Funding opportunities

Funding offered through the HEU

The HEU administers NRF (National Research Foundation) South African Research Chair in Health and Wealth bursaries for Masters and Doctoral studies and funding for post-doctoral fellowships. Read more.

Note: SIDA-funded bursaries will not be offered as from 2011.

Other sources of funding

University of Cape Town

International students, please note: One of the scholarships offered by UCT has a closing date of 31 July, click here for more details.

• Postgraduate degree funding at UCT (for South African and international students)
  http://www.uct.ac.za/apply/funding/postgraduate/applications/
• School of Economics funding information at UCT

  www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Economics/Programmes/postgraduate_programmes/Funding/funding.asp
• Ushepia at UCT
  www.ushepia.uct.ac.za/bg.htm

Foundations & councils

• (MRC) Medical Research Council
  www.mrc.ac.za/
• Wellcome Trust
  www.wellcome.ac.uk/index.htm

Donors & multilaterals

• (CIDA) 
Community and Individual Development Association
  
www.cida.co.za/
• (DANIDA
) Danish International Development Assistance
  
http://www.um.dk/en
• (DFID
UK) Department for International Development

  www.dfid.gov.uk/
• GTZ

  www.gtz.de/en/
• (IDRC) International Development Research Centre

  www.idrc.ca/en/
• (USAID) 
United States Agency for International Development
  
www.usaid.gov
• (WHO) 
World Health Organisation

  www.who.int
• World Bank

  www.worldbank.org