The BIEA invites applications for funding for original research projects in any discipline in the humanities and social sciences in Africa. Projects that fall outside of these disciplinary areas are not considered (for example, we do not fund projects in STEM subjects).

Priority is given to…

Maximum award: £1,500

Closing date: 22 Apr 24

A forum for understanding the clinical and biological consequences of genome variation in malaria parasites, their vectors and human hosts

We are pleased to announce the 9th Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria conference. This meeting provides a common forum for malaria scientists, clinicians, and public health professionals working at the interface of genome science and technology, epidemiology and statistical and population genetics, with an interest in understanding the clinical and biological consequences of genome variation in malaria-exposed populations. The conference will bring researchers from across the globe working on various aspects of human, parasite and mosquito genetics together with policy makers to focus on how new biological insights can be used to control malaria.

The elimination of malaria is one of the greatest challenges facing modern medical science, and has been hindered by growing levels of diagnostic and insecticide resistance, invasive vector species and the lack of a highly efficacious vaccine. Knowledge of genome variation in the host, parasite and vector populations is important to overcome these and other obstacles to malaria elimination.

The meeting will explore the genomic epidemiology of the host, vector and parasite, highlighting the practical relevance to malaria control and elimination, including impact on long-term and novel diagnostics and control measures, such as anti-malarial drug therapies, insecticide resistance and vaccines.

This interdisciplinary conference will be a hybrid meeting – with onsite or virtual attendance. The programme will also include short oral presentations from submitted abstracts, poster sessions, poster pitch talks, panel discussions and plenty of opportunities for networking at this highly interactive meeting.

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The aim of this call is to support ODA-eligible international research collaborations between humanities and social sciences researchers in the UK and researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on climate change adaptation and mitigation led by or actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 10 Apr 24

The British Academy is inviting proposals on environmental resilience and climate action from researchers based in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 10 Apr 24

The aim of this call is to support ODA-eligible international research collaborations between humanities and social sciences researchers in the UK and researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on pandemic preparedness.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 10 Apr 24

The British Academy is inviting proposals on social determinants of health from researchers based in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 10 Apr 24

The British Academy is inviting proposals on women and climate action from researchers based in the UK, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries.

Maximum award: £200,000

Closing date: 10 Apr 24

The WARC Travel Grant promotes intra-African cooperation and exchange among researchers and institutions by providing support to African scholars and graduate students for research visits to other institutions and regions on the continent.

Maximum award: USD 3,000

Closing date: 25 Mar 24

Applications are invited from postgraduate students of the University of Cambridge for financial support towards travel to Africa (in particular Nigeria) for the purpose of research or study in 2024. It is expected that most grants will cover only part of the expenses incurred in the visit.

Applications should include a covering letter, a short proposal, and a financial statement. Applicants must ask their supervisor to submit a separate letter of support.

Completed applications should be addressed to the Centre Director, and sent to centre@african.cam.ac.uk . The deadline for receipt is Friday 15th March 2024.

CRASSH, University of Cambridge

 Applications are invited for three Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South, to be held between January and March 2025. CRASSH is partnering with the Faculty of Divinity for this selection round, and the theme for the call is RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES. Scholars from any discipline may apply, including anthropology, history, philosophy, political science, sociology and theology.

 For more information, see: https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/fellowships/global-south-fellowships/#1-about

Apply for funding to support applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities. We will accept applications of all sizes, including large research projects and small to medium-scale applications. We are looking to develop a portfolio of high-quality global research, which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinarity and strengthen global health research capacity. We encourage applications from project leads based in:

• low and middle-income countries (LMICs)
• UK, working in equitable partnership with LMIC researchers

• Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Deadline: 13 February 2024
• More info here.

