Funding opportunities
| Bursaries and training scholarships at Universities and Technikons |
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The MRC offers a number
of bursaries and training scholarships for full-time research training at
universities and technikons. MRC bursaries and scholarships will be awarded
to South African citizens or permanent residents only. The MRC must be acknowledged
in all publications and other outputs. MRC scholarships are exempted from
personal tax and the institution at which the individual is based must apply
for a tax directive for additional income, where applicable.
Local
Masters and Doctoral Scholarships
The MRC offers scholarships for Masters and Doctoral studies to students who
have obtained an honours degree or equivalent in any field in the health sciences,
and who wish to obtain an advanced degree. Preference is given to applicants
who plan to undertake their research with a supervisor that is a MRC-funded
researcher.
Further information on:
Closing
date: 30 September
Postdoctoral
Scholarships for Research Training in South Africa
The MRC offers scholarships for postdoctoral training in health sciences to
South African citizens under the age of 50 years who are in possession of
a research doctorate in an approved field of health sciences. Scholarships
can be renewed for a second year.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 31 August
Research
Training Scholarships for Dentists
The MRC offers research training scholarships to candidates who have recently
obtained their bachelors degree in dentistry and are registered with the Health
Professions Council. They should have completed their community service and
must show promise in a specific field of health research and undertake research
work within an established research environment in South Africa.
Scholarships are awarded
for a period of one year at a time. Successful applicants may apply for renewal
of the scholarship. Preference for renewals will be given to applicants that
have registered for a Masters degree or research doctorate.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 30 April
Research
Training Scholarships for Medical Doctors
The MRC offers research training scholarships to candidates who have recently
obtained a bachelors degree in medicine and are registered with the Health
Professions Council. They should have completed their internship and community
service, and be interested in pursuing full-time training in an established
health research environment in South Africa.
Scholarships are tenable
for one calendar year at a time. Successful applicants may apply for renewal
of the scholarships for a second and third year, which will be considered
in competition with all other applications. Preference for renewals will be
given to those applicants that have registered for a MSc Medical Science,
PhD or MD degree.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 30 June
Research
Training Scholarships for Allied Health Professionals and Nurses
The MRC has installed a category of research training scholarships to create
an opportunity for nurses and the allied health professionals to undertake
full-time research training in an established health research environment
in South Africa. Applicants must be in possession of an honours degree or
equivalent. Scholarships are tenable for one calendar year at a time. Successful
applicants may apply for renewal of the scholarship for a second and third
year, which will be considered in competition with all other applications.
Preference for renewals will be given to those applicants that have registered
for a masters degree or a research doctorate.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 30 September
Senior
Research Training Fellowships in Health Sciences for Registrars and Medical
Specialists
The MRC offers a salary contribution to enable medical registrars in their
final year of training in a specialist field and medical specialists under
the age of 40 to spend dedicated time undertaking research training which
can lead to a dissertation for an M Med, MD or PhD.
The employing institution
must provide a salary top-up to a market-related remuneration package.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 30 September
Overseas
Training Scholarships
Doctoral
Scholarships
The MRC offers a “sandwich” programme to doctoral students who
need to spend time with a collaborator/supervisor outside South Africa as
part of a doctoral training programme. A maximum of twelve months in a three
year training programme will be considered. Applicants are encouraged to register
at a university in South Africa if they are unable to obtain a fee-redemption
from the university outside South Africa.
Further
info...
Closing
date: 31 March
Research Development
Technical Assistance Grants
These grants support individuals that are planning to or are in the process of preparing a proposal, and individuals involved in research.
Further info...
Staff Credentialling Grants
The purpose of these grants is to allow full-time academic staff to develop their credentials. The grant can be used to supplement the staff member's income if they are on unpaid leave while undertaking full-time postgraduate training. Alternatively, the grant can be used to contribute towards the salary of a replacement.
Further info...
Research Development Grants
This category of funding provides research grants for academic staff at HDIs, allied health professionals and nurses. Applicants receive support throughout the research proposal development process.
Further info...
For
further information and application forms please contact Dr T Maitin, Research Administration Division at tel (021)
9380891; fax (021) 9380368; and e-mail thabi.maitin@mrc.ac.za. |
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