Nexus (LEAWEF) Multilateral Research Programme Prince Khoza 6 February 2025
General Research Grants
      
  NRF Evaluation and Rating

Mrs Amanda Raman Amanda.Raman@uct.ac.za

Mr Mbasa Mguye Mbasa.Mguye@uct.ac.za
  • Applications received between 19 November 2024 and 6 January 2025 will receive feedback by end of January 2025.
  • Applications received between 7 January – 2 February 2025 will receive feedback in the second week of February.
  • Late applications received between 3 February and 14 February will receive feedback by 25 February 2025.
Non-funding opportunity
      
International Research and Mobility Grants
      
Travel, Training and Conference Grants
      
       

Forthcoming NRF grants (these opportunities will open shortly)

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General research grants

International collaborative grants
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