Deadline: Jan 31, 2024, 11:30 am PST

The Challenge

This Grand Challenges request for proposals seeks innovative research and pilot/feasibility projects utilizing transdisciplinary approaches to better adapt to, mitigate, or reverse the combined, deleterious effects of climate change on health, women's lives, and agriculture in the geographies of interest. These innovations include early warning and disease surveillance systems to respond to climate-event-driven surges in malaria and other vector borne diseases, as well as improved mapping of expanded vector ranges and vector-borne disease transmission. Preference will be given to innovations that are formulated locally or adapted from other contexts. We are especially interested in 1) locally led, system-level innovations that are scalable and sustainable and 2) cross-cutting solutions at the intersection of multiple scientific and engineering disciplines.

Funding Level, Period of Performance, and Geography of Interest

The funding level is up to USD $200,000.00, for each grant

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These fellowships are offered annually by the SRU for scholars who are undertaking research for publication in the arts of Africa, Oceania or the Americas.

Maximum award: £7,400

Closing date: 26 Jan 24

ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants support initiatives addressing climate resilience.

Maximum award: £2,500

Closing date: 25 Jan 24 Closing soon

These enable students to undertake a two-year master's degree in a low- or middle-income country of the Commonwealth. Scholarships cover tuition fees, a living allowance, travel, and a one-off arrival allowance.

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 10 Jan 24

Funding is available for mid-career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa working in the field of epidemiology to develop collaborations with researchers based at a UK research organisation.

The funding competition is now open, and details can be found on our website

Researchers should aim to advance epidemiological skills, develop or advance collaborations and networks, share expertise, or undertake a short project. The proposed work should complement the applicant’s current or planned research but represent a clear and distinct development.

Applicants may apply for funding for a visit to a UK research organisation for between one to three months. Applicants may apply for up to £5,000 for one month, £9,000 for two and a maximum of £13,000 for three months.

To apply, please see the guidelines for applicants and our online grants management system on our website.  Any queries should be sent to: research@medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk

 Key dates:

• Deadline for Submission: Wednesday 6 December 2023
• Funding Decision: February 2024
• Feedback on funding decision: February 2024

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Prof Stacey Hynd is currently advertising two postdoctoral research associate positions at the University of Exeter, associated with the AHRC standard grant ‘Children of War: Evolving Local and Global Understandings of Child Soldiering in African Conflicts, c.1940-2000’. The jobs are for 24 months, and available from Jan 2024. One post will support the research on Francophone case studies, with an intended focus on Rwanda/Democratic Republic of the Congo. The other will support research on Lusophone case studies, with an intended focus on Angola. These posts are developmental opportunities for early career researchers, with training and mentoring provided. Applications are encouraged from scholars from the African continent and global South, and those of African or Global Majority descent.

Please contact Stacey Hynd, s.hynd@exeter.ac.uk with questions about the roles.

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This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 16 Nov 23

The awards provide up to £25,000 over one year to support collaborations between researchers in other countries and the UK, and to hold networking events aimed at strengthening global research capacity. This will allow UK-based researchers and innovators to collaborate with international partners on multidisciplinary projects. Furthermore, it will help the UK and its partners to deliver bigger, better science than one country can do alone.

This programme provides support for UK-based early career researchers working with international partners wishing to develop ODA-eligible interdisciplinary projects involving both the humanities and the social sciences.

The purpose of each project will be to develop new international interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences that is ODA-eligible. Research may be problem-focused, creatively innovative and exploratory, and should bring together relevant disciplines in both the humanities and social sciences, where appropriate, for maximum impact/effect. The Academy requires all applications to fundamentally involve and integrate both the humanities and the social sciences.

The aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on internationally focused ODA-eligible research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities AND social sciences.

This request for proposals (RFP) seeks proposals for innovative, high-quality modeling projects that will address specific research questions whilst:

• increasing connectedness between African modeling institutes.
• growing the African modeling ecosystem.
• accelerating the translation of modeling outputs into meaningful policy and programmatic impact.

