UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Jacky van Wyk
UCT Inaugural Lecture Series – Health Sciences
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Campus Life 2025
Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student in Distress Fund
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UCT Inaugural Lectures - Health Sciences
2024 at a glance
Faculty Highlights
Two UCT academics awarded SARChI research chairs
Prof Sandrine Lecour Awarded Gold Medal in SAMRC 11th Scientific Merit Awards
Prof Kelly Chibale receives Queens’ College Honorary Fellowship
Proton Therapy Initiative paves the way for cutting-edge cancer treatment
Top 100: UCT rises in Medical and health and Education Studies
Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport research centre climbs in the international rankings
Health Sciences News
Health Sciences Events
Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals
Argue Better! Ethical reasoning for healthcare professionals.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics & Policy in Africa
Health Sciences Notice board
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UEC Research Equipment Call: Faculty-prioritised Large Equipment Grants
-The University Equipment Committee seeks to advance, extend, and support the research equipment infrastructure of UCT in concert with the research strategies of UCT, the faculties and departments. Equipment may be defined as a facility or system that is used for research purposes and that provides experimental, analytical, processing, testing, measurement, storing, housing, preparation, performative or recording capabilities. The UEC considers applications for funding of either single, or multiple items of equipment which together constitute a coherent unit.
Award details
Refer to application form R&I18 for details
Eligibility
• Permanent academic staff
• Academic staff on T2 contracts of at least 5 years
• Joint PGWC/UCT academic staff in Health Sciences on UCT Conditions of Service (excluding registrars).
Submission deadline
23 May 2025Download the full call for more information and the R&I18 form to apply
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Wellcome: Early-Career Awards
-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, they should deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health, and wellbeing. By the end of the award, successful candidates should be equipped to lead their own independent research programme.
Award details
PI salary for up to five years and up to £400 000 for research purposes.Eligibility
Early-Career ResearchersDownload the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval.
Funder deadline:
Three deadlines annually, with the next one for 2025 being 22 May -
Cancer Grand Challenges
-The Cancer Grand Challenges is a global research initiative that identifies the toughest challenges in cancer research. By daring global teams of multidisciplinary researchers to come together and think differently, this programme aims to find bold new solutions to challenges which have confounded scientists for many years.
The seven new challenges now open for applications are:
Award details
Awards of up to £20m ($25m) are availableEligibility
A diverse team of multidisciplinary researchers, based in different countries, with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as a Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators
Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval
Funder deadline:
Expression of Interest:18 June 2025