ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – PhD Fellowship 2025 – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: 17 June 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – PhD Fellowship. The ICGEB-SAWBP PhD Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the  South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation will help South African girls researchers desiring to study in direction of a PhD diploma, in Biotechnology on the Cape Town Component.

The SAWBP programme promotes the interplay and mobility of South African girls Biotechnology researchers and the ICGEB neighborhood, together with mobility help to go to different ICGEB Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India. Proposed doctoral analysis initiatives should be revolutionary and fall inside one of many ICGEB Cape Town Component macro areas of analysis, specifically: Infectious Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Bioinformatics, Plant Systems Biology and Virology.

Eligibility

• Female candidates solely.
• Only South African residents and South African Permanent Residents with a legitimate South African ID quantity could apply.
• Preference shall be given to Black and disabled candidates.

Benefits

The Fellowships comprise a really engaging bundle:

• Immersion in a prime class worldwide scientific analysis setting
  
• Three-year PhD Fellowship
• Tuition and stipend
• Applying the newest strategies and methodologies to the applicant’s chosen analysis subject
• Opportunities for mentoring, peer-to-peer studying and complementary expertise

Financial help

Duration: 3 years
Tuition charges at University of Cape Town & stipend: ZAR 219 749.00 per 12 months

Stipend: The stipend shall be coated from the remaining steadiness after the scholar’s college tuition charges are paid for your complete 12 months.

Additional mobility help to go to different ICGEB Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India, shall be offered.

Application course of

Email [email protected] with the next:

• Copy of South African ID
• CV
• Detailed mission proposal
• Letter of endorsement from ICGEB Cape Town Group Leader
• Proof of MSc diploma or letter confirming intention to submit MSc thesis from supervisor (Note: at time of award, proof of MSc diploma is required earlier than commencing Fellowship).

How to Apply

A letter of endorsement from the ICGEB Cape Town Group Leader should be submitted with the application. Please observe that the written assertion from the ICGEB Group Leader you have got contacted and who’s prepared to help your mission is necessary to apply.

The Group Leader on the chosen ICGEB Cape Town laboratory needs to be contacted in advance to debate the proposed analysis mission.

ICGEB Cape Town group lists.

Proposed analysis initiatives should be revolutionary and fall inside one of many ICGEB Cape Town Component macro areas of analysis, specifically: Infectious Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Bioinformatics, Plant Systems Biology, and Virology.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – PhD Fellowship