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 DeadlineFunder & Other DeadlineGuidelines
URC Start-up Gant 2026.11.13urc-start-up-grant-feb2026.pdf
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Sabbatical Study Awards 2026.09.31Sabbatical Study | OMT
Wellcome Discovery Awards 2026.07.21wellcome-trust-discovery-sept-2026.pdf
Advanced Computing Committee Research Equipment Grant 2026.05.29acc-call-research-equipment-2026-28jan2026.pdf
University Equipment Committee Research Equipment Grant 2026.05.27uec-call-research-equipment-2026-28jan2026.pdf
Wellcome Career Development Awards 2026.05.26wellcome-trust-career-dev-july-2026.pdf
Wellcome Early-Career Awards 2026.05.19wellcome-trust-early-career-july-2026.pdf
Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee Postgraduate Research Training Grant 2026.05.08
France Bioimaging BEAMS Travel Grant 2026.04.30BEAMS school first edition in Dakar – France-BioImaging
Gates Foundation Award: Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis & Screening 2026.04.28Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening
Gates Foundation Award: Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Charitable Giving 2026.04.28Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Accelerate Charitable Giving
UCT Innovation Builder Fund  UCT Innovation Builder Fund | Research Contracts and Innovation

 

Fellowships

Notice            DeadlineGuidelines
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship2026.04.24

Vacancies

Notice             DeadlineGuidelines
4x Group Leaders/PIs in Kaunas-Kiel Microbiome & Precision Medicine Center2026.05.20Looking for 4 Group Leaders/ PIs in Kaunas-Kiel Microbiome & Precision Medicine Center job with Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | 12854734

 

Conferences & Other Meetings

ConferenceDateGuidelines
Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference2026.11.30 -2026.12.03Welcome | Microscopy Society of Southern Africa
Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium2026.10.01 - 2026.10.02Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
THE World Academic Summit of Africa2026.09.29 - 2026.10.01Home | THE World Academic Summit 2026
EMBO Workshop: The Complexity of Mycobacterial Infections2026.09.14 - 2026.09.18The complexity of mycobacterial infections: from research to real-world impact
ACS150 JACS Symposium - Molecules to Medicine: Advancing Health Innovation in Africa2026.09.10 -2026.09.11ACS150 JACS Symposium Series: University of Cape Town ACS150: JACS Symposium Series
18th World Congress on Public Health2026.09.06 - 2026.09.09World Congress on Public Health
WUN Global Mental Health Symposium2026.06.23 - 2026.06.24website | Registration Deadline: 29 May 2026

Other

Notice             DeadlineGuidelines
Call for Proposals: EthicsLab webinar series, academic retreats & residencies, catalyst grants2026.09.30Research Development Programme | EthicsLab
Call for Abstracts: $50mil Wellcome Leap Program: Focused Antibiotics2026.05.15Focused Antibiotics | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale.
AfOx Health Innovation Programme AfOx Innovation Platform — Africa Oxford initiative