Early Career Academic Development (ECAD) Programme
Stellenbosch University's Division for Research Development (DRD) offers an Early Career Academic Development programme that provides senior academic mentors to early career academic staff members. This programme currently provides individual mentorship opportunities to approximately 120 early career academic staff members in 2025 and will include support for the development of your research as well as teaching skills.
In addition to this we are adding some further aspects of support to the mentorship, namely:
- A career advancement award for academic career development (e.g., conference attendance; can be focused on research or teaching & learning)
- The opportunity to receive a subsidy for skills development training course/workshop participation (e.g. those offered by African Doctoral Academy; CHAE; or other providers – can be focused on research or teaching & learning skills development)
- Developing tailor-made SU-based workshops, training interventions and events for our ECA group, based on the needs that you help us to identify.
ECAD Application Deadlines and Intake
Applications are reviewed twice a year.
Submit your application to Lerissa Fourie by either:
- 1 December → If accepted, you will start the ECAD programme in February of the following year.
- 1 June → If accepted, you will start the programme in July of the same year.