We are looking for projects with a duration of 3-5 years that will achieve the following objectives:

1. Advance scientific understanding of key public health priority areas (see thematic areas below for eligible topics) and leverage modeling outputs to inform decision-making by local, regional, or continental health officials and agencies.
2. Develop, implement, and/or improve tools, processes and methods that enable the use of modeling to inform public health decision-making.
3. Strengthen connections between African modeling units, data partners (e.g. data scientists/collectors) and policy- and decision-making officials and agencies through collaborative projects. Such collaboration should lead to programmatic impact, with co-creation of the analytical questions, analysis plans, and communication of outputs.
4. Design and execute South-South collaborative activities to support knowledge exchange, cultivate partnerships between modeling units, and promote the use of modeling within health systems.
5. Use community standards for open science, including FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles where possible, thereby contributing to the development of trustworthy data science to promote collaboration within funded projects and beyond.

The University of Oslo invites applications for a PhD Fellowship in the field of medical and/or environmental anthropology. In particular, we encourage projects that explore connections between changing natural environments (shaped by e.g. toxic pollution of air, water, soil or food; urbanization, industry, mining and farming; or changing vegetation and biodiversity, rainfall, and temperatures) and health challenges (e.g., epidemics of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, mental health and child development issues; emerging viral diseases in humans and animals; or re-emerging infectious diseases like malaria and sleeping sickness).

Examples for such human-made environment-disease constellations could be as diverse as: cancer and colonial and postcolonial agriculture; insecticides in disease control; toxicological monitoring and regulation and the registration and mapping of disease; extractive industries or air pollution; antibiotic resistance or the spread of disease vectors; animal protein production and human and non-human health; land ownership, use and nutrition; chemical industries and evidentiary contests; urban or rural settlements and mental health; transport infrastructures and infections; climate changes, disease distribution and healing…… we encourage applicants to follow their own interests, and, if in doubt about the fit, to contact Paul Wenzel Geissler (p.w.geissler@sai.uio.no).

This PhD will be jointly hosted by the University of Oslo as primary University, and the University of Aarhus as secondary University. It will be twinned with an equivalent PhD with the University of Aarhus as primary university and the University of Oslo as secondary. The two PhD students will collaborate and each spend one semester of six at their respective secondary university. (The twinned position at Århus University has been advertised separately.)

This enables trainees or consultants to conduct research visits outside the UK. Fellowships are worth up to £3,000 each and may be awarded to one or several individuals.

Maximum award: £3,000

Closing date: 15 Sep 23

Education grants are awarded to women from developing and middle-income countries who, upon obtainment of their degree, intend to work in, or with, a developing country to improve the lives of women and/or children.

Pograms:

• US & Canada program
• Trinity Washington University program
• South Africa…

Maximum award: USD 15,000

Closing date: 14 Sep 23

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is inviting global health research experts and specialists in community engagement and involvement to become part of the Funding Committees for its four NIHR Global Health Research programmes. These programs aim to finance research projects that will enhance health outcomes in low or middle-income countries and bolster research capabilities in resource-limited areas. The funding covers both academic research and support functions for various programmes.

In partnership with the Galien Foundation, the Association Galien Africa is launching a call for applications for the 3rd edition of the "Prix Galien Africa" which rewards excellence and innovation. It is awarded for products, services and initiatives that are highly convincing or promising in the field of innovative discoveries and therapies for the benefit of humanity.

You can find additional information about their call for proposals at this link

This scheme provides funding for 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,…

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 27 Jul 23

This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 25 Jul 23 Closing soon

This Early-Career Research Fellowship is being initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research (ECRs) Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs). The goal is to strengthen the capacity of ECRs at African universities by giving them time away from teaching responsibilities at their home institutions while working with very senior and accomplished researchers. Each CoE is expected to host one research fellow from a country other than where the CoE is located.

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These recognise women for their contributions to the advancement of science, in Life Sciences or Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science in alternating years. Each of the five laureates will receive an award of €100,000.

Maximum award: €100,000

Closing date: 28 Jun 23

This recognises an individual or institution whose contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity for all Africans. The prize is worth USD 100,000.

Maximum award: USD 100,000

Closing date: 17 Jun 23

Apply for global health funding to prevent non-communicable diseases in cities through implementation research.

