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Dear colleagues
This announcement aims to keep members of the research community informed about news and funding opportunities in the research space. All new funding opportunities can also be found on the current funding opportunities page of the Research Support Hub.
In this newsletter:
Funding opportunities
Visit the current funding opportunities page on the Research Support Hub to view all open funding opportunities.
Call for expressions of interest: African Academy of Sciences African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence Pilot Programme (ARISE-PP)
UCT intention-to-submit deadline: Wednesday, 7 July 2021
eRA internal proposal approval (forms to reach final faculty approver): Friday, 23 July 2021
Final external funder deadline: Friday, 30 July 2021 (16:00 SAST)
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence Pilot Programme (ARISE-PP) is open for expressions of interest from talented early-career researchers (2-7 years post-PhD) who have already produced
excellent work, are ready to work independently and demonstrate potential to be a research leader.
This pilot programme is an opportunity for applicants to further develop their research career and become principal researchers leading their own independent research team and project. The ARISE-PP grants are open to applications from all fields of
research, although proposals should consider the priorities of the African Union and European Union High Level Policy Dialogue on Science Technology and Innovation (public health, green transition, innovation and technology, capacities for
science).
Please see here for more detailed information about the call, the application requirements and process. Please
submit your intention-to-submit form here.
For any queries, Faculty of Health Sciences researchers are invited to contact [email protected], while researchers from other faculties can contact [email protected].
Call for applications: Wellcome Leap Program Multi-Channel Psych: Revealing Mechanisms of Anhedonia
UCT intention-to-submit deadline: Thursday, 8 July 2021
eRA internal proposal approval (forms to reach final faculty approver): Friday, 15 July 2021
Final external funder deadline: Friday, 22 July 2021 (17:59 SAST)
Wellcome Leap Inc., a non-profit company, aims to deliver innovative breakthroughs in human global health over 5-10 years. The Multi-Channel Psych: Revealing Mechanisms of Anhedonia programme is
soliciting abstracts and proposals aiming to contribute to an environment where diagnosing anhedonic depression is as straightforward as getting a mammogram, and stratification into a treatment plan has the same speed as current algorithms after
breast biopsy.
This necessitates a general shift of mindset in an important way. Rapid, targeted intervention is considered a vital tool to prevent the progression of depression. Initially selecting the treatment with the highest likelihood of working for an
individual patient based on their specific biology is therefore of high value, because in addition to decreasing the total time of suffering, key goals include avoiding unnecessary side effects.
Please see here for more detailed information about the call, the application requirements and process. You
can submit your intention-to-submit form here.
For any queries, Faculty of Health Sciences researchers are invited to contact [email protected], while researchers from other faculties can contact [email protected].
Extended deadline: Call for creative research outputs
Deadline: Friday, 9 July 2021
The Research Office invites research staff to put forward their 2018, 2019 and 2020 creative research outputs for submission to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). This process results in the DHET awarding subsidies to UCT for
creative research outputs in the following subfields: fine and visual arts; music, theatre, performance and dance; design; film and television; and literary arts.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact Ronel de Swadt at [email protected]. Please download the call for creative research outputs here.
SAMRC's special call for black African researchers to establish new EMUs
UCT intention-to-submit deadline: Monday, 19 July 2021
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has made an open call for applications from black African researchers for the establishment of new extramural research units (EMUs) to expand and complement the existing EMUs and address the
South Africa quadruple burden of disease and emerging global health challenges such as COVID-19.
The scope of work of the proposed EMUs must include research in one or more of the following areas within the focus areas listed above: basic laboratory research; clinical; biomedical; behavioural; public health; and implementation research.
Please download the eligibility and EMU criteria together with details of the application process here. You can download the expression-of-interest form for submission to UCT here.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact Mbasa Mguye, at [email protected].
Reminder of call for nominations: URC Young Researcher Award
Closing date: Monday, 19 July 2021
The Young Researcher Award is offered annually in recognition of outstanding scholarly work by young academics who have made significant independent contributions to research in their field. A maximum of six awards will be made. Should there be
no qualifying nominations, no awards will be made.
