ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme (SAWBP) PhD Fellowship 2025 – YOA

Deadline: June 17, 2025

Applications are open for the ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme (SAWBP) PhD Fellowship 2025. The ICGEB-SAWBP PhD Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation will assist South African ladies researchers meaning 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 ladies Biotechnology researchers and the ICGEB group, together with mobility assist to go to different International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India. Proposed doctoral analysis initiatives have to be progressive and fall inside one of many ICGEB Cape Town Component macro areas of analysis, particularly: Infectious Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Bioinformatics, Plant Systems Biology and Virology.

Benefits

The Fellowships comprise a really engaging bundle:

• Three-year PhD Fellowship
• Tuition and stipend
• Applying the most recent methods and methodologies to the applicant’s chosen analysis subject
• Opportunities for mentoring, peer-to-peer studying and complementary abilities
• Immersion in a high class worldwide scientific analysis atmosphere

Eligibility

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

Application

Email [email protected] with the next:

• Copy of South African ID
• CV
• Detailed challenge 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).

For extra info, go to ICGEB-SAWBP PhD Fellowship.