Welcome to the IDM Opportunities Page

This page is your gateway to a variety of exciting opportunities, including funding and grant calls, external vacancies, fellowships, and calls for nominations. Here, you’ll find detailed information to help you take advantage of these offerings.

How It Works:

  1. Browse through the listed opportunities to find the one that aligns with your interests and goals.

  2. Click on the 'Guidelines' for more information, including eligibility criteria and deadlines.

  3. Carefully follow the instructions provided for each opportunity to ensure your application meets all requirements.

Important Notes on Deadlines:

  • For some funding and grant opportunities, there are internal deadlines that must be adhered to. This is because applications often need to be vetted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) before submission to the funder.

  • Other opportunities may have a single external deadline.

Funding: Grants & Awards

Notice             Internal Deadline Funder Deadline Guidelines
UEC Research Equipment Grant

IDM Internal Deadline: 2025.05.09

Submit to mufeeda.kassiem@uct.ac.za

2025.05.23
Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards 2025.05.06 - intention to submit 2025.07.30
Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards 2025.04.30 - intention to submit 2025.07.25
Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Research Grants eRA: 2025.03.19 2025.04.30
Health Science Faculty Research Committee PPI Funding 2025.03.14  
Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards 2025.02.19- intention to submit 2025.05.21

 

Fellowships

Notice             Deadline Guidelines
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Drug Discovery 2025.04.15
ICGEB South Africa Women in Biotechnology Programme  2025.04.15 ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 – ICGEB
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Climate Change Attribution Communication 2025.03.10 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Climate-Health Impacts Attribution 2025.03.03 afriverse-team-pdrf-adverts-v2.pdf
DHET Future Professors Programme 2025.02.28
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Climate Data Science 2025.02.24 afriverse-climate-data-pdrf-adverts.pdf

 

Vacancies

Notice              Deadline File Attachments
NRF Supported Full-time MSc/PhD by Research: Immunity to Infection 2025.02.28
PhD Position: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Health Science 2025.02.28