ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – PhD Fellowship 2025/2026 – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: 19 September 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025/2026 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 assist South African ladies researchers aspiring to study in the 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 neighborhood, together with mobility assist 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, particularly: 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 might apply.
• Preference shall be given to Black and disabled candidates.

Benefits

The Fellowships comprise a really enticing bundle:

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

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

Stipend: The stipend shall be coated from the remaining stability after the coed’s college tuition charges are paid for all the yr.

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

Application course of

Email [email protected] with the next:

• Copy of South African ID
• CV
• Detailed undertaking 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 More Information:

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