You must:

• be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding
• work in partnership with co-investigators based in low or middle income countries where the work will take place

Your research must:

• have clear implications for reducing the onset or progression of non-communicable diseases in cities
• have clear implications for reducing health inequalities

Up to £5,000,000 is available (subject to quality). We expect to fund several projects.

Your project must run for 3 to 5 years.

Before applying, you must complete a letter of intent by 15 March 2023.

Refugee Education UK (REUK), in collaboration with the Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH), and University of Nottingham are recruiting a research assistant with lived experience of displacement. The selected candidate will contribute to a 12-month research project focusing on refugee education in Oxford and Nottingham. The role is part time (3 days per week) and the salary is £26,775 pro rata. Deadline to submit an application is Wednesday June 7th by 5pm BST.

To learn more about the position and the research project, and tips on how to write your cover letter, watch the recording of an information session here. 

 Based in Oxford; open to candidates with right to work in the UK:

This supports scholars who have recently completed doctoral research within the disciplines of humanities and social sciences in eastern Africa to return to the site of their research and present their findings to the community/ies with whom they worked, and to discuss further research potential with local stakeholders. Grants are worth up to £2,500 each.

Maximum award: £2,500

Closing date: No deadline

The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action and Global High Schools.

Maximum award: USD 600,000

Closing date: 23 May 23

Awards of USD $2,000 each are available to ten deserving African graduate students in sciences relevant to plant nutrition and the management of nutrients applied to crops.

The Award will be made directly to the student. No specific duties will be required of the recipient.

The Award will be granted independent of any assistantship, scholarship, or other award that the student currently holds.

The application is only available on-line here at www.apni.net/scholar-apply

Questions can be sent to: info@apni.net 

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Addressing the biodiversity emergency requires a cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary approach. With support of the Turner Kirk Trust, CCI established the Turner Fellows Programme to engage influential individuals to address complex challenges and drive sustainable change. Through the Turner Fellowship Programme, CCI intends to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and integrate diverse areas of expertise across science, policy and practice with the conservation knowledge of the CCI partners.

The Turner Fellow (with appropriate expertise in economics, law, finance and public policy) plays a key leadership role in the future of CCI and Global Conservation efforts by enabling CCI to engage with business, policy and society on approaches grounded in practical, scalable solutions. 

For the Turner Fellow, this prestigious programme provides a unique career opportunity to work with CCI’s experts and forge new collaborations. Immersed in the David Attenborough Building (DAB), with exceptional resources, the Fellow will build a global network and enhance understanding of key conservation priorities whilst based in Cambridge, UK. 

MRC Career Development Awards (CDA) provide 5 years funding for talented post-doctoral researchers to lead their own research plans and establish their own research team to make the transition to independent investigator.

The CDA provides full personal salary costs, support for research staff, consumables expenses, travel costs and capital equipment.

Apply for funding to support your move to independent investigator in a medical research field.

Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

• have a PhD or equivalent
• show evidence of career progression
• show clear plans for developing as a leader in your specialist area of research

Your research plans must not overlap with those of your current group leader or proposed sponsor.

There’s no limit on the amount of funding you can apply for.

We will fund your salary and project costs for up to five years. We will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

You may also choose to apply for joint funding from one of the collaborating organisations.

International applicants

Proposals are welcomed from applicants of all nationalities, including those not currently based in the UK. This is subject to the fellowship being hosted by an eligible research organisation.

You will be expected to show a genuine commitment to the UK research effort beyond the end of the award.

This award is given annually to an international medical educator who has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing residency education as evidenced by innovation and impact beyond their program.

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 14 Apr 23

ICGEB offers postgraduate studies with the aim of obtaining the “Doctor Philosophiae” (PhD) degree in the life sciences. Thanks to specific agreements, the title can be awarded through a number of academic institutions of international standing, which include The Open University (UK) and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

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UK registered higher or further education institutions, RTOs or Catapults, can apply to work with a knowledge base and business partner registered in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa.

