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 DeadlineGuidelines
Wellcome Career Development Awards2025.08.202025.11.20https://icts.evlink9.net/servlet/link/91245/832987/134905787/3883843
URC Start-up Grant2025.11.142025.11.14urc-start-up-grant-feb2025.pdf
Wellcome Early-Career Awards2025.10.31 wellcome-trust-early-career-feb-2026.pdf
Wellcome Career Development Awards2025.10.31 wellcome-trust-career-dev-march-2026.pdf
Wellcome Discovery Awards2025.10.31 wellcome-trust-discovery-march-2026.pdf
IDM Masterclass Award 2025.10.31Proposal to Host a Masterclass Application
IDM Visiting Scientist Award 2025.10.31Proposal to Host a Visiting Scientist
Spatial Omics Atlas Research (SOAR) Grants  2025.10.31SOAR Multiomics Grant
Global Climate Research Prize2025.10.27 call-for-applications-gcrp-2025.pdf
FHS Research Transformation Award  2025.10.21
Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund2025.09.192025.10.17WUN-RDF-Guidelines-2025.pdf
Innovation Builder Fund (IBF) 2025.10.15UCT Innovation Builder Fund | Research Contracts and Innovation
UCT Enabling Grant Seeker Excellence Award 2025.10.13egse-2025-call-document.pdf

 

Fellowships

Notice            DeadlineGuidelines
Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship2026.01.15Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship - PhD in Information and Communication Technologies (UPF)
African Brain Child: Brain Metabolome in TB Meningitis Fellowship2025.11.15abc-postdoc-2025-metabalome-final-30092025.pdf
Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship2025.11.07Applications for 2026 - Schlumberger Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship in TB Immunology2025.10.30
Division of Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacometrics2025.10.19
UCT Industry Postdoctoral Fellowships2025.10.15uct-call-industry-postdoctoral-fellowships-2025.pdf
   

Vacancies

Notice             DeadlineFile Attachments
   

 

Other

Notice             DeadlineGuidelines
Call for Abstracts & Proposals: Wellcome Leap - Foundations of a Resilient Microbiome2025.11.14FORM | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale.
Division of Clinical Pharmacology PhD Position in Pharmacometrics2025.10.19