Recipients

Year Recipient
2024 Dr Kathryn Ewing
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
2023 The Family Caregiving of Older Persons in Southern Africa Programme led by Professor Elena Moore
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities
2022 Mr Clint Abrahams
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
2021 Professor Leslie London
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
2020 Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel
Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, Faculty of Science
2019 ‘Mzantsi Wakho’
Dr Rebecca Hodes (AIDS and Society Research Unit)
2018 The South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)
2017 The Schools Improvement Initiative (SII)
2015 Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Commerce)
Associate Professor Roshan Galvaan and Liesl Peters (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2014 Sophie Oldfield (Faculty of Science)
Stuart Hendry (Faculty of Commerce)
2013 Professor Pierre de Vos (Faculty of Law)
2012 Environmental Evaluation Unit (Faculty of Science)
Associate Professor Mohamed Adhikari (Faculty of Humanities)
2011 Rural Women’s Action Research (Faculty of Law)
The Southern Africa Food Lab (GSB, Faculty of Commerce)
2010 Dr Andrea Rother (Faculty of Health Sciences)
2009 Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Professor Di McIntyre (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Development Project (Faculty of Science)

Alan Pifer Research Award

The Alan Pifer Research 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.

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