Research Funding | Next Generation Researchers

Postgraduates up to the point of PhD

List of Announcements

Please Note —

The Dean, Research holds the delegation to sign all research-related internal (UP) applications. After ensuring compliance the Research Office (Ms Natasha Jeftha) will obtain his signature on your application. Please do not submit any applications to the Dean's Office.

Funding opportunities with the most imminent closing dates are at the top of the list. Closed, recurrent calls are displayed at the end of the list to keep their information available for future planning.

Some links still provide 2018 documents /information. These are updated with that for 2019 as and when they become available.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: the National Research Foundation has implemented a significant change in their funding environment: the NRF will only publish One Call for applications for funding in February 2019. Important to note is that researchers and students will be able to apply in only one of the drop-down options within the Category of Grants available for applications. Please see the Communique from the NRF for more information.

PLEASE NOTE THAT AS FROM 2018 THE PRF WILL ONLY HAVE TWO CLOSING DATES PER ANNUM FOR APPLICATIONS: 28 FEBRUARY & 15 SEPTEMBER

Call Status	Programme	Call Documents and Links	Faculty Closing Date
Not open yet	Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (PRF) Round 2	Call Summary	19 August 2019
Open	UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 1 (Closed) UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 2 (Open) UP Postgraduate Study Abroad Programme Round 3 (TBA)	Call Summary	21 February 2019 23 May 2019 26 August 2019
Open	NRF \| Masters and Doctoral Scholarships for 2020: Masters Applications Doctoral Applications Doctoral Abroad (Nuffic) Masters and Extension Support	Call Summary General Application Guide 2020 Framework Document (Masters and Doctoral) Application Guide (Masters and Doctoral) Framework Document (Nuffic) Application Guide (Nuffic) NRF Call Advert	Respective Closing Dates 12 August 2019 30 June 2019 17 May 2019 15 July 2019
Open	UP \| University of Pretoria Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship 2020	Call Summary Application Form	02 September 2019
Open	NRF \| Honours Bursaries for 2020	Call Summary General Applications Guide 2020 Framework Document Application Guide NRF Call Advert	16 September 2019
N/A	UP Research and Innovation Support (DRIS) Web and Funding Bulletins	External Research Funding	various
N/A	Annual Funding Opportunities - Preliminary Call Schedule 2018 (excel document)	Call schedule	various
various	South African Medical Research Council Scholarships Grants webpage	SAMRC webpage	various
various	National Research Foundation (NRF) online submission and call advert webpage	login and call advert webpage call outcome page	various
various	Rachel Strohm \| List of External Research & Travel Funding Opportunities for African Academics Rachel Strohm \| List of MA and PhD Fellowship opportunities for African Students	External Research Opportunities External Fellowships	various
various	Scholars Hub Africa: External Funding Opportunity website - register for updates	visit their site	various
various	SA Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) page of available international scholarships	visit their site	various
Closed	NRF \| Honours Block Grant Scholarship 2018	Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide	15 January 2018
Closed	Swedish Institute Study Scholarships	Call Summary	15 January 2018
Closed	Scholarship Programme to Study in China, Russia or Hungary 2018/19	Call Summary	16 February 2018 7 March 2018
Closed	Irish Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme 2018/2019	Call Advertisement	20 February 2018
Closed	Masters Scholarship to study in the UK 2018	Call Summary	22 February 2018
Closed	Commonwealth Scholarships Tenable in the United Kingdom 2018	Call Summary	22 February 2018
Closed	UP Postgraduate Bursaries for Honours, Masters and Doctoral 2018	Call Summary Bursary information	28 February 2018
Closed	Embassy of France Masters and Joint PhD Scholarships 2018/2019	Call Summary MSc Info Sheet MSc Application Form Joint PhD Info Sheet Joint PhD Application Form	20 March 2018
Closed	Learn Africa \| Scholarships for African Women Students	Call Summary Brochure	07 April 2019
Closed	Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) \| 2020 Scholarship	Call Summary Guidelines Poster	15 April 2019
Closed	IOE-ISH International Masters and Doctoral Centenary scholarship	Call summary	05 April 2019
Closed	The Geneva Challenge 2019. International Contest for students	Call Summary Rules & Regulations Call Details	24 March 2019
Closed	Laura Bassi Scholarship2018/2019	Call Summary Application Form	25 March 2019
Closed	NRF \| Freestanding Innovation & Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020	Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide	01 April 2020
Closed	Claude Leon Foundation \| Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science, Engineering & Medical Sciences	Call Summary Terms & Conditions Application Form	30 April 2018
Closed	NRF \| FRF \| Sabbatical Grant for PhD or Postdoc Training in 2019	Call summary Intent to apply form Framework document Application Funding Guide UP Leave Policy	Intent to apply submission deadline: 24 April 2018 Application deadline 10 May 2018
Closed	Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2020/2021	Call Summary	19 April 2018
Closed	NRF \| Thuthuka Grant Programme 2018 call for 2019 support	Call summary Framework document Application guidelines Institutional Support Form	4 May 2018