The committee to select the Young Researcher Award will consist of current UCT Fellows (nominated by the UCT College of Fellows) who represent a broad range of academic disciplines, and will be chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and
Internationalisation, Professor Sue Harrison. The awards will be regarded as final and there will be no appeal process.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact [email protected].
Please see here for more detailed information about the call, the
application requirements and process.
SANORD: Applications for seed funding
Deadline: Sunday, 15 August 2021
The Southern African-Nordic Center Board (SANORD) is making seed funding available for research theme group leaders to conduct a research project directly related to the SDGs. This funding
aims to enhance North-South multilateral cooperation and to build networks that significantly contribute to realising the objectives of the organisation. The SANORD board will make funds available for research costs and costs related to scholarly
accredited research outputs.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact [email protected].
Please download the call for applications here.
NRF call: Equipment-related travel and training grants 2021/22
UCT internal deadline: Monday, 16 August 2021
The NRF's equipment-related travel and training grants (ERTTG) support the broader science research community with access to state-of-the-art equipment that is not available at the home research institution, regionally and nationally and to
access natural science collections such as those located at museums. This includes access to synchrotron facilities and other global research infrastructure. It also provides for the facilitation of workshops that focus on on-site training of
instrumentation specialists, technicians, operators, researchers, and postgraduates (masters and doctoral) students.
Applications will be considered for support for travel and training activity taking place from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact Zam Ndzotyana at [email protected].
Please see here for more detailed information about the call, the application requirements
and process.
Call for applications: NRF/DFG partnership on International Research Training Groups (IRTGs)
UCT internal deadline: Monday, 16 August 2021
The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the NRF provide for the possibility to support a joint workshop for the preparation of an international research training group (IRTG) proposal. Funding can be granted only if research cooperation is
already established and plans for the IRTG have already been consolidated. Funding for the joint workshops may either be applied for prior to the submission of an IRTG draft proposal or after positive evaluation of an IRTG draft proposal but prior
to submission of an IRTG full proposal.
You can download details about the call here and please direct all queries to Roshan Sonday at
[email protected].
NRF call: Knowledge, interchange and collaboration (KIC)
UCT internal deadline: Monday, 23 August 2021 (09:00 SAST)
UCT researchers are invited to apply for grants for travel or scientific events taking place between 1 January and 30 June 2022.
Funding for KIC support is for researchers and PhD students with no allocated travel support through any other current NRF funding. Applicants should only apply for travel and hosting of a physical meeting if they are confident and can show strong
evidence that such meetings can and/or will take place. It must be noted upfront that no carry forwards will be allowed for postponed or cancelled events.
The NRF is however cognisant that some virtual gatherings may require financial support for hosting and/or registration fee, attendance/participation, and therefore applications for such support accompanied by strong motivation and evidence will be
considered on a case-by-case basis.
Only applications endorsed by the UCT Research Office will be considered for funding by the NRF in 2022.
For any queries, researchers are invited to contact Zam Ndzotyana at [email protected].
Please see here for more detailed information about the call, the application requirements
and process.
NRF call: Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) Small Grants
UCT internal submission deadline: by Monday, 6 September 2021
Proposals for small, strategic projects that address critical gaps relevant to foundational biodiversity information and knowledge are invited. The primary focus of the programme is to generate, mobilise, co-ordinate and make accessible
foundational biodiversity knowledge in line with the needs of society, the Department of Science & Technology Global Change Programme and the bio-economy.
Researchers working towards the generation and mobilisation of foundational biodiversity knowledge are the priority target group for accessing programme funding.
Please download and carefully peruse the full call document. For any queries, researchers are invited
to contact Zam Ndzotyana at [email protected].
Workshop: Navigating the Protection of Personal Information Act
Online via MS Teams on 18 August 2021 from 13:00 to 15:30
The Senate Ethics in Research Committee will be hosting its Annual Workshop on 18 August 2021. This year's topic will be "Navigating the Protection of Personal Information Act". The session is designed to engage with researchers and research
ethics committees (RECs) and their support staff on the effects of POPIA and the "ASSAf Code of Conduct for Research" on research activities and institutional responses to the legislation. The aim is to provide some guidance to take research
projects and review of ethics applications forward.
Click here to view the invitation. To register, please click here by 16 August 2021.
The Research Announcement is produced by the Research Office, University of Cape Town.
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