PhD funding opportunity for South African citizens or permanent residents who are students or graduates in medicine, dentistry, or nursing. This funding opportunity is designed to offer flexible and realistic options to clinicians who want to pursue their PhD studies. Funding may be used to provide protected research time from clinical training or clinical service obligations to support PhD studies undertaken in parallel with clinical activities. The use of funds is strictly for research training, i.e., obtaining a PhD.

Funding opportunity for emerging researchers who are at the late stages of their PhDs (last 12-months). The funds can be used for dedicated time to spend on their research activities, pay for work relief, or any justifiable intervention. This Request for Applications particularly encourages applications from SAMRC staff and affiliated postgraduate students for whom completion of their PhD degrees has been directly impacted by the US funding cuts. Such applications may be considered for funding beyond 12 months.

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.

The Human Frontier Science Program Organization, in collaboration with its South African members, the South African Medical Research Council and the National Research Foundation, invites applications for the following HFSP funding opportunities for 2026: HFSP Research Grants; HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships; HFSP Awardees Meeting