Closed	NRF \| Freestanding Innovation & Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships 2019	Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide	11 May 2018
Closed	Commonwealth Scholarship Commision \| Medical Fellows	Call Summary	21 May 2018
Closed	NRF-Nuffic \| Doctoral Scholarship 2018	Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide	14 May 2018
Closed	FLAIR \| Fellowship Opportunity 2018	Call Summary	11 June 2018
Closed	NRF \| 2019 NRF Master and Doctoral Scholarships	Call Summary Framework Document Application Guide DAAD FISS SASAC TWAS	15 June 2018
Closed	Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship \| University of the South Pacific in UK, 2018	Call Summary	13 July 2018
Closed	Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 2018	Call Summary	15 July 2018
Closed	Edufrica \| Home and Overseas scholarships for African Students 2018/2019	Call Summary	25 July 2018
Closed	TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2018	Call Summary	31 July 2018
Closed	YSEP \| The South Africa-China Young Scientists Exchange Programme 2019	Call Summary Application Guide	15 August 2018
Closed	TWAS \| CSIR & DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme	Call Summary	31 August 2018
Closed	Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights	Call Summary	17 September 2018
Closed	MSCA\|Individual Fellowships (IF) 2018 MSCA\| Co-funding of regional (COFUND) , national and international programmes 2018	Call Summary	12 September 2018 27 September 2018
Closed	SAMA \| PhD & Masters Supplementary Scholarship	Call Summary PhD Application Form Masters Application Form SAMA PhD Information SAMA Masters Information	5 October 2018
Closed	EWSETA/DST/WRC \| Water and Sanitation focused Postgraduate Student Bursary Call	Call Summary Call Advertisement	11 November 2018
Closed	CEBHA+ \| Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare and Public Health (CEBHA+) Doctoral Scholarship	Call Summary Application Form	26 November 2018
Closed	FCS \| Swiss Government Excellence PhD Scholarships for foreign students 2019-2020	Call Summary Framework Document FAQs for scholarship applicants	15 December 2018
TBC	NSFAS-NRF Funding for Honours and Final year BTech 2018	Call Summary	(TBC) January 2018
Closed	University of Lausanne (Switzerland) \| Summer Undergraduate Research (SUR) Programme 2017		31 January 2017
Closed	2017 - 2018 PhD Level Scholarship for South Africans to study in Italy		20 February 2017
Closed	Ruth First Educational Trust Scholarship 2017-2018	Call Advertisement	9 March 2017
Closed	European Development Days Young Leaders Program 2017	Call Advertisement Application Guide	9 March 2017
Closed	University College London (UCL) Summer School 2017	Call Summary	10 March 2017
Closed	MOBILE+2 (MOBility for International Learning Experiences) Project Scholarships 2017	Call Advertisement	25 March 2017
Closed	NRF \| Call for 2016 Annual Progress Reports (APRs) for Continued Funding Scholarships and Fellowships Support in 2017		31 March 2017
Closed	Azerbaijan and ADA University Scholarships	Call Advertisement	1 April 2017
Closed	UNLEASH Innovation Lab Programme 2017	Call Poster	1 May 2017
Closed	Young Scientists' Conference Announcement and Call for Abstracts		9 May 2017
Closed	Hamilton Naki Clinical Scholarship 2017	Call Summary	21 June 2017
Closed	NRF-TWAS \| Doctoral/Renassance Doctoral Scholarships Call for 2017		22 June 2016
Closed	NRF \| Study Support for Completing Part-Time Doctoral Studies 2017		27 June 2016
Closed	NRF \| Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018	Call Summary	6 July 2017
Closed	NRF \| Freestanding, Innovation, & Scarce Skills Masters & Doctoral Scholarships and Doctoral Studies Abroad	Framework Document Application Guide	11 July 2017
Closed	UP Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2018 (International Candidates only)	Call Summary	31 July 2017
Closed	NRF \| Extension Scholarship Support for Masters and Doctoral Studies 2017		7 August 2016
Closed	Patrick & Margaret Flanagan Scholarship 2018	Application Procedure General Conditions	18 August 2017
Closed	NRF-DAAD \| In-Country Masters & Doctoral Scholarship Programme 2016		11 September 2015
Closed	Margaret McNamara Education Grant (MMEG) \| Education Grants for Women who make a Difference	Call Summary	13 September 2017
Closed	NRF-TWAS \| Research & Advanced Training Fellowship 2017	Call Summary	20 September 2017
Closed	South African Medical Association (SAMA) Scholarships & Bursaries 2017	Call Summary	30 September 2017
Closed	Ernst & Ethel Eriksen Trust \| Masters & PhD Scholarships 2018	Call Summary	30 September 2017
Closed	Discovery Foundation Clinician Awards 2018	Call Summary Framework & Application Forms	6 October 2017 15 January 2018
Closed	Leiden University - South Africa \| Scholarship for Undergraduate & Postgraduate	Call Summary	1 October 2017
Closed	Wellcome Trust \| Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science 2018	Call Summary	5 October 2017
Closed	Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2018	Call Summary	11 October 2017
Closed	Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2018/19	Call Summary	11 October 2017
Closed	UP PhD Research Bursary	Call Summary Conditions Document New Application Form	20 October 2017
Closed	DST \| NRF Internship Programme 2018/19	Call summary Province Gauteng	10 November 2017
Closed	Postgraduate Studentship Opportunities at University of Edinburgh through the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh	Call Summary	15 December 2017

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