HPI at UCT Research School PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Hasso Plattner Institute and University of Cape Town Digital Health Partnership
Who can apply: Open to qualifying students from the African continent. PhD applicants need a master’s supported by a good dissertation; postdoctoral applicants need a doctorate. For School of IT registration the degree must be in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field; for School of Public Health it must be in… What is funded: PhD students receive tuition and registration fees plus a bursary of ZAR 262,200 a year, which is ZAR 21,850 a month. Postdoctoral fellows receive ZAR 300,000 to 380,000 depending on experience. Both receive up to ZAR 28,500 once off for equipment and up to ZAR 38,000 a year for conference travel. Funding runs up to… Deadline: 1 September 2026. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: 2026 intake.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Hasso Plattner Institute and University of Cape Town Digital Health Partnership, official page.
Who can apply
- Open to qualifying students from the African continent. PhD applicants need a master's supported by a good dissertation; postdoctoral applicants need a doctorate. For School of IT registration the degree must be in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field; for School of Public Health it must be in epidemiology, biostatistics, health systems, health economics or a related area, or a clinical discipline with public health research expertise. English proficiency of TOEFL 570 paper or IELTS 7.0 overall with nothing below 6.0 is required unless you were taught in English. You must study full time in Cape Town.
Stage dates
One PDF with CV, transcripts, TOEFL or IELTS results and a 2 to 3 page research proposal, submitted through the UCT survey portal. The same page states that applications for the following year close on 15 August each year for a February start.15 August 2026
Shortlisted candidates are asked to arrange three reference letters and a video interview a few weeks after the deadline.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.