Funding
Access current funding opportunities
The Research Capacity Development & Funding Office (RCFO) manages and administers research funding internal to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, including funding from the FMHS Research Committee. In addition, the office deals with some of the national health research funding bodies as listed in the table below. Current open funding calls and related application information can be accessed through our Open Funding Calls link.
| Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) funding opportunities | Provisional closing date |
| |
| 24 February 2026 |
| 25 February 2026 |
| 8 May 2026 |
| 28 August 2026 |
| 1 September 2026 |
| Ad hoc until 5 December 2026 |
| Other FMHS sources: | |
| 1 March 2026 1 July 2026 1 November 2026 |
| 1 October 2026 |
| National funding opportunities for health research (selected) | Provisional closing date (NOTE: Internal closing dates will be earlier than the funders’ closing dates) |
Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
| 16 April 2025 (internal) Ad hoc |
| Discovery Foundation | |
| 13 October 2025 (internal) 30 October 2025 (external) |
| 13 October 2025 (internal) 30 October 2025 (external) |
| 10 November 2025 (internal) 15 January 2026 (external) |
| Discontinued |
| Medical Research Council (MRC) | |
| 22 September 2025 |
| TBA |
| National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) Research Trust | TBA |
| Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (PRF) | 19 February 2025 (internal) 28 February 2025 (external) 8 September 2025 (internal) 15 September 2025 (external) |
For further information, kindly contact Tashwell de Wet, [email protected], 021 938 9056.