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were invited across 11 priority research areas: Health
Economics and National Health Insurance (NHI);
Brain, Behaviour, and Mental Health (including SIR GRANTS PER INSTITUTION
neuroscience and brain injury); Disease Prevention 2025/2026 SIR grant portfolio by institution
and Health Promotion; HIV and TB; Maternal, Infant,
Child and Adolescent Health; Non-Communicable SUN 12
Diseases; Other Infectious Diseases (including
ARC 1
fungal diseases endemic to Africa and Antimicrobial
Resistance [AMR]); Vaccines, Diagnostics and Drug AURUM 1
Discovery; African Traditional Medicines; Behavioural
CAPRISA 3
Science in relation to the uptake and use of health
interventions; and Climate Change, Environmental CPUT 1
Health, Occupational Health, and One Health.
The online Research and Innovation Management CSIR 11
System (RIMS) was again used for this call. Despite
HSRC 1
applicants’ unfamiliarity with the system, we received
269 eligible applications. These applications are ICGEB 1
currently being peer-reviewed by national and
international reviewers, and approximately 50 awards ICGEB 1
will be made for the 2026/27 financial year. MINTEK 1

NICD 2

NMU 3
2025/2026 SIR GRANT PORTFOLIO
BY RESEARCHER CATEGORY NWU 7

RHODES 3

SMU 3
UCT 24

UFH 2

55% 45% UFS 3
UJ 2

UJHB 2
UKZN 16

ULIMP 2
EARLY MID/EST
UNIVEN 1

UP 8
UPRET 5

UWC 16

UZULU 1
WHC 1

WITS 16
WSU 2

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