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 Deadline | Guidelines |
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Wellcome Career Development Awards | 2025.08.20 | 2025.11.20 | https://icts.evlink9.net/servlet/link/91245/832987/134905787/3883843 |
URC Start-up Grant | 2025.11.14 | 2025.11.14 | urc-start-up-grant-feb2025.pdf |
Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund | 2025.09.19 | 2025.10.17 | WUN-RDF-Guidelines-2025.pdf |
UCT Enabling Grant Seeker Excellence Award | 2025.10.13 | egse-2025-call-document.pdf | |
Post-graduate Publication Incentive (PPI) Funding | 2025.10.08 | ||
Wellcome Early-Career Awards | 2025.08.01 | 2025.10.01 | https://icts.evlink9.net/servlet/link/91245/832987/134905787/3883843 |
FHS Research Committee Research Stimulus Award | 2025.10.01 | ||
University Staff Doctoral Programme for PhD Candidates | 2025.09.23 | https://uctcloud-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/01378172_wf_uct_ac_za/EVbDCzm3FsdBp2-gM8OO8LUBXhS3ye_pE87I1fGbMKgQvw?e=5NgQrR | |
Short Research Visit/Short Research Course Round 2 | 2025.09.18 | 2025.09.18 | short-research-visit-short-research-course-round-2-cfa-july-2025.pdf |
Olink Preteomics Grant | 2025.09.08 | Olink® Explore HT Grant – Call for Proposals |
Fellowships
Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship | 2025.11.07 | Applications for 2026 - Schlumberger Foundation |
University Research Committee Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2025.09.15 | |
Vacancies
Notice | Deadline | File Attachments |
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Senior Scientific Office (Lab Manager), Centre for Cancer Research, FHS | 2025.09.11 |
https://uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/2025-08/fhs-id1112-sso-labmanager-ccr_0.pdf https://uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/2025-08/fhs-id1112-sso-labmanager-ccr-jd.pdf |
Other
Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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Master's in Clinical Neuroscience by Dissertation, African Brain Child Research Initiative | 2025.09.30 | neurosurgery-msc-tbm.pdf |
Master's of Science (Medicine) in Surgery Dissertation, African Brain Child Research Initiative | 2025.09.30 | neurosurgery-msc-tbi.pdf |
Masters in Computational Health Informatics | 2025.09.30 | |
African Bioinformatics Institute Call for Group Leaders | 2025.09.19 |