ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 for South African women Researchers.

Application Deadline: 15 April 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP – Postdoctoral Fellowship. The ICGEB-SAWBP Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the  South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation  and the National Research Foundation  will help South African girls researchers holding a PhD diploma, in Biotechnology or a associated self-discipline, having excellent means, and who will carry out hypothesis-driven analysis.

The SAWBP programme promotes the interplay and mobility of South African girls Biotechnology researchers and the ICGEB group, together with mobility help to go to different ICGEB Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India. Proposed analysis tasks 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, Biopesticides and Virology.

The Fellowships comprise a really enticing package deal:

• Immersion in a high class worldwide scientific surroundings
• Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at ICGEB Cape Town
• Applying the newest strategies and methodologies to the applicant’s chosen analysis subject
• Opportunities for mentoring, peer-to-peer studying and complementary expertise

Eligibility

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

Financial help

• Duration: 2 years
• Fellowship package deal:
  Non-taxable stipend: ZAR 320 000 each year
  Research prices: ZAR 50 000 each year
• Additional mobility help to go to different ICGEB Components in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India, will likely be supplied.

Application course of

• Applicants in the ICGEB-SAWBP programme ought to apply below the NRF Postdoctoral grants (indicating ‘ICGEB’ because the establishment of alternative).
• In addition, additional standards and eligibility necessities are famous in the NRF Postdoctoral Fellowships Framework (accessible on the NRF web site)

How to Apply

• A letter of endorsement from the ICGEB Cape Town Group Leader should be submitted with the application. Please notice that the written assertion from the ICGEB Group Leader you have got contacted and who’s prepared to help your venture is obligatory to apply.
• The Principal Investigator/Group Leader on the chosen ICGEB Cape Town laboratory needs to be contacted in advance to debate the proposed analysis venture. ICGEB Cape Town group lists.
• Proposed analysis tasks should be revolutionary and fall inside one of many ICGEB Cape Town Component macro areas of analysis, specifically: Infectious Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases, Bioinformatics, Biopesticides, Plant Systems Biology, and Virology.

For More Information:

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