Name of Funding Opportunity (Bursary, Scholarship, Grant, Award etc.) SAMRC Clinical Researcher Programme
South African Medical Research Council: Specialised Training in Vaccinology
South African Medical Research Council: Scientist Development Scholarship (formerly Internship/ scholarship programme)
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Fields
Value
Clinician Scientist
Doctoral
Focus is on early career researchers specialising in the various research areas within the broad field of Vaccinology including but not limited to, Vaccine discovery, Vaccine development and manufacturing, Vaccine implementation and Clinical epidemiology of vaccines.
Biostatistics, Demography, Data Science, Genomics, Epidemiology, Implementation and Translational Science etc.
The value of the scholarship is
Period of Support
Application Procedure and Closing Dates
Eligibility and Academic Criteria
Once off funding to complete the last 12 months of PhD are prioritised
Go to www.mrc.ac.za Closing date for applications: 30 August (prior to the year of study)
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South African Citizen or permanent resident only
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Varies
https://www.samrc.ac.za/ funding/grants-and-scholarships/ scholarships
Be a member of the historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields namely Asian, Black, Coloured and Indian.
R300 000 for completion of the Masters degree.
The value of the scholarships is at least the following: PhD: R180 000 (plus tuition per annum= R20 000) Masters (funding is for 2nd year only): R140 000 (plus tuition per annum= R20 000)
Varies
https://www.samrc.ac.za/funding/ grants-and-scholarships/scholarships
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Be registered fulltime PhD student at a South African University
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Have both project and where applicable, ethics approval for your PhD research project
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The research project must be aligned with the SAMRC's research priorities
Contact Person/Webpage
For more information on Scholarship Funding Management and Administration Dr Lindokuhle Ndlandla Lindokuhle.Ndlandla@mrc.ac.za T: +27 21 938 0442
For more information on Scholarship Funding Management and Administration Dr Lindokuhle Ndlandla Lindokuhle.Ndlandla@mrc.ac.za T: +27 21 938 0442
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