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:
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Browse through the listed opportunities to find the one that aligns with your interests and goals.
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Click on the 'Guidelines' for more information, including eligibility criteria and deadlines.
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Carefully follow the instructions provided for each opportunity to ensure your application meets all requirements.
Important Notes on Deadlines:
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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.
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Other opportunities may have a single external deadline.
Funding: Grants & Awards
| Notice | Internal Deadline | Funder & Other Deadline | Guidelines |
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| URC Start-up Gant | 2026.11.13 | urc-start-up-grant-feb2026.pdf | |
| UCT Financial Aid | 2026.11.10 | UCT Financial Aid 2027 - Adobe cloud storage | |
| SASUF-NRF Seed Grants for Intra-Africa Collaborative research Projects | 2026.11.03 | SOUTH AFRICA / GERMANY JOINT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH | |
| UCT Distinguished Social Responsiveness Award | 2026.10.30 | Nominations: UCT Distinguished Social Responsiveness Award | UCT News | |
| URC Visiting Scholar Fund (VSF) & Visiting Lecturers Fund (VLF) Grants | 2026.10.30 | Guidelines | Application Form: ri13-application-form.doc | |
| NIBIB RADx Tech Proposals for Tuberculosis Diagnostic | 2026.10.29 | RADx® Tech Independent Test Assessment Program for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Near-patient* and/or Lab-based Diagnostics - Cimit | |
| South Africa/Wallonia-Brussels Federation Science and Technology Research Collaboration | 2026.10.19 | SOUTH AFRICA / GERMANY JOINT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH | |
| UCT Enabling Grant Seeker Excellence Awards | 2026.10.15 | egse-2026-call-document.pdf | |
| Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative Award 2027 | 2026.10.15 | Guidelines | Application Form: | |
| ACU Early Career Conference Grant | 2026.10.13 | Early Career Conference Grants | ACU |
Fellowships
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| UCT FHS Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 2026.11.06 | |
| ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme: PhD Fellowship | 2026.10.20 | ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – PhD Fellowship Call – ICGEB |
Vacancies
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| Group Leader, Virology | ICGEB Trieste, Italy | 2026.10.15 | Vacancy notice: Group Leader, Virology – ICGEB |
Conferences & Other Meetings
| Conference | Date | Guidelines |
| IBRO World Congress | 2027.09.13 - 2027.09.16 | IBRO World Congress |
| 4th African Microbiome Symposium | 2026.12.02 - 2026.12.04 | 4th African Microbiome Symposium - Powered by Eventzilla |
| Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference | 2026.11.30 -2026.12.03 | Welcome | Microscopy Society of Southern Africa |
| World Conference of Lung Health | 2026.11.17 - 2026.11.20 | Registrations - Union World Conference on Lung Health 2026 |
| Infectious Disease in Africa Symposium | 2026.11.16 - 2026.11.21 | 14th IDA and 11th Flow Course | Immunopaedia Immunopaedia |
| African Flow Cytometry Workshop | 2026.11.09 - 2026.11.14 | 14th IDA and 11th Flow Course | Immunopaedia Immunopaedia |
| CSHL Meeting: Microbiome | 2026.10.27 - 2026.10.31 | Microbiome 2026 | CSHL |
| REDCap Africa Symposium | 2026.10.21 - 2026.10.22 | Registration | REDCap Africa Symposium |
| 6th H3D Symposium | 2026.10.13 - 2026.10.16 | 6th H3D Symposium | Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) |
Other
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| PhD Candidate: Psychiatric Genetics Group, Centre for Brain-Behaviour, Neuroscience Institute, UCT | 2026.10.16 | PhD Candidate - Adobe cloud storage |
| 4th African Microbiome Symposium Abstract: Poster Presentation | 2026.10.15 | 4th African Microbiome Symposium - Powered by Eventzilla |