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 (SAMRC), through its Division of Research Capacity Development (RCD), is pleased to invite applications for its Intra-mural Postdoctoral Programme. This funding opportunity is available to individuals who have obtained their doctoral degrees within the last five years from the date of application.

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.