Faculty of Health Sciences

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are currently inviting applications, from AACR members, for:

The AACR Breast Cancer Research Fellowships represent a joint effort to encourage and support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to conduct breast cancer research and to establish a successful career path in this field. The research proposed for funding may be basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological in nature and must have direct applicability and relevance to breast cancer.

The fellowship provides a two-year grant of US$120,000 to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on mentored breast cancer research.

Funder application due date: 23 March 2023 by 20:00 (SAST)

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In January 2023, South Africa was admitted as a member of the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) following a competitive application process. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) serve as joint institutional members. South Africa is the 16th country to be admitted, and the only country from Africa. HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. 

Two types of research grants are available: 

Award details:  

• Detailed budgets are not required.  

• Depending on team size, a fixed sum is awarded, to each team, over three years, depending on team size (awarded 2-member teams will receive 300 000 USD and 4-member teams 500 000 USD annually, if all members have their labs in different countries).   

Please adhere to the following SAMRC application deadlines: 

• Compulsory initiation of a Letter of Intent (LOI): 21 March 2023 (8pm SAST) 

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The VinFuture Prize Council is a global and diverse team of distinguished individuals from academia, research, and industry, globally renowned for their achievements and contributions in advancing human progress in the fields of science, technology, and industry. The vision for the VinFuture Prize is to catalyse meaningful change in people’s everyday lives through tangible and highly scalable improvements in areas such as productivity, prosperity, connectivity, health, safety, environment, sustainability, as well as their overall happiness regardless of socioeconomic status. 

VinFuture Prize recognizes fundamental advances in science and engineering that align with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, including eradicating poverty and hunger, enhancing health and quality of life, promoting access to quality education, clean water, and renewable energy, reducing inequality, addressing climate change etc. 

Nomination process: 

• VinFuture Prize welcomes nominations from reputable organizations such as universities, research institutes/centers, academies of science and technology, scientific associations/networks, corporations and industries, innovation incubators and from prominent individuals in related areas. 
• No self-nominations are accepted.  
• Both organizational/institutional nominators and individual nominators can submit their nominations for the VinFuture Prizes via the Online Submission Portal. 

Award details:  

• The VinFuture Prize pledges US$4.5 million annually to reward breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations, including: 
• One grand VinFuture Prize of US$3 million 
• Three special VinFuture Prizes of US$500,000 each, dedicated to: 
• Developing country innovators 
• Female innovators 
• Outstanding achievements in emerging fields 

Please adhere to the following deadlines: 

The deadline for 2023 nomination submission is Monday, May 15 at 9am 

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Dear UCT Researchers,

The NRF has announced the opening of NRF One call for proposal applications. Please see the attached MS Word list for the NRF calls that are currently open, the internal deadlines and contact person per funding programme.

Please take note of the following:

1. It is of utmost importance that applicants consult the Funding Framework for more detailed information about the funding instrument about the:

• Purpose / theme(s) of the call
• Eligibility criteria (contract staff must be employed at UCT for the duration of the funding period or provide a letter from the HoD)
• Which budget items are funded/not.
• Whether provision has been made for postdoctoral support.
• Application review scorecard.

2. The NRF PG student funding policy was revised w.e.f. 2021 and grant holder linked PG bursaries have been phased out. Students must apply directly to the NRF with your application reference number. The call usually opens in April – please check for the announcement from the PGFO.
3. All applications must be submitted via the new NRF Connect system. Guides on how to register & sync your CV from the old system are available online here. See the attached PDF for how to import outputs from Scopus / ORCID.
4. Applications submitted by the UCT internal deadline will receive review feedback. Proposals received after the UCT internal deadline will only receive technical review.

Attachments:

1. Exporting Output records from NRF submission

2. List of open calls, internal deadlines and contact persons

It is recommended that researchers check the current funding page regularly for up to date information about open funding calls- https://www.uct.ac.za/research-support-hub/funding-contracts/current-funding-opportunities.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting applications for the Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional; RFA-ES-23-007) program. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs).

This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied research to examine the impacts of climate change on health and to develop action-oriented solutions to protect the health of individuals, communities, and nations from the hazards posed by climate change. This opportunity will allow the development of new research teams collaborating with communities and other partners to develop projects that generate data that will build or expand research capacity across a range of thematic scientific areas in support of the four core elements of the NIH’s Initiative in climate heath research: health effects research, health equity, intervention research, and training and capacity building.

Award details:

· Awards are available for three years and offer up to $850,000 for direct costs per year.

Deadlines:

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applications for Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional; PAR-20-300 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional; PAR-23-131).

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support translational and clinical research to improve safe and effective precision therapeutics for pregnant and lactating persons, fetuses, neonates, and children (including those with disabilities) by:

1. Advancing precision medicine in pregnant persons, lactating persons, and children through the development of novel tools, models, and other technologies that could have a direct clinical or health impact.

2. Enhancing the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of drug action, including the role of pediatric ontogeny and the dynamic physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and lactation.

3. Discovering and developing novel therapeutics or enhance the usage of existing drugs or drug repurposing for safer and more effective medications in pregnant and lactating persons, neonates, and children.

Award details:

Deadlines:

For more information, click  here.