Current funding opportunities

On this page:

• General grants and awards (including URC funding opportunities and external grants and awards)
• NRF grants

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General grants and awards

Notice	Contact person(s)	Deadline
European Commission Horizon Europe funding calls 2022	International Grants Hub	UCT intention-to-submit deadline: 24 December 2021
Wellcome Early-career Awards	Faculty of Health Sciences: research.health@uct.ac.za, FHS Research Enterprise Other UCT Faculties: internationalgrants@uct.ac.za, Research Office	UCT intention-to-submit deadline: 30 November 2021 eRA internal proposal approval (forms to reach finance approver): 3 February 2022 Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 8 February 2022 Final external funder deadline: 15 February 2022
Wellcome Career Development Awards	Faculty of Health Sciences: research.health@uct.ac.za, FHS Research Enterprise Other UCT Faculties: internationalgrants@uct.ac.za, Research Office	UCT intention-to-submit deadline: 30 November 2021 eRA internal proposal approval (forms to reach finance approver): 17 March 2022 Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 22 March 2022 Final external funder deadline: 29 March 2022
Wellcome Discovery Awards	Faculty of Health Sciences: research.health@uct.ac.za, FHS Research Enterprise Other UCT Faculties: internationalgrants@uct.ac.za, Research Office	UCT intention-to-submit deadline: 30 November 2021 eRA internal proposal approval (forms to reach finance approver): 14 March 2022 Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 17 March 2022 Final external funder deadline: 24 March 2022
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (PRF) research grants and major impact projects	Faculty of Health Sciences: research.health@uct.ac.za, FHS Research Enterprise Other UCT Faculties: internationalgrants@uct.ac.za, Research Office	UCT intention-to-submit deadline: 28 January 2022 Complete and upload the eRA PRF grant application package: 14 February 2022 Final external funder deadline: 28 February 2022
Future Professors Programme | Fellowship in Academic Excellence and Leadership	Fazeela Felton	Application deadline: 11 February 2022
National Geographic Society: COVID-19 emergency fund for journalists	Visit the website for more information.	Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Honorary Research Associate notice	Research Funding	None
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust: Awards for Sabbatical Study	Claire Digby (OMT)	None
URC Travel Conference	Jacqueline Sylvester	Ad hoc
URC Conference-hosting Grants	Jacqueline Sylvester	Ad hoc
URC Visiting Scholars Fund/Visiting  Lecturer’s Fund	Zam Ndzotyana	Ad hoc
URC Short Research Visit/ Short Research Course	Amanda Raman	Ad hoc

NRF Ratings

Notice	Contact person(s)	Deadline
Call for applications: NRF Evaluation and Rating 2022	Roshan Sonday Jacqueline Sylvester	UCT internal deadline dates: Friday, 19 November 2021, Friday, 17 December 2021 Friday, 14 January 2022 NRF deadline: Monday, 28 February 2022

NRF Grants

Notice	Contact person(s)	Deadline
South Africa (NRF) - Netherlands (NWO) call for joint proposals	Mbasa Mguye	Preliminary Proposal Sunday, 1 March 2022
BRICS Multilateral Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration 2021	Mbasa Mguye	Pre-proposal joint application form: 14 October 2021 UCT’s internal deadline for full proposals: 14 March 2022

 

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