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General grants and awards

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Honorary Research Associate notice Research Funding None 
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 Janaury 2025
EOL 2024 IBF Mpho Baisitse 12 September 2024
Call for nominations for the UCT Distinguished Social Responsiveness Award Sonwabo Ngcelwane 29 November 2024
CIPHER Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme Campus hub: contact Joy.Joachims@uct.ac.za; Red Cross/Old Main Building: contact fhsombrfpreawds01@uct.ac.za and copy Anvor.Wevers@uct.ac.za     29 November 2024
mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund program Earl Prinsloo Early November
Halting Tuberculosis Transmission fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za    23 October 2024
The 2024 Discovery Foundation Academic Fellowship Awards fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za 14 October 2024
The 2024 Discovery Foundation Sub-Specialist Awards fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za 14 October 2024
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust: Awards for Sabbatical Study info@omt.org.za/ +27 11 5519500 30 September 2024 for studies commencing January to March 2025
UCT Alan Pifer Research Award: Call for Nominations paul.dantu@uct.ac.za 16 August 2024
Call for applications: Medical Research Foundation Health Sciences: contact fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za; All other faculties contact internationalgrants@uct.ac.za UCT intention to submit deadline: 1 August 2024
Call for expressions of interest for UCT's Innovation Builder Fund (IBF)
Expression of Interest form		 Mpho Baisitse Expression of interest deadline: 12 September 2024
Call for applications: Wellcome Career Development Awards Health Sciences: contact fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za
All other faculties contact internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 UCT intention to submit deadline: 30 September 2024
Call for applications: Wellcome Discovery Awards Health Sciences: contact fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za
All other faculties contact internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 UCT intention to submit deadline: 7 October 2024

NRF grants

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Concept Notes
      
  Long-term Europe – Africa WEF Nexus (LEAWEF) Multilateral Research Programme Prince Khoza 6 February 2025
General Research Grants
      
  Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) Small Grants (Review Period 2)
* Framework Document and Funding Guide		 Zam Ndzotyana  Friday, 29 November 2024 
  NRF Evaluation and Rating

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

Mr Mbasa Mguye Mbasa.Mguye@uct.ac.za

Applications received by 18 November 2024 will receive feedback early in December.
  NRF-AXA African Scientific Progress Award Prince Khoza 15 November 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

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