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

Deadline: September 19, 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 help South African girls 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 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 tasks have to 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.

Financial Support

• Tuition charges at University of Cape Town & stipend: ZAR 219 749.00 per yr
• Stipend: The stipend will probably be lined from the remaining stability after the coed’s college tuition charges are paid for the complete yr.
• Additional mobility help to go to different ICGEB Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India, will probably be offered.

Eligibility

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

Application

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

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

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 data, go to ICGEB.