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Funding Opportunities


CALL: ALC Research Collaboration proposals for the 2025/26 funding year

Deadline: 18 October 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: CSIR Photonics Centre's Rental Pool Program 2025/26

Deadline: 18 October 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: SUNRISE Programme - Second intake of fellows for 2025

Deadline: 30 September 2024

Contact person: Ronel Steyn (ronels@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: ALC Knowledge Exchange Programme support for 2025 for research into lasers and laser applications

Deadline: 07 October 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: Discovery Foundation awards for 2025

Deadline: 30 September & 18 November 2024

Contact person: Emmanuel Obasa (obasa@sun.ac.za)

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​CONCEPT NOTE: Oppenheimer New Frontiers Research Award

Deadline: 23 September 2024

Contact person: Dominique Meyer (dominiquem@sun.ac.za)​

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CALL: SA-JAPAN Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)

Deadline: 16 September 2024

Contact person: Dominique Meyer (dominiquem@sun.ac.za)​

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CALL: UKRI-MRC Applied Health Research Stage One

Deadline: 25 November 2024

Contact person: Dominique Meyer (dominiquem@sun.ac.za)​

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Research and Innovation Excellence Awards

Deadline: 23 September 2024

Contact person: Maryke Hunter-Hüsselmann (mh3@sun.ac.za)​

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CALL: SAVax Joint Action Grants for enhancing manufacturing capacities and access to vaccines, medicines, and health technologies in South Africa

Deadline: 30 September 2024

Enquiries: (savaxjointaction@giz.de​)

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CALL: SAMRC Joint Call for Research Projects on Tuberculosis

Deadline: 17 October 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: Wellcome Trust - Career Development and Discovery Award

Deadline: 18 & 25 November 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: Harry Crossley FMHS project funding 2025

Deadline: 01 October 2024

Contact person: Tashwell de Wet (tashwell@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for early career researchers

​Deadline: 15 October 2024

Contact persons: Lizel Senekal (lizelk@sun.ac.za​)​ or Puseletso Motsomane (pmotsomane@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

Deadline: 18 September 2024

Contact person: Levert Louw (levert@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: NRF Postgraduate Scholarships - Honours (General)

​Deadline: 20 August, 01 September & 22 November 2024

Contact person: Betina van der Merwe (betina@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: SAMRC Postgraduate Research Associate Programme: Masters and PhD Scholarships for Clinical/Health Research

​Deadline: 16 September 2024

Contact person: Lindokuhle Ndlandla (Lindokuhle.Ndlandla@mrc.ac.za)

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CALL: SAMRC Clinician-Researcher Development Programme: PhD Scholarships for Clinician-Scientists

Deadline: 16 September 2024

Contact person: Lindokuhle Ndlandla at (Lindokuhle.Ndlandla@mrc.ac.za)​

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CALL: FMHS Open Access Publication Fund (FMHS-OAF) [NEW]

​Deadline: No deadline, submit any time during the year

Contact person: Tania Brodovcky (taniab@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Study Leave

​Deadline: 23 September 2024

Contact: (applicationqueries@omt.org.za)​

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CALL: Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral and experienced researchers

​Deadline: No closing date

Contact person: Puseletso Motsomane (pmotsomane@sun.ac.za​)

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​INVITATION FOR NOMINATIONS:  5th Hideyo Noguchi Prize

Deadline: 20 September 2024

Enquiries: (nh-africa@jsps.go.jp​)

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CALL: Pre-Launch Research Grant Call II: Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa

Deadline: TBC

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: FY2024 Development Innovation Ventures Annual Program Statement (APS)

Deadline: 11 October 2024

Contact person: Levert Louw (levert@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards

Deadline: 16 September 2024

Contact person: Shannon Faro (sbrooks@sun.ac.za)

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​​​CALLS: NRF Travel, Training and Conference Opportunities

Deadlines: 27 March, 08 April & 11 November 2024

Contact person: Dominique Meyer (dominiquem@sun.ac.za)

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LECTURESHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Venice International University Globalization Program

Deadline: Various

Contact person: Kirwan Adams (kirwan@sun.ac.za)​

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​​CALL: Important Update - NRF Rating Application Process

Enquiries: (aasima@sun.ac.za)

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​​​LIBRARY NOTICE: Update on open access (OA) publishing options at Stellenbosch University

Contact person: Caretha Nel (caretha@sun.ac.za​)

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​​​​​CALLS: Horizon Eur​ope Marie Curie Actions for 2023-2024 

Deadline: Various

Contact person: Lizel Senekal (lizelk@sun.ac.za​)​

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CALLS: Horizon Europe 2023-2024 DRAFT Work Programmes 2,4,5,7

Deadline: Various

Contact person: Lizel Senekal (lizelk@sun.ac.za​)​

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CALLS: Horizon Europe 2023-2024 DRAFT Work Programmes 8,9,11

Deadline: Various

Contact person: Lizel Senekal (lizelk@sun.ac.za​)​

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New Tool on NRF Connect: Importing Research Output Records from other sources

Contact person: Dominique Meyer (dominiquem@sun.ac.za)

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​​​​​​National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunities


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