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Dear colleagues
The purpose of this announcement is to keep members of the UCT 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:
Noticeboard
Funding opportunities and funder announcements
Research capacity building
Noticeboard
On the Research Announcement noticeboard, we share news and items of interest from the UCT Research Office.
Updates to eRA: Live as of 05 May 2022
Following the DVC Desk that was published on 24 March, the eRA pre-awards module has been updated with a new feature called the Person
Effort functionality which will be rolled out on 05 May 2022.
As of today, you will need to enter all UCT project staff listed on your grant proposal under selected roles in your eRA approval form, and finance staff will need
to capture the percent effort (which reflects the amount of time that will be committed to the project) for all UCT individuals listed on each grant application. This eRA update is necessary to facilitate compliance with funder requirements on
effort reporting.
If you need help or have any questions, please log a call via ServiceNow.
Reminder: Invitation to Idea to Impact (i2!) programme
Applications close: 13 May 2022 at 19:00 (SAST)
Starting date: 30 May 2022
Research Contracts and Innovation (RC&I) invites post-graduate students (masters or PhD) or academic staff from UCT who are interested in commercialising their research to sign up for UCT’s Idea to Impact (i2!) programme.
The i2! programme will equip researchers with the skillset and experience required to commercialise their research either via licensing, or creating a high-growth technology company. Participants will gain valuable experience and exposure to the
technology transfer industry and start-ups.
The programme consists of six weeks of training to provide attendees with the tools necessary to commercialise research.
You can download the invitation here. For more details, please email RC&I’s New Venture Support Manager,
Niall Naidoo or register here.
Reminder: Call for DHET creative research outputs submissions
Deadline: 31 May 2022
The Research Office invites research staff to submit their 2019, 2020 and 2021 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.
More information, including guidelines, processes and resources, can be found here.
Funding opportunities and funder announcements
Visit the current funding opportunities page on the Research Support Hub to view all open funding opportunities.
Call for applications: Wellcome early-career awards
Faculty-reviewer deadline: 24 May 2022
eRA internal proposal approval deadline: 7 June 2022
Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 14 June 2022
The Wellcome Early-Career Awards scheme is soliciting applications from early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.
Through innovative projects, awardees will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health, and wellbeing.
By the end of the award, successful candidates will be equipped to lead their own independent research programme. Research proposals may be in any discipline - including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), experimental
medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health - as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with the Wellcome Trust’s funding remit.
Read more about this call here.
Queries for Health Sciences are to be directed to [email protected]. All other faculties to direct queries to [email protected].
Reminder: Wellcome mid-career awards
Intention-to-submit form: 21 June 2022
Faculty-reviewer deadline: 27 June 2022
eRA internal proposal approval deadline: 11 July 2022
Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 14 July 2022
The Wellcome Career Development Awards scheme is soliciting applications from mid-career researchers, from any discipline, who have the potential to be international
research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work, and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
Research proposals may be in any discipline - including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health - as long as it has the
potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with the Wellcome Trust’s funding remit.
Read more about this call here.
Queries for Health Sciences are to be directed to [email protected]. All other faculties to direct queries to [email protected].
Reminder: Call for concept notes for Climate Adaptation and Resilience initiative
Intention-to-submit form: 13 May 2022
Faculty-reviewer deadline: 20 May 2022
eRA internal proposal approval deadline: 01 June 2022
Funder deadline: 7 June 2022
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) announced a call for concept notes under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience
(CLARE) initiative.
CLARE is an ambitious initiative supporting research to enable socially inclusive and sustainable action to build resilience to climate change and natural hazards across Africa and Asia-Pacific. Given the scale and urgency required, in addition to
generating research, CLARE will place significant emphasis on getting knowledge and evidence into use. CLARE will deliver strengthened agency in the Global South to do and use research for adaptation action, as well as actionable adaptation
solutions to support the most vulnerable.
This call for concept notes seeks to identify transdisciplinary teams motivated to conduct action-oriented research related to one (or more) of CLARE’s three research themes, namely:
- Understand climate risk
- Risk-informed early action
- Developing in a changing climate
For more information, and to apply, click here.
Queries for Health Sciences are to be directed to [email protected]. All other faculties to direct queries to [email protected].
Reminder: UKRI call for applications for applied global health research
Intention-to-submit form: 20 May 2022
Faculty-reviewer deadline: 28 June 2022
eRA internal proposal approval deadline: 14 July 2022
Faculty-approved eRA forms must reach RC&I: 21 July 2022
United Kingdom Research and Innovation's (UKRI) applied global health research board supports applied research that will be of direct and primary benefit to the health of vulnerable populations. They are looking for research projects that will
develop practical solutions to health challenges. The research question might involve different disciplines and approaches from outside the health sector, but the primary objective must be health focused.
The following grant schemes are available through the applied global health research board:
- research grant: MRC research grants are suitable for focused research projects that may be short- or long-term in nature. In addition, they can be used to support method development or development and continuation of research facilities and may
involve more than one research group or institution.
- partnership grant: The partnership grant scheme is designed to support novel partnerships between diverse groupings of researchers. Funding will be provided to establish new, high-value collaborative activities or capabilities that should add
value to high-quality scientific programmes that are already supported by grants from the MRC and other funders. It is not designed to fund standalone, hypothesis-driven research projects, which may otherwise be eligible for MRC research or
programme grant type funding.
For more information, and to apply, click here.
Queries for Health Sciences are to be directed to [email protected]. All other faculties to direct queries to [email protected].
Reminder: Applications for NIHR Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation call
Intention-to-submit form: 11 May 2022
Faculty-reviewer deadline: 18 May 2022
eRA internal proposal approval deadline: 22 June 2022
Funder submission deadline: 29 June 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has announced a fifth Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) call. This will support targeted research to strengthen health service delivery and resilience in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the context of extreme weather events.
The NIHR is seeking programmes of applied health research that can strengthen health service delivery and resilience in LMICs in the context of extreme weather events caused by the changing climate.
For more information, click here.
Research capacity building
Below are events, workshops and webinars that offer capacity-building opportunities for the UCT research community.
POPIA information session for researchers
12 May 2022
Researchers, principal investigators, study leaders and members of research ethics committees are invited to attend UCT's POPIA information session for researchers.
POPIA has implications for all research involving human research participants. POPIA is not a threat to research activities, because it balances the right to privacy against the public interest in research
activities. However, research activities must be assessed to make sure that the impact on research participants is properly managed by researchers.
During this session the latest news regarding ASSAf's POPIA Code of Conduct will also be shared.
Register for the session here.
The Research Announcement is produced by the Research Office, University of Cape Town.
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