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
Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund2025.09.192025.10.17WUN-RDF-Guidelines-2025.pdf
UCT Enabling Grant Seeker Excellence Award 2025.10.13egse-2025-call-document.pdf
Post-graduate Publication Incentive (PPI) Funding  2025.10.08
Wellcome Early-Career Awards2025.08.012025.10.01https://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 2025.09.23https://uctcloud-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/01378172_wf_uct_ac_za/EVbDCzm3FsdBp2-gM8OO8LUBXhS3ye_pE87I1fGbMKgQvw?e=5NgQrR
Short Research Visit/Short Research Course Round 22025.09.182025.09.18short-research-visit-short-research-course-round-2-cfa-july-2025.pdf
Olink Preteomics Grant 2025.09.08Olink® Explore HT Grant – Call for Proposals

 

Fellowships

Notice             Deadline Guidelines
Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship 2025.11.07 Applications for 2026 - Schlumberger Foundation
University Research Committee Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025.09.15
     

Vacancies

Notice              Deadline File Attachments
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
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