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General grants and awards

Notice
Contact person(s)
Deadline
Harvard-UCT Mandela Fellowships 2025 Kathy.Erasmus@uct.ac.za 24 February 2025
DHET Future Professors Programme (FPP) Dheshnie.Keswell@uct.ac.za 25 February 2025
URC Travel Conference grants Janine.Ramandh@uct.ac.za 4 March 2025
U.S.-South Africa Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research – Phase 3 (HIV/AIDS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Faculty of Health Sciences:
FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za
Other faculties:
internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 12 March 2025
URC Short Research Visit / Course, 2025 Round One Lezette.Daniels@uct.ac.za 17 March 2025
The British Academy: Official Development Assistance (ODA) Challenge-Oriented Research Grants 2025 (FORECAST) Faculty of Health Sciences:
fhs.researchfunding@uct.ac.za
Other faculties:
internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 10 April 2025
2025 UCT Book Award and Meritorious Book Prizes Zam.Ndzotyana@uct.ac.za 15 April 2025
2025 Creative Works Award & Meritorious Creative Works Prize Zam.Ndzotyana@uct.ac.za 15 April 2025
Visiting Scholars Fund (VSF) and Visiting Lecturers Fund (VLF) Grants Zam.Ndzotyana@uct.ac.za 15 April 2025
Wellcome Career Development Awards Faculty of Health Sciences:
FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za
Other faculties:
internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 30 April 2025
Wellcome Discovery Awards Faculty of Health Sciences:
FHS.ResearchFunding@uct.ac.za
Other faculties:
internationalgrants@uct.ac.za		 6 May 2025
University Equipment Committee: Research Equipment Call - 2025 Robyn.Udemans@uct.ac.za 23 May 2025

Advanced Computing Committee (ACC): Research Equipment Call - 2025

 Robyn.Udemans@uct.ac.za 30 May 2025

URC Start-up Grant

 researchfunding@uct.ac.za 14 November 2025
Honorary Research Associate notice Research Funding None 

NRF grants

Application categories
Funding programme
Contact person(s)
UCT internal deadline
Concept Notes
      
General Research Grants
 NRF – FAPESP (Brazil) Collaborative Research Programme Prince.Khoza@uct.ac.za 21 March 2025
  Europe-Africa Research and Innovation Call on Sustainable Energy: Call for applications Prince.Khoza@uct.ac.za 27 March 2025
Non-funding opportunity
 NRF Evaluation and Rating Amanda.Raman@uct.ac.za
Mbasa.Mguye@uct.ac.za		 Late applications received between 3 Feb and 14 Feb will receive feedback by 25 February 2025
International Research and Mobility Grants
 None    
Travel, Training and Conference Grants
 None    

Forthcoming NRF grants (these opportunities will open shortly)

Notice
Contact person(s)
Deadline

General research grants
None    

International collaborative grants
None    

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