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Campus Life 2025

First-year students are invited to begin their journey through Campus Life 2025, which is a comprehensive guide to navigating university life. The publication includes lots of useful information.
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Prof Kelly Chibale

Honorary doctorate for Kelly Chibale

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Kelly Chibale is set to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Leiden University in the Netherlands on 7 February 2025 during the institution’s 450th anniversary celebrations.

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Basic Counselling Skills

4 April 2025
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Basic counselling skills are crucial to foster healthy relationships when working with people, albeit patients in a clinic or hospital setting

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  • Wellcome: Discovery Awards Scheme

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    Wellcome is soliciting applications for their Discovery Awards scheme from established researchers and teams from any discipline. Researchers who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing are eligible to apply.  Successful applicants will be expected to actively promote a diverse, inclusive and supportive research environment within their team and across their organisation.   

    Award details:  
    Up to eight years of project expenses   

    Eligibility:  

    Established researchers  

    Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval.

    Funder deadline:  

    08 April 2025 

  • Wellcome: Career Development Awards

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    Wellcome is soliciting applications for their Career Development Awards scheme. Mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders are eligible to apply. Through this scheme 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. By the end of the award, successful candidates should have achieved international standing in their area of research.  

    Award details  

    Up to 8 years and applicants may request a salary   

    Eligibility  

    Mid-Career Researchers 

    Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval.

    Funder deadline:  

    03 April 2025 

  • CANSA: Research Grants

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    The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) have funding opportunities available for research projects, and invite applications for fundingto the following projects/programmes: 

    Type A projects 
    The purpose of this funding is to support high-quality research to advance management and improve outcomes for the most common cancers in South Africa. 

    Type B projects 
    The focus is on environmental/ lifestyle-related risk reduction and helping the public to make healthy choices to reduce their risk of cancer. 

    Type C projects 
    The focus is on optimising services to cancer patients and addressing their diverse needs including early detection, recognition of signs and symptoms of cancer and pathways to cancer treatment and care. 

    Award details  

    • Type A projects: Up to R1 million per year, for three years. 

    • Type B and C projects: Up to R60 000 per year. 

    Eligibility  

    •Type A projects: Aimed at MBChB and PhD cancer researchers based at South African universities and research organisations. 

    •Type B and C projects: Aims to support emerging researchers within the cancer research field. 

    Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval    

     

    Funder deadlines:  

    Type A projects: 30 April 2025 

    Type B/C projects: There are no deadlines that applicants would need to adhere to for submission as applications are accepted throughout the year