Funding Opportunities

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CALL: MICHELSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (MMRF) - MICHELSON PRIZES: NEXT GENERATION GRANTS

Deadline: 09 June 2025

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

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CALL: CONSOLIDOC FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 2025 (2nd Call)

Deadline: 12 May 2025

Enquiries: (postdocinfo@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION GRANT- call now open!

Deadline: 17 May 2025

Contact person: Lidia du Plessis (lidia@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: SPENCER FOUNDATION - RESEARCH GRANTS ON EDUCATION: LARGE

​Deadlines: Intent - 14 May 2025 & SU Internal - 09 June 2025

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

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CALL: Wellcome Trust - Discovery Award

Deadline: 14 July 2025

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

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​​​CALL: SU-Warwick Joint Seed Fund

Deadline: 02 May 2025

Contact person: Lidia du Plessis (lidia@sun.ac.za)

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CALL: SAMRC Extramural Research Units - Expression of interest

Deadline: 01 May 2025

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

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SYMPOSIUM CALL: 2025 NRF Next Generation and Emerging Researchers Symposium

​Deadline: 12 May 2025

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

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CALL: Wellcome -  Career Development Award round 2

Deadline: 10 July 2025

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

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FMHS Research Committee Postdoctoral fellowships 2026-27

Deadline: 14 May 2025

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

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS/APPLICATIONS: New Members of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and South African Women In Science Awards_(SAWISA) 

Deadline: 27 June 2025

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

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CALL: Wellcome - Generative AI for anxiety, depression and psychosis

Deadline: 14 May 2025

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

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2025 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWISA)

Deadline: 10 June 2025

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

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NOTICE: NRF Communique on Reconfiguration of Research Support for Established Researchers

Contact person: Tracy Klarenbeek (tj.klarenbeek@risa.nrf.ac.za)​

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CALL: TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme - SSA

​Deadline: 19 May 2025

Contact: Sub-Saharan Africa region (TWAS-DFG-Programme@dfg.de)​

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CALL: PRIVATE BURSARIES - HEALTH SCIENCES 2025

Deadline: 08 May 2025

Contact person: Rhodene Amos (ramos@sun.ac.za​)

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CALL: SPENCER FOUNDATION - Racial Equity Research Grants

Deadline: 05 May 2025

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

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CALL: EU Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges

Deadline: 08 October 2025

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

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CALL: The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU): Gender Grants

Deadline: 05 May 2025

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

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CALL & INFORMATION SESSION: Wellcome Trust - Early Career Awards

Deadline: 08 May 2025

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

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​CALL: FMHS Open Access Publication Fund (FMHS-OAF)

Deadline: No deadline, submit anytime​ during the year

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

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NOTIFICATION: The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU): “Writing for the media” - training with Universal Impact / The Conversation

Deadline: 29 April 2025

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

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CALL: Deadline extended - The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU): Supporting Research Community Training Grants

Deadline: 29 April 2025

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

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CALL: ICGEB Research Grant - Collaborative Research Programme (CRP)

Deadline: 30 April 2025

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

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​​​CALL: CANSA Research Type B/C Funding Call 2025/26

Deadline: No deadline

Enquiries: (Research@cansa.org.za)

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CALL: Global Health EDCTP3 2025

Deadlines: 20 March & 02 September 2025

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

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​​CALLS: All Erasmus+ opportunities - how to find calls & how to apply

Deadline: Various

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

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​​​​CALL PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT: Wellcome Trust potential upcoming call: Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health

​Deadline: TBC

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

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​CALL: Rare diseases and Infectious diseases: Genomics for Health in Africa Scientific Exchange

Deadline: Rolling call basis

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