Your application must align with this scope criteria and be for a specific, strategic innovation project that…

Maximum award: £170,000

Closing date: 30 Mar 23 (Forecast)

Pre-Proposals should specifically target at least one of the following:
African Savannah Elephant:

• Human-elephant conflict mitigation and coexistence
• Reducing habitat fragmentation and loss
• Action to eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of elephants
• Community capacity building
• Conservation…

Maximum award: USD 15,000

Closing date: 28 Apr 23

Royal Society, GB

These fellowships are for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK. Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics…

Maximum award: £60,000

Closing date: 28 Mar 23

The award recipient will present his/her research either orally or as a poster during the Annual Meeting.

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 22 Mar 23

These support teams of researchers at any career stage working on innovative approaches to understand complex mechanisms of living organisms. Grants are worth up to USD 500,000 per year each over three years, dependent upon team size.

Maximum award: USD 1,500,000

Closing date: 21 Mar 23

Unitaid is pleased to announce this call for proposals aimed at mitigating antimalarial drug resistance in Africa through interventions that rapidly diversify artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) use. Artemisinin partial resistance has been confirmed for the first time in Africa,…

Maximum award: Not specified

Closing date: 13 Mar 23

Applications are invited from postgraduate students of the University of Cambridge for financial support towards travel to Africa (in particular Nigeria) for the purpose of research or study in 2023. It is expected that most grants will cover only part of the expenses incurred in the visit.

A letter of application addressed to the Director of the Centre of African Studies should be emailed to centre@african.cam.ac.uk. The deadline for receipt is Friday 10th March 2023.

Applicants should include a short proposal with an accompanying financial statement, and should ask their supervisor to send a separate letter in support by the same date.

• Aim: Apply for funding for the early-stage development of an intervention that seeks to address a UK or global public health challenge. Any researcher employed by an eligible research organisation, including MRC institutes and units (including those in The Gambia and Uganda), can apply for this funding opportunity. MRC will fund up to £150,000, for a maximum of 18 months.
• Deadline: 08 March 2023
• Funders: Medical Research Council (MRC)
• More details here

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The Role

Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, invites applications for its Visiting Fellowship designed to support research in any field of study from scholars with current academic appointments or their equivalent in the Global South (defined for present purposes as countries on the current OECD ‘DAC’ list.

The Visiting Bye-Fellowship is a limited-term appointment for the purpose of carrying out some specific research project, free of other commitments. The purposes are to permit the scholar to execute this project, to enable the scholar to engage in intellectual exchange with Cambridge scholars and to form connections that might be of longer-term benefit to their own careers and to their own institutions, and to enrich the life of the College and university by widening our own networks and perspectives. 

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Grand Challenges Senegal is a not-for-profit innovation fund, hosted by the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) foundation. The purpose of Grand Challenges Senegal is to advance the ecosystem for public health innovation in Africa.

