Dear FHS Colleagues and Students,

I am seeking 100 volunteers for my Master’s research study: "Validating Hair Ethyl Glucuronide (hEtG) as a Biomarker for Chronic Alcohol Misuse."

We are specifically looking for participants who meet the following criteria:

• Hair Type: Untreated (virgin) hair—no chemical relaxers, dyes, or bleach in the last 6 months.
• Hair Length: Minimum of 3 cm.

What is involved?
A brief 30-minute session at the Hair and Skin Research Lab at Groote Schuur Hospital for a small hair sample collection.

How to participate:
If you are interested, please contact hairetgstudy@gmail.com or sign up via the link

Read the Invitation to Participate here.

(https://childmind.org/global/snf-global-center/fellowships/research-fellowship/)

The SNF Global Center Research Fellowship is an extraordinary opportunity for early-career researchers at leading academic institutions in LMICs. This fellowship empowers innovative researchers committed to addressing local needs to advance the field of child and adolescent mental health. Fellows in the program serve as principal investigators of research projects that have the potential to transform mental health outcomes for young people in their countries and beyond.

• Award details:  
  Up to US$550,000 for a four-to-five-year project
   
  Eligibility:  
• Early-career researchers within 10 years of completing a doctoral degree
• Currently employed by an eligible host institution in a LMIC.
• Able to dedicate at least 50% of their full-time work to the Fellowship.
• Applicants must be nominated by an eligible institution in a LMIC.

NB:  Eligible institutions in LMICs may nominate up to two candidates for the 2026 cohort.
 
 

Funder webinar for nominating institutions: 12th March 2026, register here.    

Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval   

Funder deadline:  
The application for the 2026 SNF Global Center Research Fellowship will open in April 2026, with a deadline to apply of June 15, 2026

(https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/establishing-infrastructure-hubs-power-evidence-synthesis) 

Wellcome will fund five new global infrastructure hubs to enable more timely, relevant and affordable AI-enabled evidence synthesis to address policy-scale challenges. This is part of Wellcome’s first series of Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative (ESIC) investments.

The hubs will establish foundational evidence synthesis capabilities that can be used to address Wellcome’s strategic priorities in global health.  

Eligibility 

Established researchers with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Principal Investigator.

Award details 

£1.5 to £1.9 million, for a period of 3-5 years

Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval  

Funder deadline: 

07 May 2026

Are you a researcher planning to apply for a Wellcome grant in the next two years?

 Wellcome is offering researchers the opportunity to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee and learn how grant applications are assessed. The opportunity is available to active researchers in any discipline linked to Wellcome’s Discovery Research remit, based in the UK, Republic of Ireland, or a low- or middle-income country (excluding India and China).

 Learn more and apply

(https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/mental-health-award-using-physical-activity-and-circadian-based)

Wellcome is soliciting applications for the Mental Health Award: Using physical activity and circadian-based interventions to reduce anxiety and depression in young people. This award will fund mechanistically informed trials of interventions for anxiety and depression in young people aged 10-18 years. Successful teams will build on existing mechanistic evidence to develop more precise and effective early interventions that have the potential to scale.

Eligibility 

Established researchers with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Principal Investigator.

Award details 

£1-4 million per grant, for 3-4 years

Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval

Funder deadline:

14 July 2026

(https://www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/research-career-funding-programmes/postdoctoral/global-advanced-fellowship)

The UK-based National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is accepting applications from postdoctoral researchers at all levels to the Global Advanced Fellowship scheme.  The scheme aims to create a sustainable pathway to research leadership for global health researchers working in Low- and Middle-income countries (LMIC) and the UK. The Global Advanced Fellowship scheme will support any field of applied global health research for the direct and primary benefit of people living in LMICs.

Eligibility 

To be eligible for an NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship you must:

• Have recently completed or are soon to be awarded a PhD but are not established as an independent researcher.

• For clinical applications: have completed relevant pre-registration training.

• Be employed by a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or Research Institute in a LMIC or a HEI in the UK

• Be conducting research that directly and primarily benefit patients and the public in countries on the OECD DAC list.

Award details

• Up to £750,000 funding towards the salary costs of the individual, and the costs of an appropriate research project and training and development programme.

• Project duration of 2 to 5 years Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) in duration and may be taken up on a part-time basis between 50% and 100% WTE.

Funder Webinar, 16 April 2026 - registration link

Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval  

Funder deadline:

30 June 2026

(https://www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/research-career-funding-programmes/professorships-and-senior-investigators/global-research-professorships)

The Global Research Professorship award is NIHR’s flagship career development award. It aims to fund research leaders to promote effective translation of research The programme funds researchers undertaking research that aims to specifically and primarily benefit people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Eligibility

To apply for a Global Health Research Professorship, you must:

• Have an outstanding record of public health, health or care research including clinical and non-clinical researchers

• Be on track to become a future global health research leader

• Be based in a LMIC or the UK

• Be nominated by the higher education institution (HEI) or research institute in which they are employed (See eligible host institution list)

NB: Only two submissions per institution are allowed (at least one of which needs to be female).

Award details

up to £2 million of funding over 5 years

Submission process:

• Since the host institution submits two nominees for this award, ONLY candidates who complete the applicant screening questionnaire by 4 May will be considered in UCT’s internal selection process.

• Applicants should submit an intention to submit and complete an MS Teams- based questionnaire by 4 May.

  • The responses provided in the questionnaire will form the basis for the internal shortlisting process.
     
  • The internal selection process will run from 4 to 11 May.

• The International Grants Hub (IGH) is coordinating the internal selection process and aims to notify all candidates of the outcome of their internal application by 12 May 2026.

Funder deadline:

30 June 2026

The Faculty Research Committee (FRC) has committed a budget to strategic research support awards to assist postgraduate research related projects. The intention of this award is to assist Principal Investigators to support a postgraduate related research project(s) with the vision to help fulfil the successful completion of both the project(s) and the postgraduate degree(s).

Eligibility

• Application for the funding must be made by the Principal Investigator (academic or research staff member in the Faculty of Health Sciences) who is the supervisor of the postgraduate student(s)

• Principal Investigators can apply for funds to support multiple students’ projects in one application but are limited to one application per Principal Investigator.

Award details

• A maximum award of R30 000 per application towards research costs.

• Research costs requested may include research consumables, other research related expenses and a contribution to the postgraduate student’s stipend.

Funder deadline

08 May 2026

Download the full call for more information