The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) invites eligible South African organisations to apply for the Transition-to-Scale (TTS) funding stream under the Nexa: Climate and Health Innovation initiative. The Nexa programme partners have extended the submission deadline for Transition-to-Scale applications to 12 August 2026, providing eligible innovators with additional time to prepare competitive applications.

The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to attract PhD and Master's candidates within the following research fields, which will be given preference: Behavioral Sciences, Biostatistics, Bioethics, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Digital Health, Demography, Epidemiology, Environmental Public Health, Evolutionary Virology, Implementation and Translational Science, Health Economics, Genomics, Immunology, and Structural Biology.

This funding instrument is intended to support individuals employed at public academic institutions, SAMRC intramural and extramural research units, and SAMRC research centres, who are engaged in health, medical or clinical research, to improve their academic qualifications. This once-off award is aimed at emerging researchers in the final 12 months of their PhD studies and is intended to alleviate pressures that may hinder the timely completion of the degree.