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Climate Science, impacts and adaptation
The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), based in the Environmental and Geographical Science department (EGS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is seeking up to 3 Post-Doctoral Research Fellows (PDRF) to join, contribute and expand further the group’s research portfolio, into:
1. physical climate research (e.g. climate system dynamics and statistics, climate projections and model evaluation, seasonal forecasting), and/or
2. climate driven impact modeling and analysis (e.g. food production and food security, water food-energy, health), and/or
3. climate change adaptation in a developing context (e.g. adaptation, co-production, decision making, participatory/collaborative learning).
CSAG is a Research Centre at UCT with 25 years of experience, having initially made its mark in climate science and statistical downscaling. Over the years the group has grown into various fields across disciplines in natural and social sciences and contributes to actionable knowledge on climate impacts, vulnerability, capacity strengthening, climate change adaptation and the co-production of climate services. Milestone works include facilitating CORDEX-Africa, development of the first Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA), catchment scale seasonal forecast (see Piotr Wolski), smallholder vulnerability assessments, Climate and Agriculture Risk Visualisation and Assessment (CAVA), and engagement for urban scale decision-making (FRACTAL). Find a more comprehensive list of CSAG’s past projects, publications, and postgraduate supervision online.
CSAG is currently involved in a spread of activities, financed by global and national actors such as NIH, SASSCAL, NRF, and the European Commission (H2020). These include fellowship financing projects such as: i) the NIH funded HE2AT Centre which is developing innovative machine learning approaches to addressing the challenge of heat health impacts in Africa (see Chris Jack); ii) the SASSCAL funded FoSRecS project, addressing crop production resilience in terms of climate, suitability and narrative in Zambia and Namibia (see Olivier Crespo); and iii) the H2020 funded FOCUS-Africa developing climate services in southern Africa (see Chris Lennard).
Responsibilities:
The successful candidates will work in collaboration with senior CSAG researchers, contributing toward one or more identified research focus/project, with ample room to develop her/his own research, networks and financing opportunities, with the support of and in cohesion with the wider research portfolio of CSAG. The PDRFs will be supported in producing high level academic publications, taking part in production of project deliverables and their reporting, seeking and attracting additional funding, supervising postgraduate students, etc. The length of the Fellowship is for one year, renewable for up to three years pending performance and funding availability.
Conditions of Award:
• Must have achieved their doctoral degree within the past 5 years.
• Applicants may not previously have held full-time permanent professional or academic posts.
• The fellowship will be based in Cape Town. CSAG is a flexible work environment, allowing for hybrid modes of work. However, in-person presence at the CSAG office is important to build good relations across the team.

Requirements:
• A PhD relevant to either or combination of: i) climate science; ii) impact; or iii) adaptation.
• An ability to both work in a team, take initiative to solve research questions and contribute to • Work effectively in a diverse team environment.
• Excellent English language skills (written and spoken).
• Willingness to travel for project related missions.
• Interest in working with and supervising postgraduate students.
Advantageous experience (in connection to activity):
• Evidence of strong scholarly performance in relation to year since PhD (e.g. publications participation in research projects, networks).
• Coding skills with respect to data analysis in Python (or R) and competency in statistical methods relevant to climate science.
• Experience in running climate/agricultural/hydrological models and/or experience in statistical downscaling.
• Experience with risk and vulnerability assessment, impact forecasting and adaptation, particularly in developing countries.
• Social and community engagement, including toward policy framing.
• Fluency in French to support engagement with partners in francophone west Africa.
All applications should include:
• A detailed letter of motivation describing your interest in the fellowship, the work you wish to pursue, and its alignment with the themes above,
• A comprehensive CV,
• At least one example of recent, written work,
• The names and contact details of two referees.

Send your application to climate@csag.uct.ac.za by no later than 27 January 2023

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed between 13 and 17 February 2023. These interviews will be 40 minutes long, including 10 minutes for the candidate to present their work and ambitions, 10 minutes to interpret material relevant to the theme of the applied position (to be shared during the interview) and 20 minutes of discussions/questions.
The successful candidate will be expected to start as early as possible in the first quarter of 2023. The current PDRF funding level ranges from ZAR 300,000 to 340,000 per year pending experience. The fellowship is not taxable, but no benefits or allowances are included in its value (i.e. no medical, no retirement, etc). Running expenses will be covered depending on project fund availability.

Further information about postdoctoral fellows at UCT can be found at:
https://uct.ac.za/research-innovation-postdoctoral-research-fellowships/postdoctoral-research fellowships
UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity, and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under represented designated groups including candidates with disabilities. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf.

Seeking bold ideas that address the human health impacts of climate change in low- and middle-income countries. These innovative solutions are expected to address the adaptation gaps and build resilience against the effects of climate change on the human health and wellbeing of underserved communities.

Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to CAD $150,000 for a period of up to 18 months to develop and test the proposed innovation. 

PLEASE NOTE – The Round 12 RFP deadlines have been extended!

The applicant registration deadline is January 16, 2023 at 2:00pm UTC (9:00am EST).  

The application submission deadline is January 23, 2023 at 2:00pm UTC (9:00am EST).