The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is pleased to announce the launch of the 1st Joint Transnational Call for proposals under the European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR). The call aims to develop innovative, cost-effective treatment options for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This is an international call for proposals co-funded by the European Union and 37 national and regional funding organisations from 28 countries, with an estimated total call budget of over 31 million Euro.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is pleased to announce a new Request for Applications (RFA): Cancer Research Projects. The SAMRC is issuing this RFA to advance the National Department of Health’s Cancer Prevention and Control Plan, which prioritises prevention, early detection, equitable treatment, and palliative care.

The South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Division of Research Capacity Development (RCD) is pleased to request applications from mid-career scientists in health/medical research. The SAMRC Mid-Career scientist Programme is an excellent opportunity for South African academic institutions to support future health research leaders to grow their own research teams and make the transition to independent researchers.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is pleased to announce the release of its 6th SAMRC-TIA Seed Fund (SAMRC-TSF) call, for the 2025/26 FY. The purpose of the SAMRC-TSF is to assist innovators who are developing new products to complete product design and optimise prototypes, based on market feedback, to meet regulatory requirements and to complete other activities towards market-ready products. This call is specifically aimed at fostering academia and industry collaborative technology development that results in joint intellectual property (IP) that can be commercialised for the benefit of society.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) invites suitably qualified and experienced professionals to serve as an Independent Member of its Audit, Risk and IT Committee. The Committee’s mandate includes providing independent oversight over financial management, risk management, internal controls, IT governance, and compliance processes within the Entity.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is pleased to announce a call for Doctoral and Master’s scholarship applications in Biostatistics and related fields at a South African university for the 2026 academic year. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to strengthen capacity in data-driven biomedical and health research, support the development of highly skilled scientists equipped to address complex health challenges and promote interdisciplinary collaboration across quantitative and clinical sciences by providing funding support to scholars undertaking Doctoral and Master’s studies in Biostatistics or research programmes at the intersection of statistics, mathematics, biomedicine, computer science, data science, bioinformatics, epidemiology and health informatics. Preference will be given to candidates who are already registered, have an approved research project proposal and confirmed supervisors.

The SAMRC’s Self-initiated Research (SIR) Grants Programme is designed to support original research initiated by a researcher at a recognised research institution in various areas of health

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges (GC) partners including GC Africa, GC Brazil, GC India, and GC South Africa, is pleased to announce the launch of this initiative. Through our Grand Challenges South Africa program, we are inviting applications for projects aimed at catalyzing innovation in vaginal drug delivery formulations to improve women’s sexual and reproductive health.

The South African Medical Research Council's Division of Research Capacity Development (RCD) invites applications from Postdoctoral Fellows who have obtained their Doctoral degrees not more than five (5) years before the date of application; who are immediately available to start working within one of the SAMRC Extramural Research Units (EMU) based at South African research institutions.

The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine, EP PerMed, supported by the European Union under Horizon Europe, Grant Agreement N° 101137129, has launched its first research, innova-tion and technology call (RITC2026) for proposals on “Test and Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine”, acronym “MultiPMData2026”. In total, 19 funding organisa-tions participate in this call with an available budget of over 1 4.8 Mio. € (approx.). EP PerMed funding organisations, listed below, have agreed to jointly fund multinational innovative research and technology projects in personalised medicine (PM) to encourage innovative, interdisciplinary public-private partnerships and to support the translational and clinical implementation of research outcomes.

Together with the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is inviting investigators to submit applications with a focus on implementation research, addressing strategies for strengthening of health systems to improve equity in high quality care and health outcomes and reduce the prevalence and impact of non-communicable diseases.