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 | |
| Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Sabbatical Study Awards | 2026.09.31 | Sabbatical Study | OMT | |
| Wellcome Discovery Awards | 2026.07.21 | wellcome-trust-discovery-sept-2026.pdf | |
| Advanced Computing Committee Research Equipment Grant | 2026.05.29 | acc-call-research-equipment-2026-28jan2026.pdf | |
| University Equipment Committee Research Equipment Grant | 2026.05.27 | uec-call-research-equipment-2026-28jan2026.pdf | |
| Wellcome Career Development Awards | 2026.05.26 | wellcome-trust-career-dev-july-2026.pdf | |
| Wellcome Early-Career Awards | 2026.05.19 | wellcome-trust-early-career-july-2026.pdf | |
| Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee Postgraduate Research Training Grant | 2026.05.08 | ||
| France Bioimaging BEAMS Travel Grant | 2026.04.30 | BEAMS school first edition in Dakar – France-BioImaging | |
| Gates Foundation Award: Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis & Screening | 2026.04.28 | Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening | |
| Gates Foundation Award: Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Charitable Giving | 2026.04.28 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Accelerate Charitable Giving | |
| UCT Innovation Builder Fund | UCT Innovation Builder Fund | Research Contracts and Innovation |
Fellowships
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship | 2026.04.24 |
Vacancies
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| 4x Group Leaders/PIs in Kaunas-Kiel Microbiome & Precision Medicine Center | 2026.05.20 | Looking for 4 Group Leaders/ PIs in Kaunas-Kiel Microbiome & Precision Medicine Center job with Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | 12854734 |
Conferences & Other Meetings
| Conference | Date | Guidelines |
| Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference | 2026.11.30 -2026.12.03 | Welcome | Microscopy Society of Southern Africa |
| Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium | 2026.10.01 - 2026.10.02 | Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| THE World Academic Summit of Africa | 2026.09.29 - 2026.10.01 | Home | THE World Academic Summit 2026 |
| EMBO Workshop: The Complexity of Mycobacterial Infections | 2026.09.14 - 2026.09.18 | The complexity of mycobacterial infections: from research to real-world impact |
| ACS150 JACS Symposium - Molecules to Medicine: Advancing Health Innovation in Africa | 2026.09.10 -2026.09.11 | ACS150 JACS Symposium Series: University of Cape Town ACS150: JACS Symposium Series |
| 18th World Congress on Public Health | 2026.09.06 - 2026.09.09 | World Congress on Public Health |
| WUN Global Mental Health Symposium | 2026.06.23 - 2026.06.24 | website | Registration Deadline: 29 May 2026 |
Other
| Notice | Deadline | Guidelines |
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| Call for Proposals: EthicsLab webinar series, academic retreats & residencies, catalyst grants | 2026.09.30 | Research Development Programme | EthicsLab |
| Call for Abstracts: $50mil Wellcome Leap Program: Focused Antibiotics | 2026.05.15 | Focused Antibiotics | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale. |
| AfOx Health Innovation Programme | AfOx Innovation Platform — Africa Oxford initiative |